Strategy

Why does WAF matter in API security?

March, 2024

Nowadays, APIs power the internet. We see APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) everywhere: webshops, social networks, mobile apps, government sites and most of the media entertainment is delivered to us over APIs.

Revolutionizing API Operations: A Dive into GitOps-Based API Management

Immánuel Fodor

API Management

March, 2024

APIs (application programming interfaces) are a hot topic these days with the rise of machine-to-machine communication and AI, microservice-based cloud native architectures. Add to that the never-ending need for efficiency to reuse existing software components and services to build up solutions faster and cheaper without reinventing the wheel. Traditional API management solutions are often slow and suboptimal for efficiency, built with click-operations in mind, leading to stateful and procedura

Why Modern API Management Needs an End-to-End GitOps Strategy

Immánuel Fodor

API Management

March, 2024

GitOps isn’t just another IT buzzword; it’s quickly transforming how software development operates, making deployments more reliable, repeatable, and automated. GitOps is used to manage infrastructure and workloads, but it hasn’t taken hold in managing APIs. While this modern operations model is used in API development, API management has yet to benefit from GitOps-driven processes, and it’s sorely needed. With the rise of cloud-native development and microservices, a growing majority of develo

Reducing Your Infrastructure Costs by Consolidating Networking Tools

Christian Turnipseed

API Management

March, 2023

Need to cut business costs? Consider your networking stack. This article shows you how to consolidate networking tools and reduce infrastructure costs.

Building Your Networking Strategy Using Multi-Cloud, Hybrid Cloud or Multi-Orchestrator Architectures

Kate Mikula

Microservices

March, 2023

Explore hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and multi-orchestrator architectures for your networking strategy and the differences between their basic and unified forms.

Unlock the Potential of Data APIs with Strong Authentication and Traefik Enterprise

Matt Elgin

Access Control

February, 2023

Exposing data held within legacy systems in a controlled way through APIs, microservices, etc., is often a challenge. Here's how strong authentication can help.

Achieve Zero Downtime Access Control for Your Applications

Julien Salleyron

Access Control

February, 2023

Learn how to implement access control for all applications, including legacy, in just a few clicks, with zero downtime, and no changes to the original app.

The History and Evolution of APIs

Kate Mikula

API Management

February, 2023

Let's explore the history of APIs to understand how and why they have become such an integral part of modern software development.

Why Location Matters When Load Balancing Traffic in Containerized Environments

Manuel Zapf

Kubernetes

December, 2022

Here, we highlight why the environment's location makes a massive difference in how load balancing is done and how to tackle it in the easiest way possible.