Mashery Blog

Last week marked a momentous occasion in my life: the first time I voted at a polling station.  I had voted in the past, but somehow, I always ended up voting by absentee ballot.  So, I was full of excitement on my way to the polls, but that waned quickly when I saw the slow and tedious process of voter check-in, consisting of copying voter’s names out of a book and onto a sheet of paper.

The typical stereotype of a Hakathon is a room full of mostly male developers building a mixed bag of hacks, with no specific theme, through a patchwork of APIs and resources.  These stereotypes were shattered at the espnW hack day which combined women, technology and sports, November 9-10 at Stanford University.

The Business of APIs Conference (BAPI) and API University  season wrapped up in London November 6.  If you were there, you were treated to an explanation how APIs create competitive advantages in business by a number of industry experts.  Here is a look at some of the photos capturing our amazing presenters and those of you who were able to join us. 

It has been a busy year for API Management with lots of new players and new types of API products. What does it mean for APIs going into 2013? 

As a larger cross-section of businesses see the value of APIs, API management platforms will become even more important. Imperative to any API Management effort are five areas: design, documentation, analytics, access and uptime.

While attending my first Business of API’s Conference in New York City, one of the key points that stuck with me was the idea of your API being a Product.

This concept is changing the way companies in all industries think and act. Normally, companies see their API’s as an extension and support for their product, but a new wave of thinking has come about that is rapidly changing the business playing field.

Skip Potter, Senior Director at Capital One Labs recently spoke at the Business of APIs conference in New York  about 3 APIs they have recently release into the Market: Deal API, Rewards API and Identification and Authorization(OAuth) API.

Today we are announcing our new version of the Mashery API Management platform and a reseller partnership with Intel.  Intel will be offering the Mashery portal, analytics and developer management tools, optional access to the developer network and our strategy services and developer outreach teams. Our press release is below.

 Mashery Accelerates the Extensible Enterprise with Full API Management for Web Service Technology Environments;

As we get ready for the Business of APIs conference (BAPI) in London, Nov. 6, here is a look at some of the amazing photos from BAPI New York.

Hear industry experts explain how APIs create competitive advantages in business, get your tickets to BAPI London today! Be sure to and check our blog for photos from London!

Superstorm Sandy has created a wide path of devastation, floods and fires.  People have lost their lives, whole cities are flooded and millions are without power.  The damage is estimated at 20 billion dollars, making it one of the worst storms of all time, according to Forbes.

The sixth annual Business of APIs (BAPI) conference is moving across the pond to London on November 6, 2012.

We're excited to announce a handful of new speakers who will explain how APIs create competitive advantages in business. They include:

Halloween is just around the corner, and with it comes the start of the holiday season. That means more of everything: more sitting at the table, more sitting on planes, and of course more food - we all know the holidays aren’t the easiest time to eat healthy and exercise.

APIs are here to help! APIs can funnel all of your personal data into health-savvy apps to help you fend off the festive few extra pounds.

Change doesn’t always happen at the front end. Sometimes, it starts behind the scenes, revolutionizing policies and procedures, before we as consumers undergo huge shifts in our own behavior. Even more often, that’s what an API does. 

It’s time for another round of lame Internet outage jokes. Can’t get on Reddit? Great, go back to work. Couldn’t solve your hotel problems with Airbnb yesterday? Maybe it’s a sign you would be more rested after a staycation.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is so pervasive that even a minor hiccup, which is pretty much what we saw on Monday afternoon, causes a whole lot of our connected lives to have bouts of bad breathing. This turn causes the inevitable hand-wringing across the service industry.  But as in the past, I hope sanity reigns.

We got a nice little note in our inbox recently. It was from Visa, but it had nothing to do with our credit limit (eye-rolls and drum kicks appropriate).

“Congratulations on validating compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard,” it said. “The Visa Global Registry of Service Providers - PCI DSS Validated Entities. . . acknowledges service providers that have shown their commitment to security by meeting the requirements of the PCI Standard.  We appreciate your continued support and commitment to safeguarding the payment industry.”

Here at Mashery, we clearly talk about APIs all the time.  While US-based companies make notable moves in the API space, there is a whole world out there beyond our borders.  All over the world, companies are opening up and exposing their data and services to spread their brand for an international audiences.