Category: Business Strategy

Blog Series: Top 8 API Management Considerations for Winning Digital Strategies

By JakobLeonard on Jun 01, 2017 in API Economy, API Management, Business Strategy, Product Capabilities

If you are reading this and wondering what the important components of an API Management solution are then you have come to the right place!

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What is the Recommended Organizational Structure for an API initiative?

By Alan_G on May 25, 2017 in API Economy, API Management, Business Strategy, First Look, Getting Started

As you are establishing your organization to support your API initiative, remember one of the primary goals for most API initiatives is to improve speed...

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What are the Recommended Roles for an API initiative?

By Alan_G on May 19, 2017 in API Economy, Business Strategy, First Look, Getting Started

Are you positioned for success with your API initiative? What roles are required to drive a successful API initiative? How do these roles...

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RFP Template – Assistance in Choosing an API Solution Partner

By Alan_G on Mar 20, 2017 in API Economy, API Management, Business Strategy, Diving In, First Look

Many businesses considering an API solution are looking for help in understanding what a complete API management product might look like. But they...

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Real-Time API Analytics with Splunk, SAP & others

By JakobLeonard on Mar 16, 2017 in API Management, Business Strategy, Technical Strategy

API Analytics streaming in real-time to 3rd party systems is available in APIC 5.0.7.0, allowing users to draw correlations with other data sources on a...

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Forrester TEI Study Results Show 674% ROI

By Alan_G on Mar 13, 2017 in API Economy, Business Strategy

What is the ROI for an API initiative? The 674% ROI result for the IBM API Connect composite customer scenario in the Forrester study...

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What is the ROI for API Connect? – Forrester TEI Study Demonstrates Economic Benefits

By Alan_G on Feb 24, 2017 in API Economy, API Management, Business Strategy

IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential benefits and return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize...

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Why your business needs APIs (and why your APIs need IBM API Connect)

By Alan_G on Feb 16, 2017 in API Economy, API Management, Business Strategy, Getting Started, Market Trends

Many businesses are trying to figure out how or if APIs and the API economy are applicable or needed for their business. And if...

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Software Industry API Use Cases – Eating Our Own Cooking

By Alan_G on Jan 24, 2017 in API Economy, API Management, Business Strategy, First Look, Getting Started

Many of the use cases associated with businesses in the Software industry are the same as Retail. After all, companies that create software products,...

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Does size matter? (for your business to participate in the API Economy)

By Alan_G on Jan 11, 2017 in API Economy, API Management, Business Strategy, First Look, Getting Started

“How big does a business need to be before offering assets via business APIs using IBM API Connect?” I’ll answer a question with a...

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