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Best Practices

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Blog Posts

API Management

Best practices for maintaining consistent API performance over time

Learn how to ensure consistent API performance over time with our best practices guide. Discover the importance of designing for performance, testing and monitoring, optimizing API calls, and more. Improve reliability and performance for your users with these essential tips.
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ETL & ELT

Best Practices for ETL Testing

Discover the crucial role of ETL testing in modern data management systems. Explore best practices, types of testing, and the importance of testing for data integrity, performance, and compliance. Elevate your ETL processes for a competitive edge in the data-driven world.
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Data Modeling

Best Practices for Consistency of Enterprise Data Models

Learn the best practices for creating and maintaining enterprise data models to drive organizational consistency and effective data management. Discover the importance of data governance, data architecture, metadata, and standardization. Find out how version control, documentation, monitoring, and auditing contribute to continual improvement. Elevate your data models from technical assets to strategic blueprints for future success.
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Application Integration

Application Integration Testing Strategies

Explore the nuanced world of application integration testing strategies. Dive deep into methodologies like the Big Bang and Incremental Approaches, and discover how to choose the right tools for seamless, effective integration.
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Application Integration

Application integration for IoT devices: A detailed guide to unifying your ecosystem

Learn how to effectively integrate IoT devices in this comprehensive guide. Discover key considerations, strategies, and challenges for seamless application integration in the IoT landscape.
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Security & Compliance

APIs under attack: how to prepare for and respond to breaches

Learn how to secure your APIs from attacks with technical controls, incident response and disaster recovery plans. Don't wait until it's too late.
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Microservices

Adopting microservices? Avoid these like the plague

Experts have said it over and over - you can’t be too careful when it comes to Microservices adoption.
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Data Lakes

A Guide to Data Lake Governance

Discover the importance of data lake governance in our digital world. Learn how effective governance can maximize the potential of data lakes and ensure trustworthiness and usability. Find out the pillars of data lake governance and the challenges and trends in this evolving field. Join us on the journey towards clarity, security, and purpose in data management.
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Data Modeling

A Guide to Agile Data Modeling

Discover the power of Agile Data Modeling in the era of digital transformation. Learn how it addresses the limitations of traditional models and enables organizations to be flexible, collaborative, and responsive.
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Podcast Episodes

Defining Digital Transformation in 2021 with Isaac Sacolick

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CIO and digital transformation thought leader Isaac Sacolick joins us in this episode and educates on what makes for a successful digital transformation - from adopting new technologies and the right business models, to addressing necessary changes needed in the organization.

"Microservices antipatterns and the things you're doing wrong" with Chris Richardson

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Author of "Microservices Patterns" and Microservices.io creator Chris Richardson talks about the common antipatterns found in microservice architectures and discusses the decision-making process for their adoption.

"What I learned from deploying thousands of APIs" with Matthew Reinbold

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Capital One API and Event Streaming Platforms Director Matthew Reinbold shares his thoughts on how API governance works and how its implementation can help better digital transformation strategies across organizations and industries.

Is Docker Dead? Discussing Docker and GitOps with Viktor Farcic

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Principal DevOps Architect at Codefresh and Google Developer Experts member Viktor Farcic talks about how Docker is deprecating, how he sees the current GitOps trends and how it's forging a more cloud agnostic future.

The Future of Event-Driven Integration with James Urquhart

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Flow proponent and cloud computing thought leader James Urquhart talks about how Flow Architecture will benefit the future of enterprise integration and discusses the concepts and technologies behind it.

Talking APIs and Description Languages with API Evangelist Kin Lane

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API Evangelist and Postman Chief Evangelist Kin Lane talks about the OpenAPI specification, fostering collaborations between competing specifications and the importance of educating organizational leaders about APIs.

The evolution of microservices for modern software development with James Lewis

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ThoughtWorks Director and Software Architect James Lewis talks about the dynamic concept and nature of microservices, and how its evolution shaped better standards for modern software development in organizations around the world.

Creating a formal API program with James Higginbotham

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API Consultant and LaunchAny Founder James Higginbotham describes APIs as the “ultimate do-over solution for enterprise IT” and discusses how organizations can establish a formal API program.

Developing a cloud adoption strategy with Mike Kavis

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Deloitte Consulting Managing Director Mike Kavis discusses how companies can successfully develop a cloud-adoption strategy and how they can address the challenges that are associated with utilizing the cloud.

Creating an API story with Mike Amundsen

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Internationally known author and speaker Mike Amundsen discusses the advantages of having an API-first design and how great APIs relate to microservices in breaking down the traditional monolithic application design.