Due to the growing importance of APIs for businesses today, choosing an appropriate API management platform has become an essential activity.
Using API wisely allows companies to create new businesses more easily from integrations with other platforms.
The goal of API management is to monitor the entire lifecycle of the interface to meet the needs – of both developers and businesses – in the best way.
Find below the main functions that an API management platform can offer to a business:
- Consistency between different API implementation and versions;
- Traffic monitoring of single apps;
- Automation and control of connections between applications and apps using them;
- Protection of the application against attacks and misuse;
- Memory management mechanisms and cache storage to improve performance.
Several software manufacturers, such as Kong, IBM and Red Hat, offer API management platforms to the market, including some open source versions.
Define which aspects are most relevant to your company (such as security, scalability or flexibility) is key when choosing the best API management platform. In this way, it is possible to determine the sequence of priorities, which will set the basis for choosing the best platform.
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