There are plenty of discussions and comparisons of API architectures using REST versus SOAP. But which is a better approach when building cloud native services and applications? Cloud-based API data ...

While SOAP-based web services form the backbone of most legacy web service implementations, RESTful APIs have become the de facto standard for cloud-native microservices development. In this ...

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The goal for Weidmuller with Data Hub is to enable manufacturers to break down automation data silos with support for three key APIs and an architecture that eliminates ...

San Francisco-based startup Iron.io, which recently landed $8 million in funding, has just kicked off a project aimed at defeating the specter of cloud vendor lock-in. Called Project Kratos, the ...

It could be argued that the contemporary world of the web is built on application programming interfaces (APIs) – or, more specifically, web APIs that allow a web application to access services and ...

APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.