TechValidate Research on CA API Management

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise professional services company is based on a May 2014 survey of CA Layer 7 customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

• Purchased CA API Gateway to achieve the following:
  • Support business growth objectives
  • Achieve greater business agility
  • Reduce Costs
  • Improve security
• Solved the following challenges with CA API Gateway:
  • Increased development velocity/project execution speed
  • Reduced IT infrastructure costs
  • Improved data protection of critical corporate/customer information
  • Allowed integration with mobile customers

Use Case

• Uses CA API Gateway to expose APIs to the following:
  • Internal developers
  • External contracted developers
  • Partners
• Has 1-5 APIs running using CA API Gateway.
• Connects to the following operating system end points with CA API Gateway:
  • Microsoft Windows
  • OS X
  • Intel-based UNIX
  • IOS
  • Android

Results

• Chose CA API Gateway over the following competitive options:
  • Intel (Mashery)
  • 3Scale
• Rates the following CA API Gateway capabilities as they compare to the competition:
  • performance: differentiated
  • security: very differentiated
  • flexibility: differentiated
  • integration: very differentiated
  • manageability (ops/analytics): differentiated
• Met customer goals with CA API Gateway in the following ways:
  • Created mobile app differentiation
  • Acquired new customers
  • Developed customer relationships
  • Improved customer loyalty

Introduction

This case study of a small business computer software company is based on a June 2015 survey of CA Technologies API Management customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

• Primary business goal of API Management project:
  • Develop new markets and create new revenue streams
• Primary digital initiative for API Management project:
  • Open up data securely and capture new markets
• Uses digital transformation as a fundamental part of everything they do.

Use Case

• Area digital transformation investments are directed:
  • Content management to coordinate the use of digital assets
• Systems/environments that will be integrated with CA API Management:
  • Sensors/devices
  • Enterprise data (databases, data warehouses)

Results

• Solved the following operational challenge after deploying API management:
  • Improved data protection of critical corporate/customer information
• API programs benefited business by:
  • Opening up of new markets
• Took > 3 months to go live with their first API Management project.