Original Research on CA API Management

The Drive for Change

What types of operational challenges did deploying CA API Gateway solve for your organization?

Improved the efficiency of business processes	32%
Increased development velocity/project execution speed	52%
Reduced IT infrastructure costs	23%
Extended your reach into new markets	23%
Improved data protection of critical corporate/customer information	54%
Allowed integration with mobile employees	14%
Allowed integration with mobile customers	27%
Met regulatory compliance standards	18%

Case Study: Large Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise financial 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.

“We believe the simplicity of CA API Gateway was a key factor as well as the Developer Portal. Some of the competitors were more full featured, but the additional features were not deemed worth the cost.”

Challenges

Purchased CA API Gateway to achieve the following:
- Support business growth objectives
Solved the following challenges with CA API Gateway:
- Reduced IT infrastructure costs
- Allowed integration with mobile employees

Use Case

Uses CA API Gateway to expose APIs to the following:
- Internal developers
- External contracted developers
Has >50 APIs running using CA API Gateway.
Connects to the following operating system end points with CA API Gateway:
- Microsoft Windows
- IOS

Results

Chose CA API Gateway over the following competitive options:
- IBM DataPower
- Axway (Vordel)
- SOA Software
Rates the following CA API Gateway capabilities as they compare to the competition:
- performance: differentiated
- security: differentiated
- flexibility: differentiated
- integration: differentiated
- manageability (ops/analytics): differentiated
Met customer goals with CA API Gateway in the following ways:
- Mostly internal consumers/apps

CA Technologies API Management Customer Statistic

44% of surveyed IT organizations who evaluated Apigee (Google) prior to selecting CA API Management experienced challenges with possessing limited app and API security.

44%

Driving Revenue

Did your implementation of the CA API Gateway result in increased revenue and/or productivity?

Yes	59%
No	41%

Case Study: Large Enterprise Banking Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise banking 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.

“CA API Gateway allows QoS features to be developed independently of the web services. These QoS features are easily implemented in CA API Gateway leaving the web service development to be POJO.”

Challenges

Purchased CA API Gateway to achieve the following:
- Achieve greater business agility
Solved the following challenges with CA API Gateway:
- Improved data protection of critical corporate/customer information
- Allowed integration with mobile employees
- Allowed integration with mobile customers

Use Case

Uses CA API Gateway to expose APIs to the following:
- Internal developers
Has 6-10 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

Results

Chose CA API Gateway over the following competitive options:
- IBM DataPower
Met customer goals with CA API Gateway in the following ways:
- Created mobile app differentiation
- Developed customer relationships

CA API Gateway simplified access to important information in near real-time that improves staff workflows.

— Engineer, Large Enterprise Health Care Company

TechValidate Research on CA API Management

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The Drive for Change

Case Study: Large Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About CA Layer 7

Driving Revenue

Case Study: Large Enterprise Banking Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About CA Layer 7

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