Are Your Enterprise Applications Holding You Back?

Mobile APIs, Cloud computing, and Web 2.0 technologies are fundamentally changing how enterprise applications are being used. Application usage is increasingly coming from web API, especially with the explosion in mobile devices. For example, over 75% of Twitter and 60% of Salesforce usage is via APIs. Vordel API Gateway solution helps enterprise extend enterprise application APIs beyond the network perimeters while addressing API security and API management requirements.

To make enterprise application data and functions available via web APIs, the API should be based on REST-style services, should have full access control and encryption, and should have full audit trail and usage monitoring.

Virtualize REST or SOAP Service Interface

Web 2.0 and mobile applications favor light-weight REST API with JSON. REST API is easy to use and is compatible with bandwidth and CPU constrained mobile platforms. Vordel API Gateway transforms your SOAP Web Services, Java API, JMS and proprietary interfaces into REST style API without intrusive changes to the application. API Gateway also simplifies API virtualization and versions for targeting different API consumers.

Vordel API Gateway is a policy enforcement point to authenticate API clients and users against enterprise access management platforms. Vordel adds advanced capabilities such as security token mediation for single sign-on and identity federation. Vordel API Gateway also integrates with fine-grained authorization tools to externalize authorization for new and legacy applications. Vordel offers out-of-the-box integration with all the leading identity management platforms to provide comprehensive API Security.

Gateways Link Applications of Different Technologies

Today's enterprise applications must interface with different types of access points. New web applications and mobile application favor RESTful API. Third party enterprise applications and B2B servers largely reply on SOAP based Web Services, SFTP, XML, and legacy protocols like EDI and AS2/3/4. Graphic user interfaces and Microsoft Office integrations likely use Java or .NET interfaces. Vordel API Gateway can audit and report on usage across all entry points to create a comprehensive report to meet operational and compliance requirements.