API Management
Unlock API value with end-to-end API management.
APIs are a driving force in the digital transformation strategy. They enable businesses to scale their operations by providing a convenient and standardised means of integrating data and applications across clouds and on-premise environments. However, as APIs grow in quantity and complexity, it becomes more challenging to manage, secure, and socialise them.
IBM API Connect helps businesses extract maximum value from their APIs. This comprehensive API management solution makes it easy to create, manage, secure, socialise and monetise APIs through their entire lifecycle. Achieve a faster, more robust, and flexible path for digital transformation with an API solution that puts API management to work.
Can You Trust Your APIs?
How do you ensure your APIs are high quality and secure? Streamlined and automated end-to-end API testing provides reliability and security for your APIs. This whitepaper “Can you trust your APIs?” explains in detail why testing APIs continuously is critical.
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IBM API Connect | Key Capabilities
Secure & Control your APIs with Industry leading API Gateway
➤ Secure to the core with signed, encrypted gateway image without external software dependencies to minimise risk
➤ Proven API security policies at runtime to quickly protect services and data across multi-clouds
➤ Performant & scalable architecture to help meet SLAs and improve client user experience
➤ Optimised drag & drop built- in policies for security, traffic control & mediation to accelerate time to value
➤ Flexible and extensible to align with enterprise requirements and enable quick customisation
Manage the Lifecycle of your APIs
➤ Define & Import REST or SOAP APIs to put those assets under governance
➤ Package APIs into Products and tailor them to target specific consumer markets
➤ Publish and Promote across different environments to align with DevOps practices
➤ Manage and Control API Lifecycle and versioning from staging to deprecation to meet corporate governance needs
➤ Subscription and Community management to grow go-to-market channels
Socialise and Engage with API Consumers to drive adoption
➤ Self-service, branded Portal across multiple API provider lines of businesses within an organisation to socialise APIs
➤ Engage with API consumers via community building features: blogs, forums, ratings etc.
➤ Governance & autonomy to each provider organisation to manage their APIs, products, plans and multiple gateway endpoints independently within their ‘Space’
Monetise your API Calls
➤ Modern approach & intuitive user experience providing flexibility to define pricing details
➤ Subscription pricing to enable recurring payments, popular in SaaS go-to- market strategies.
➤ Stripe integration OOTB for smooth user-onboarding and payment collection
➤ Analytics, customisable reports for detailed insights into revenue, usage of monetised APIs
➤ Offload API usage data to existing enterprise tools to handle customised invoicing processes