API Platform

A successful API management strategy is the key to innovation and
streamlining your operations - connecting everything together.

Overview

Implementing APIs (Application Program Interfaces) is the first step to a truly connected enterprise by connecting processes and machines so they can work together. APIs modernize legacy systems and deliver immediate ROI by saving your team time and money.

Powerful Partnerships

V-Soft Digital is a proud partner of leading API platforms and management software.
Our technical expertise and experience allows us to offer the most appropriate solutions for your specific integration needs.

Drive Customer Centricity with APIs

Omni-channel experiences are one of the biggest initiatives for modern businesses. APIs can connect all channels, processes, software and machines to deliver consistent and concise experiences.

Benefits of API Management

A successful API Management strategy creates many benefits for our customers.

Improve Customer Satisfaction

Launch new products and features faster
Improve customer engagement

Modernize and Innovate

Improve app security and authentication
Integrate legacy apps into newer archtecture

Gain Business Insights

Understand customer behavior and usage patters
Drive analytics to improve product portfolio

Drive Platform-as-a-Service Initiatives

Evolve from a product to a platform
Extend reach and revenue via partners

V-Soft Digital’s API Services

API Creation and Operations

Create API from scratch
Import REST API from Swagger or RAML file or URL
Import SOAP API from WSDL file or URL
Publish and unpublish from the API Portal
Enable and disable API Gateway endpoint
Export and import
Update and version APIs

Advanced API Editing

Discover and learn about API details
Edit and update basic and advanced definitions
Create new versions
REST-enable SOAP APIs
Define API scopes

API Analytics

Analyze API performance over time
Discover usage patterns
Spot issues
Drill down to API payloads for more insights

API Policy Management

Configure and apply policies globallly on API level or on scope level
Review and change applied global and API level policies as needed

API Monetization

Create API packages and API service plans
Publish to API Portal
Manage subscriptions

API Management Lifecycle

Effective API Management

Design and compose APIs (API-first design)
Expose APIs securely internally and externally
Grow network of developers, partners, and customers
Monetize new business models using APIs
Analyze APIs to see where to make improvements

Value Chain Participants

API Platform Ecosystem

Components of the Platform

API Microgateways

What is a Microgateway?

API Microgateways are a proxy that sits close to the microservice
They are lightweight components that protest and mediate private APIs

Advantage of Microgateways

Supports distributed/microservice architectures
Prevents overloading main gateways
Reduces impact of routing all traffic though a single gateway
Supports east-west traffic

Different Architecture Models for Microgateways

Security Landscape

Security Architecture

Hosting Models for API Platform

On-Premise

When Enterprises are heavily reliant on Legacy Systems, that cannot be migrated to Cloud
Under lying Security needs, Management and Governance of Security Policies
Nature and Sensitivity of underlying Data
Organization Funding Options and Priorities
Competencies and Skills

Hybrid

During evolution of Enterprise, they have embraced new technologies that are on the Cloud
Enterprises have no choice but to be on the Hybrid Model
If the Enterprise is willing to accept best of the bread Cloud offerings, such as Single-Sign-On such as Okta
Enterprises are not willing to take ownership of Data or Security and passing it on to the Third-Party Providers

Cloud

When majority of Enterprise Systems are on Cloud
When Enterprise’s existing
On-Prem systems, have the ability to move to Cloud
Most of the Enterprise business is operating on the Cloud
TechOps, DevOps is something, the Enterprises does not want to invest