Cloud Computing: Vordel Dreams Up the – Drum Roll, Please – API Server
June 23, 2012
Dublin-based Vordel has spun up a newfangled API Server offering the enterprise a single platform to deploy APIs to cloud services and mobile users.
The widgetry builds on its application gateway technologies.
The company sees it as a simpler, more agile way to deploy apps and a quicker way to drive revenue.
The APIs Vordel has in mind are the lightweight REST and JSON APIs used to enable mobile, web and cloud applications; SOAP APIs for SOA; and file-based interfaces for B2B integration.
Architecturally the API Server could replace or stand in front of an application server. It can be deployed in traditional data centers or in an elastic cloud environment, including public, private and hybrid clouds…
According to a survey Vordel did querying organizations deploying APIs over 50% reported using APIs to integrate new business channels, and another 25% said they were using APIs for mobile applications.
The API Server is supposed to give enterprises the flexibility to integrate cloud and mobile channels with their back-end systems without losing control of those services. Vordel’s connectors are critical to the system.
It’s said to be highly available, with policy governance capabilities to ensure that the APIs are optimized for performance and scalability. It can be used for security enforcement, traffic management and monitoring tasks at wire speed.
If a device is lost – and people are so careless with their toys – the APIs can turn off access to the data on the dingus.
The widgetry provides for brokering protocols and mapping identity between internal and third-party APIs; aggregating, orchestrating and creating mash-up APIs; monitoring and guaranteeing Quality of Service (QoS); auditing and enforcing SLAs for APIs; controlling access to APIs and securing data transmitted via APIs; detecting and preventing threats from attackers or malfunctioning applications; and developing and testing APIs.
Availability is set for June 29. Figure $25,000 on a single four-core CPU machine.