As many organizations push forward in adopting cloud-first strategies, issues often arise with addressing how their suite of applications and systems can remain integrated securely and efficiently. Whilst the movement to the cloud was a huge step in technological advancement, advancements in API technology now make “hybrid cloud” models possible, and businesses exist both in the cloud and on premises.

In the era of digital transformation, businesses in all sectors are learning to grow and adapt. While the rate of change has made it difficult for many businesses to keep up, the fact is that change, particularly change driven by new technology, is going to be an ongoing reality of most organizations.

It’s no secret that APIs are a valuable part of the modern tech stack. More than bits of middleware, APIs can tie your disjointed apps into one streamlined interface. You can add security and connectivity to legacy systems, and you can get creative with new features and services. APIs are essential to any digital transformation process. Sign up for our free 14 day hosted trial to learn how.

Customer expectations are always changing. Businesses must learn to adapt or be left behind. The idea of business agility can be intimidating, but the right API can help you keep pace and adjust to changing business models. But to use one effectively, it may be beneficial to first understand what is meant by organizational agility and how APIs can enable your business to be more responsive to changing market conditions and embrace more streamlined ways of working.

Recent global events have forced many businesses to embrace digital technology. This and advancements in software technology caused explosive innovation, resulting in the development of new platforms within many organization’s technology suite. Functionalities such as automation, artificial intelligence, and even some internet of things (IoT) applications are now commonplace across large enterprises, small businesses and start-ups alike.

Anything that can be connected will be connected. This is the ultimate goal of technology. Connections with new objects and devices open the door for big data and new insights. It’s a branch of technology long in the making, with just a few hiccups. But advances in API technology aim to address these concerns and advance the IoT into a new era. As these advancements continue, organizations are learning that APIs can play a crucial role in increasing connectivity across the suite of IoT applications.

Dreamfactory has released an updated Getting Started With Dreamfactory Guide which provides a ranges of structural improvements over the previous guide. These improvements include offering global navigation, chapter-specific and the availability of links encouraging user contribution, issue logging and, and enhanced chapter printing functionality.

APIs are everywhere you look. As the building blocks of most digital transformation strategies, they’ve helped to lay the groundwork for integrating apps and services and can be key in modernizing legacy systems prevalent throughout most organizations. But APIs are more than just middleware. By leveraging them effectively as software components, you can open your business to new functionalities, opportunities, and revenue streams.

Between smartphones, social media, and a growing work from home lifestyle, people are constantly connected to the internet. The new customer experience strategy is to create an immersive digital experience. Reaching new customers and nurturing existing ones by immersing them in your content is the goal, but it takes serious planning and implementation. Not only do you need to know where to reach your customers first, but you need to anticipate and follow their moves.

All DreamFactory APIs are private by default, requiring at a minimum an API key for authentication purposes. The API key is associated with role-based access control (RBAC) which determines what actions the client responsible for supplying the API key can undertake with regards to the API. OAuth 2.0 makes adding an authentication system to your app or web page considerably easy. Many different service providers support the OAuth 2.0 spec and, in turn, so does DreamFactory.