Why Low Code No Code will become the mainstay in 2021
Sunday, January 10, 2021 by Richard Harris
2020 has been a year that taught us to let go of old beliefs and embrace change. Traditional businesses that were quick to transform and move online had increased revenues owing to newer business models. Being online and connected, businesses can be run successfully. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the mindset from “plan and act,” to “act and adapt.&rdqu...
Global study on disconnected consumer experiences
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
MuleSoft has released a new global study that reveals four out of five consumers continue to receive disconnected experiences from organizations. As a result of this continued frustration, consumers are more willing than ever to seek out new service providers that can deliver connected, personalized experiences. Based on the findings from the Customer Experience and the...
Why Microservices are so important
Monday, November 7, 2016 by Jim Scott
Having been a software engineer for nearly 20 years I have an appreciation for what is important when it comes to creating great software. One of the most important things that is not well understood by non-engineers is that the development process is equal parts artistry and logic. I see software architecture to be much like artistry. This is because there is no single...
TIBCO Software Released New Mashery API Management Platform
Sunday, July 31, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
TIBCO Software has launched the TIBCO Mashery Enterprise API platform, which provides an API lifecycle management solution that allows users to create, integrate, and manage APIs. Mashery Enterprise is available as a SaaS subscription.The Mashery Enterprise platform solution allows users to create, scale, monitor, and distribute their APIs. It exposes data and services ...
Mule 3.8 Offers Unified API Gateway Extensions with the Core Mule Runtime
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Mulesoft has released Mule 3.8, extending the flexibility of the Mule runtime engine of Mulesoft’s Anypoint Platform which helps solve connectivity problems across SOA, SaaS, and APIs by unifying integration and API management capabilities into one distribution. Mule 3.8 combines data and application integration across legacy systems, SaaS applications, and APIs wi...
Oracle's Cloud Services Now Offers On Premises Datacenter Offering
Monday, March 28, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Oracle has launched the Oracle Cloud at Customer, which allows companies to access Oracle’s cloud services in their datacenter and offers a stack that is 100 percent compatible with the Oracle Cloud but available on-premises. Companies can use the platform for disaster recovery, elastic bursting, dev/test, lift-and-shift workload migration, and a single API and scr...
AppDynamics Weighs In with PostCES Insight
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
To get insight into how trends at CES will impact the app development community, we reached out to Prathap Dendi, General Manager for Emerging Technologies at AppDynamics, who has been active in implementing ways to increase the software footprint in the Internet of Things. Dendi most recently was Vice President, General Manager at Electric Cloud, where he helped i...
MuleSoft Extends Anypoint Connectivity Platform for SOA, SaaS and APIs
Monday, December 21, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
MuleSoft has announced the latest release of its Anypoint Platform integration platform for SOA, SaaS, and APIs which provides the ability for companies to connect applications, data, and devices, both on-premises and in the cloud with an API-led approach. With Anypoint companies can deploy their integrations in a hybrid environment, connecting to both SaaS applications...
Internet of APIs (IoA) will Break Out in 2016
Monday, December 21, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
We recently visited with Kurt Collins, Director of Technology Evangelism and Partnerships at Built.io, about the impact the Internet of APIs (IoA) will have in 2016.ADM: We’ve all heard the term the “Internet of Things (IoT),” but how will this evolve in 2016 and how so?Collins: The year 2015 was a breakout year for the Internet of Things. The Apple Watch was released a...
Converting Classic Windows Apps to Web, Mobile and Cloud
Friday, November 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Mobilize.Net’s WebMAP3 converts classic Windows apps into modern web applications with responsive UI that scales across form factors from PCs to Macs to iPhones, iPads, and Androids.The company has recently announced that its WebMAP3 tool for mobilizing Windows applications now targets AngularJS/Bootstrap. In conjunction with the AngularJS framework, WebMAP3 uses Bootst...
Oracle Releases 24 New Cloud Services
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 by Richard Harris
Oracle has expanded its Oracle Cloud Platform offerings with more than 24 new cloud services for SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. These include Oracle Database Cloud - Exadata, Oracle Archive Storage Cloud, Oracle Big Data Cloud, Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle Mobile Cloud, and Oracle Process Cloud.The Oracle Cloud Platform helps customers build new applications, extend existing ...
