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As APIs continue to play a strong role in integration, in 2019 APIs will also become ‘fundamental building blocks’ to enterprise software. This is the finding from a survey from Postman, an API development tools provider. IDN speaks with CEO Abhinav Asthana.

MuleSoft is updating its Anypoint Platform’s ‘application network’ with new features that will let technical and non-technical users better design and visualize how APIs impact performance and customer experience of connected apps, data and devices.  IDN speaks with Mulesoft’s David Chao.

As companies are planning for cloud and multi-cloud architectures, they also hope to gain  more agility in their applications. Cost, agility, and scale are all key considerations.  Alan Glickenhouse, an IBM API Business Strategist, shares how an API-First design lets enterprises achieve these outcomes without major complexity.

Dell Boomi’s latest iPaaS update showcases the company's intent to deliver a broader, one-stop  ‘unified integration platform,’ that can solve a widening range of digital transformation challenges. IDN explores Dell Boomi’s Spring 2018, with updates for IoT, data governance and workflow apps, with Div Manickam, group product and solutions marketing manager.

Denodo's latest upgrade to its data virtualization platform aims to let companies simply and quickly deliver unified views and consistent data across a wide variety of sources.  The Denodo 7 release comes as mounting data volumes from diverse data sources make digital transformation projects more challenging.  IDN talks with Denodo’s Lakshmi Randall.

MuleSoft Titan, the company’s latest upgrade to its Anypoint API-driven application network platform, adds real-time API security, API monitoring and support for novel multi-cloud apps. The update is the first since MuleSoft’s acquisition by Salesforce.com. IDN discusses how Titan sets the stage for the next wave of API innovations with MuleSoft’s Aaron Landgraf. 

Salesforce’s big $6.5 acquisition of MuleSoft is still stirring up waves--buffeting the API sector. A month later, analysts, customers and competitors continue to digest the news. Some competitors may even feel jilted or scared. But, IDN has come up with 7 reasons why the Salesforce-MuleSoft deal will be great for all API players.

APIs and microservices are proving key to digital transformation – both to re-architect apps or for moving to the cloud.  IBM’s Alan Glickenhouse points to a third benefit: Rapid Innovation.  He shares guidance, business ideas and even architecture tips to let you take your APIs and microservices to the next level.

Momentum for APIs continues to grow, with an exciting expansion in use cases, according to a survey from Jitterbit. That said, the survey also reveals that many API adopters continue to search for better ways to create, implement and manage them  IDN speaks with two Jitterbit execs.

IBM is shipping a unified integration platform to make it easier for companies to design and deliver a wide range of app and data connectivity across on-prem and cloud. IDN explores Big Blue’s latest offerings for APIs, cloud integration and multi-cloud with IBM API Business Strategist Alan Glickenhouse.