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A quick search on “the top API integration platforms for 2021” brings up so many contenders that it’s difficult to understand your options. In fact, the top API integration platforms are so distinct in features that it’s surprising they all fall under the same “API integration” category. In this guide, you’ll find API integration platforms that serve as: So, which solution is right for your use-case?

In recent years, Digital Transformation has become a strategic priority for organizations. Significant investment has been made across many companies to create strategic and organizational capabilities that enable them to compete in the contemporary digital arena. However, it is not trivial; organizations face numerous challenges in their digital transformation journey. There is no panacea, and the combination of tool and process choices can make or break an operation.

Today’s business world is relentless, and competition is intense. The digital landscape is continually shifting across many industries, creating an unprecedented demand for companies to innovate, experiment, and deliver capabilities faster. A robust digital transformation process speeds up business activities, competencies, and models while providing as much value as possible to customers. However, organizations must be cautious in their digital investment strategies.

Over the years the DreamFactory team has collaborated on a lot of really interesting API-oriented projects. Many of these projects involve integrating the DreamFactory platform into a much larger technology ecosystem. To put this into perspective, although our client base ranges widely in terms of both industry and company size, we often work with organizations tending towards the larger end of the scale.

If the elements of digital transformation weren’t a priority for organizations before COVID-19, they’re at the top of the agenda now. According to Statistica, post-COVID digital transformation spending has skyrocketed in 2020 with an expected 10.4% increase by the end of the year. As the pandemic continues, businesses are facing remote team challenges and pressure to increase operational efficiency. Therefore, the trend toward digital transformation is likely to continue.

In today’s post, we’re focusing on digital transformation trends for 2021 with a special emphasis on app development. Despite the difficulties we’ve experienced in 2020, it’s clear that the coronavirus has dramatically accelerated the pace of digital transformation.

We software developers have been hitting on all cylinders lately. I mean, this industry is hot. If coders were singers we’d be Adele hitting the high notes in Madison Square Garden (you know, back when concerts were a thing).We’d be AH-nold sniffing out the bad guys in Commando. John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

A webhook provides a decoupled means for an application to provide real-time updates to other applications. A great example of webhook integration is Slack, which can automate the publication of messages to channels and users. Configured inside the Slack administration panel, a Slack webhook is identified by a unique URL, such as https://hooks.slack.com/services/12345/qwert/.

We’re taking a closer look Container-Based Systems. The rise of the microservices-based applications has allowed global enterprises – like Amazon.com, Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb – to achieve unprecedented market dominance. Central to making these microservices-based applications possible is the concept of containerization, and at the core of containerization are Docker and Kubernetes – the two most widespread solutions for building and managing container-based applications.

There is no debate that the advent of OAuth 2.0 made the lives of developers everywhere better. OAuth 2.0 makes adding an authentication system to your app or web page became considerably easy. Many different service providers support the OAuth 2.0 spec and, in turn, so does DreamFactory. Below are the supported OAuth services DreamFactory which are supported natively.