What Would Downton Abbey Look like with a DevOps Makeover
Friday, May 22, 2015 by Pete Waterhouse
I’m no great lover of English costume dramas, but I occasionally watch Downton Abbey on the TV. Even though Australia has been my home for 20+ years, it’s probably the Brit in me that gets a chuckle from watching how historical events and social change impact post-Edwardian social hierarchy – ok, the aristocracy and their long suffering servants.So thinking about DevOps...
New Magic XPA 3.0 Offers Rapid Mobile Development
Monday, May 18, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Magic Software has announced the release of Magic xpa Application Platform 3.0, offering mobile development capabilities and In-Memory Data Grid technology for the creation of mobile and cross-platform business applications.Magic xpa is part of Magic’s End-to-End Enterprise Mobility Solution that also includes Magic’s Integration Platform, Mobile Device Management and M...
SOA is Not a Mobile Backend
Friday, May 1, 2015 by Bill Appleton
The rise of mobile devices finally pushed the adoption of web services into the mainstream of application development. But years before this, companies used web services to build sophisticated service-oriented architectures for application development and integration. Some of the API management companies have even tried to adopt SOA systems for the new world of mobile d...
An Overview of Delivering Microservices Based Applications
Friday, March 20, 2015 by Andrew Phillips
Big apps may still have their place, but the software development landscape is shifting, presenting new opportunities and challenges to overcome. As the Internet of Things gathers pace, a service-orientated architecture (SOA) or microservices approach is starting to make sense for many organizations. Microservices is a software architecture that favors small, decoupled,...
Why Mobile App Development Requires More than an SOA
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 by Coco Jaenicke
If you plan on building mobile apps, you probably want a pluggable framework that allows you to easily use and reuse mobile services. You can then effortlessly access back-end systems, rapidly assemble new apps, and easily update individual services.Déjà vu I hear you cry – isn’t that what my service-oriented architecture (SOA) gives me? Yes and no. A SOA gives yo...
The Trend Away from Rigid Platform Based Workflows to Flexible Process based Applications
Friday, September 26, 2014 by Miguel Valdés Faura
Over the years organizations have implemented the tenets of business processes management mainly to rein in the chaos that has proliferated inside their operations. But what does this really mean to the business side of the house? Languages such as UML, Java, C++ and abstract methodologies like Object Oriented Programming, while necessary to implement IT solutions,...
SOA Software Releases API Catalog for App Enterprise App Development
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by Richard Harris
SOA Software has released its Enterprise API catalog, an enhancement to its API Management Platform to foster the creation of API communities inside the enterprise. The API catalog combines the collaborative, open practices of external API Portals with search, controlled visibility, selective provisioning, and integration with enterprise security for internal ...
Verivo Software Releases Akula 2.0 Enterprise Mobile SDK
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
Verivo Software has released Akula 2.0, an open platform that enables IT departments to secure and govern mobile services and applications while allowing development teams to access and reuse these services leveraging the front-end tools of their choice.The platform consists of a Java-based server, idiomatic client software development kits, a server SDK, and ...
New SOA Software Services for API Monetization for Enterprises
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
New advanced API licensing and dynamic documentation capabilities have been announced by SOA Software to help businesses further monetize their data, applications, and services. SOA Software offers API management and SOA governance services including their API Management Solution, which offers advanced licensing capabilities enabling businesses to support...
Don't Miss the App Developer Weekly News Roundup
Saturday, October 5, 2013 by Richard Harris
Top Stories for the week of 10/5/2013App Marketing 101; Crush the Competition and Rule the App StoreWhen you’re wrapped up with writing code or testing your app one last time, thinking about marketing it might be the last thing in your mind. After all, building an app is a big accomplishment. But it is just step one on your path to achieving your goals. Whether you’re b...
SOA Software Adds Orchestration to API Management
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Speed-up Mobile Development by Building APIs from Multiple Backend Services to meet Mobile App Needs LOS ANGELES, CA - October 1st, 2013 - SOA Software, an API Management and SOA Governanceleader that powers the API economy by helping businesses to fast-track API deployment, drive developer adoption, and reach more customers, announced today that it is adding Orchestr...
SOA Software Announces Industry's First Integrated API Gateway Solution
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Richard Harris
The Flexible Virtual and Cloud Appliance Combines Security, Integration, Developer Community and Mediation Capabilities to Minimize Risk and CostLos Angeles, CA. - May 6, 2013 - SOA Software - a leading provider of Enterprise API Management and SOA Governance solutions - announced today the industry's first unified API Gateway establishing a new standard for an integrat...
