A Guide to REST and API Design

In his 1966 book “The Psychology of Science,” American psychologist Abraham Maslow tackled the idea that those in the field of psychology needed to approach treatment from multiple perspectives, to take on new ideas, and not just continue using the same theories and techniques created by Freud and his followers so many years ago. Acknowledging that changing your point of view can be difficult, Maslow wrote “[I]t is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything like a nail.” We have all had this experience. We get so used to the way things have been done in the past, we sometimes don’t question the reasons for doing them.
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5 OAuth Essentials for API Access Control

OAuth puts the user in control of delegating access to an API. This allows one service to integrate with another service on behalf of that user. The same social Web providers who popularized the pattern of exposing an API to enable third-party developers to enrich their platforms were the first ones to apply such delegated authorization mechanisms. OAuth was defined in 2006, to standardize mechanisms of this kind.
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Five Simple Strategies for Securing APIs

Since the early days of computing, developers have struggled to make applications communicate. Specialized protocols, such as COM+, CORBA, and even SOAP, emerged over the years, but none were sufficient to meet the need for scale, simplicity, and cross-language functionality.

APIs are the technology behind this approach. APIs allow developers to create an open architecture for sharing functionality and data between applications. APIs are like windows into an application—a direct conduit that leads straight into the core functionality and data residing in the heart of the app.

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5 Ways to Get Top Mobile App Developer Talent for Your Open APIs

Opening APIs to developers outside the enterprise can enable the creation of apps that add value in innovative and often unexpected ways –without the enterprise having to invest directly in app development. However, this will only happen when the enterprise can grow an ecosystem of visionary developers creating cutting edge apps that provide consumers with something of real value.

In this eBook, we will provide a detailed overview of five key ways smart enterprises attract and nurture top third-party developer talent.

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Protecting Your APIs Against Attack and Hijack

The best practice for API security architecture is to separate out API implementation and API security into distinct tiers. Under this model, an API developer can focus completely on the application domain, ensuring that each API is well designed and promotes integration between different apps. CA API Gateway provides the API security administrator with complete control over access control, threat detection, confidentiality, integrity and audit across every API the organization publishes.
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Transforming Digital Business with APIs

The app, in many digital forms, mobile, cloud and the Internet of Things, has created the opportunity for enterprises to optimize interaction with employees, customers and business partners in fundamentally new ways. Choosing the right digital platform can be the difference between success and failure.
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Application Visibility: The Root Of Good Service Management

IT organizations have long struggled to understand and manage the services they provide. Most have acquired huge portfolios of tools to measure nearly every corner of the IT environment. Despite these investments — many of which were on the order of several million dollars — the goal of understanding and managing service behavior remains elusive.
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A Winning API Strategy: Developing Secure Mobile Apps with a UX that Delights Customers

The mobile app has become “the” strategic initiative for all digital organizations attempting to drive business forward. “By 2017, mobile apps will be downloaded more than 268 billion times, generating revenue of more than $77 billion — making apps one of the most popular computing tools for users across the globe.”1 The app has become more than a simple method of communication. It is the new critical point of engagement, the face of the organization, and quite possibly the difference maker in customers staying or leaving. Getting the “user experience” (or UX) right in the eyes of the consumer is no longer a nice to have but fundamental to achieving success.
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Verkürzung des Zeitrahmens zur Beschleunigung der Anwendungsbereitstellung

Wie wäre es, wenn Sie bei der Bereitstellung von Anwendungen Ihren Zeitrahmen VERKÜRZEN und Anwendungen um 25 bis 50 Prozent schneller, hochwertiger und mit weniger Aufwand bereitstellen könnten? Wie wäre es, wenn Sie Ihren Zeitrahmen VERKÜRZEN und einen Investitionsertrag von 100 Prozent bereits bei der Bereitstellung Ihrer nächsten Anwendung erzielen könnten? Wie wäre es, wenn Sie Aufgaben verkürzen könnten und DevOps endlich Realität wäre?
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CA PPM Datasheet

The need to speed innovation is a fundamental business reality today—but so is the need to contend with finite budgets and resources. Project and portfolio management (PPM) delivers the key capabilities organizations need to straddle these competing demands, but for many businesses, the time and money required to implement on-premises PPM platforms has kept these initiatives on the back burner. With CA Project & Portfolio Management SaaS (CA PPM SaaS) your organization can leverage a comprehensive, SaaS-based PPM solution. As a result, you can harness the capabilities you need to innovate more quickly and optimize your resource investments—without having to incur the time and effort of deploying and maintaining a PPM platform on premises.
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Discover CA Cloud Service Management Today: Register Today

CA Cloud Service Management is purpose-built for speed – rapidly accelerating time-to-value where other SaaS solutions fall short. Implement in days, adopt with minimal training, configure without programmers, automate end-user requests, and get automatic upgrades. Simplified pricing gives you predictable costs – no nickel and diming or complex pricing charges. The CA advantage means rapid time-to value, ease of use, and low cost of ownership.
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How To Budget For Workforce And Customer-Facing Technologies In 2015 And Beyond

Infrastructure and operations leaders must create a strategy and budget to outfit workers with devices, software, and services to improve their productivity. Additionally, I&O leaders play a critical role in both the strategy and budgetary support of customer-facing interaction technologies. This Forrester Research report helps you benchmark your organization against your peers as you work with business partners to develop and implement technology strategies that drive business results for your company. Read this Forrester Research report, compliments of Dell for more information on strategies to devise the right technology fits for your organizational needs.

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Reducing Infrastructure Complexity through Converged Systems

Remote offices, branch offices and small businesses have dramatically stepped up their adoption of new technology to help them run everything from typical business applications to cutting-edge solutions that differentiate their organizations. But that rapid run-up in new technology deployments has often come with a cost: increased infrastructure complexity that has become harder and more expensive to manage. Download this paper to learn how you can create a cost-effective infrastructure management plan

**Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Xeon Inside are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

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How to Gain Visibility into Spreadsheet Usage and Manage Risk

Spreadsheets aren’t the enemy, but errors and mistakes within them can be. In spite of efforts to eradicate them, spreadsheet usage is growing. Organizations need to minimize risk. Incisive Software’s whitepaper outlines “How to Gain Visibility into Spreadsheet Usage and Manage Risk.

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