TechValidate Research on CA API Management

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise computer software company is based on a September 2014 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

• integrating with enterprise data is their biggest mobile challenge.

Use Case

• Supports <100k mobile customers.
• Supports <2k mobile employees.
• An API gateway helped support their mobile initiatives by:
  • Secured the app to the API

Results

• Implementation of the CA API Gateway (formerly CA Layer 7 API Gateway) resulted in increased revenue and/or productivity.
• improved their ability to manage their developers’ access to approved APIs with their implementation of the CA API Developer Portal (formerly CA Layer 7 API Portal).

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.