Apigee Gains Hundreds of Users, Touts New Features, Powers Innovative Apps That Rely on Twitter, Facebook, Google and Other APIs
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - February 24, 2010) - Apigee, a free, self-service API management
tool for Web APIs like Twitter, Facebook and Google, has gained hundreds of
registered users, added robust functionality since its launch in August
2009 and is poised to gather never-before-seen insight into the state of
API usage across Web and mobile platforms.
Built on Sonoa's industrial-strength cloud service and API
infrastructure that powers MTV Networks and MySpace, among others,
Apigee now features a revamped Web interface, animated API setup and rate
limiting dialogues. These features allow users to easily get started on
Apigee.com, view detailed analytics on API requests over time and determine
automatic responses to changes that can disrupt service. Apigee has also
added SSL support for APIs based on HTTPS protocols, opening up prominent
APIs, including PayPal, to safe, efficient usage and deep visibility.
"APIs are changing the face of Web and mobile for both big companies and
individual developers alike, and Apigee is proving to be an ideal platform
to create some pretty innovative apps and mashups," says Brian Mulloy,
co-creator of Apigee. "Additionally, with more and more users adopting
Apigee, we have the potential to find out what that change looks like --
how fast it's growing, what platforms are being used, and what access and
usage trends are developing -- empowering our users to be smarter about
managing and running their apps in today's Web API economy."
Apigee provides insight into the emergence of new application trends, with
the most popular applications revolving around location-based
functionality, as well as a growing social media mashup trend. Popular
examples of applications currently using Apigee include:
-- mLocal: Allows users to easily access
local online classified ads;
-- Social Mention: Providing
indicators of social sentiment as captured across popular social networking
platforms;
-- Flickr Photosets:
Built using the Flickr and Facebook APIs proxied through Apigee, it is the
fastest and most intuitive Flickr app on Facebook, enabling users to view
and share comments.
The latter is an impressive example of how community can make an
application better -- with both open source code
available for any Facebook developer and a rich community discussion forum for users to suggest
improvements. To date, Apigee shows an essentially equal distribution of
usage between providers, consumers and developers of APIs, a strong
indicator of a healthy and growing API ecosystem.
About Sonoa Systems
Sonoa provides analytics, management and governance solutions for APIs,
feeds and cloud services. Sonoa customers include over 50 leading
enterprise, SaaS and media companies. Leading customers such as MTV
Networks, MySpace and Guardian Insurance use Sonoa to create new revenue
channels, reduce costs and innovate faster. The company is based in Santa
Clara, CA, privately held, and backed by leading investors including
Norwest Venture Partners, Bay Partners, Third Point Ventures and SAP
Ventures. For more see www.sonoasystems.com.