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When you need to get new features and products out the door fast, API management is the driving force to keeping everything on track. According to the "State of API Integration 2020" report by Cloud Elements, 83 percent of respondents say that API integration has become a critical part of their business strategy as they move forward on their digital transformation efforts. Leveraging integrations is what helps these companies agile and able to respond quickly to customer demands.

One of the beauties of working with APIs is their convenient and practical ways to share data and applications. APIs have enabled a transformational shift from an interface that relied on custom integrations to now a relatively streamlined process. That said, because of their agile framework, some companies have overlooked the importance of providing a great developer integration experience and are not taking the necessary steps to help drive the Time To First Hello World.

APIs have become an essential part of modern tech. Not only do they make it easy to tap into tech resources, but they also make it possible for developers to create apps that can work with other services. But what exactly is an API and how does it work? See this overview to learn more about this integral tech aspect.

DreamFactory is best known for its ability to generate REST APIs for databases such as SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. While it’s undeniably convenient to gain immediate access to autogenerated API endpoints for interacting tables, views, and stored procedures, projects would quickly run aground if the capabilities ended there.

The world is changing for telecommunications operators. We live in a digital age when people, information, and services are more connected than ever, and people expect virtually any service on demand, at their fingertips. STC is already a telecommunications leader in the Middle East, but to remain on top in a competitive field, we must continue to grow and provide valuable experiences for our customers.

In part 1 of this series, we started a journey from the planet-spanning infrastructure layer to what happens inside a single Kong worker, similar to an office building in complexity. In this second part, we’ll dive a bit deeper—we’ll see who the occupants of that office building are and the kind of life they live.

Today, we’re thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 (KIC) – the most robust, scalable, and extensible version of our Kubernetes Ingress Controller to date. This is a major milestone both for the KIC product as well as for the Kong community as a whole. In addition to KIC 2.0’s new features, it also sets the foundation for us to more rapidly improve the user experience and add more capabilities.

Today, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and microservices are the de-facto standard for building and connecting modern applications. APIs are no longer just a delivery mechanism but have become the product itself. API lifecycle management refers to the comprehensive, step-by-step process of planning, developing, implementing, testing, and versioning an API.