2011-06-17-new-api-management-platform-players.html

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title: 'New API Management Platform Players'
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<a href="http://www.layer7tech.com/" target="_blank"><img class="c1" src="http://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/api-service-providers/layer7-logo.png" alt="" width="200" align="right" /></a>Two new API management platforms were launched this month. <a title="Layer 7 Technologies" href="http://www.layer7tech.com/products/layer-7-api-portal">Layer 7 technologies</a> launched the <a title="Layer 7 API Portal" href="http://www.layer7tech.com/products/layer-7-api-portal">Layer 7 API Portal</a>, and <a title="SOA Software" href="http://www.soa.com/">SOA Software</a> launched their <a title="Atmosphere API Platform" href="http://blog.apievangelist.com/2011/06/17/atmosphere-a-new-api-management-portal/">Atmosphere API platform</a>.
<p></p>These new platforms show the API space is really heating up in 2011. The enterprise is taking notice of the value of APIs, and service providers are lining up to compete for the business.
<p></p>These new platforms offer asimilarset of services as <a title="Mashery" href="http://blog.apievangelist.com/2010/10/10/mashery-api-services/">Mashery</a>, <a title="Apigee" href="http://blog.apievangelist.com/2010/10/10/apigee-api-services/">Apigee</a>, <a title="3Scale" href="http://blog.apievangelist.com/2010/10/10/3scale-api-services/">3Scale</a> including:
<ul class="mainlist">
     <li>API Provisioning
     </li>
     <li>Metrics and Billing
     </li>
     <li>Security and Control
     </li>
     <li>Reporting and Analytics
     </li>
     <li>Developer Registration and Accounts
     </li>
     <li>Developer Support
     </li>
</ul><a href="http://atmosphere.soa.com/" target="_blank"><img class="c1" src="http://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/api-service-providers/atmosphere-api-management.png" alt="" width="200" align="right" /></a>Some of them deploy their solutions on-premise, while others deploy in the cloud, and a couple of them will do both. Each provider has their own approach to API management, but essentially accomplish the same end goal.
<p></p>I'm going to work on a better side by side comparison of Layer 7, Atmosphere, Mashery, Apigee, 3Scale and Mashape. Hopefully to help people understand what each API service providers delivers.