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How Your API Strategy Is Fundamental to Any Data Mesh Strategy

The data mesh approach has gained popularity over the last couple of years as organizations look for reliable ways to break down data silos. At first, data lakes looked like a good way to improve data management and make information more discoverable. Unfortunately, data lakes — and data warehouses — don’t always conform to business needs. They’re often slow and even unresponsive to queries. Potentially even worse, they can still lead to data silos.

How to Secure Your PostgreSQL Database | 5 Actionable Tips

If your business deals in large volumes of data, chances are that you are at least somewhat familiar with PostgreSQL, or you may use it actively in your data management strategy. PostgreSQL is a powerful relational database system, and it is completely open source. As of 2019, PostgreSQL was the second-most-common database solution for professionals. Thirty-four percent of more than 75,000 Respondents reported that it was their first choice.

Apigee API Gateway: Everything You Need to Know

The Apigee API Gateway is a tool that enables the management, analysis, and security of APIs. This API gateway enables organizations to optimize their digital ecosystems and deploy user-friendly products. It is particularly valuable for developers, IT professionals, and SaaS businesses interested in enhancing their API infrastructure, streamlining development workflows, and ensuring secure and seamless connectivity.

Logging API Calls in Moesif from Logstash Using the HTTP Output Plugin

One of the main value propositions of the Moesif product is the fact that it works so well with a wide variety of tools. One such tool – Logstash – is an incredibly powerful solution for managing events and logs. Understanding how to pull Logstash logs into Moesif is a critical function for any business utilizing Logstash at scale. Today, we’re going to look at how to log API calls from Logstash using the HTTP Output plugin for import into Moesif.

Secure Your APIs Now: Live Demonstration of API Security Testing | Mukund Zalke | #APITesting

In this comprehensive tutorial, Mukund Zalke demonstrates the ins and outs of API security testing, covering essential aspects that every tester and developer should be well-versed in. Mukund delves into the OWASP API Security Top 10, shedding light on critical vulnerabilities that need attention in API security. The session includes practical demonstrations of various API security vulnerabilities, offering real-world examples to deepen understanding. Mukund not only identifies potential risks but also showcases effective API security testing tools and best practices.

Let's Go AWS! The Kong Konnect EKS Marketplace Add-on for Kong Gateway Dataplanes is Ready to Go

Today, we’re excited to release the Kong Konnect EKS Marketplace add-on as a means to deploy your Kong Gateway dataplanes in AWS. The add-ons are a step forward in providing fully managed Kubernetes clusters. It is here to simplify the post-procurement process of bootstrapping Kong Konnect gateway data planes, avoid context switching among tools during the installation process, and provide notifications when a new version of Kong Gateway is available, making upgrades seamless.

Gateway API: What's Next After GA

With the recent general availability (GA) release of Gateway API, a key building block for Kubernetes ingress is now stable and ready for production use. However, the GA milestone is just the beginning. There are many new capabilities and enhancements planned for Gateway API that will make it even more powerful and flexible. In this webinar, we will look at what's coming next for Gateway API and how the project plans to evolve.

Choosing Billing Metrics in Apigee vs. Moesif

Perhaps the most important part of any monetization strategy is the effective selection of API billing metrics. Billing metrics form the backbone of your monetization strategy, and giving ample thought to what – and how – to monetize will pay long-term dividends both in economic terms as well as management ones. Today, we’re going to look at what API billing metrics actually are, and how they related to your long-term monetization strategy.

Internal API Security Measures: Protecting Your Infrastructure

The rapid development and deployment of software applications largely rely on the power of APIs. These Application Programming Interfaces act as the glue holding together various components, enabling efficient communication and data exchange between them. From mobile apps to web services and enterprise systems, APIs are ubiquitous, playing a critical role in the seamless functioning of modern software architecture – but its important to take internal API security risks seriously.