Category Archives: APIs

Battlefield vets StrongSalt (formerly OverNest) announces $3M seed round

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StrongSalt, then known as OverNest, appeared at the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC Battlefield in 2016, and announced product for searching encrypted code, which remains unusual to this day. Today, the company announced a $3 million seed round led by Valley Capital Partners. StrongSalt founder and CEO Ed Yu, says encryption remains a difficult proposition, and that […] Continue reading Battlefield vets StrongSalt (formerly OverNest) announces $3M seed round→

Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps

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400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says. Continue reading Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps→

How Bots Use APIs to Infiltrate the Online World

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APIs can be highly vulnerable, making them frequent attack targets. And they play a major role and fuel major risks when it comes to bot management.
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APIs are the next big SaaS wave

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While the software revolution started out slowly, over the past few years it’s exploded and the fastest-growing segment to-date has been the shift towards software as a service or SaaS… Continue reading APIs are the next big SaaS wave→

ReadMe scores $9M Series A to help firms customize API docs

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Software APIs help different tools communicate with one another, let developers access essential services without having to code it themselves, and are critical components for driving a platform-driven strategy. Yet they require solid documentation to help make the best use of them. ReadMe, a startup that helps companies customize their API documentation, announced a $9 […] Continue reading ReadMe scores $9M Series A to help firms customize API docs→

Postman raises $50 million to grow its API development platform

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Postman, a five-year-old startup that is attempting to simply development, tests, and management of APIs through its platform, has raised $50 million in a new round to scale its business. The Series B for the startup, that began its journey in India, was led by CRV and included participation from existing investor Nexus Venture Partners […] Continue reading Postman raises $50 million to grow its API development platform→

Adding to the Toolkit – Some Useful Tools for Cloud Security

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With more business applications moving to the cloud, the ability to assess network behavior has changed from a primarily systems administration function to a daily security operations concern. And whilst sec-ops teams are already familiar with firewall… Continue reading Adding to the Toolkit – Some Useful Tools for Cloud Security→

Apigee jumps on hybrid bandwagon with new API for hybrid environments

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This year at Google Cloud Next, the theme is all about supporting hybrid environments, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Apigee, the API company it bought in 2016 for $265 million, is also getting into the act. Today, Apigee announced the Beta of Apigee Hybrid, a new product designed for hybrid environments. Amit […] Continue reading Apigee jumps on hybrid bandwagon with new API for hybrid environments→

Mailgun changes hands again as Thoma Bravo buys majority stake

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Mailgun, an email API delivery service, announced today that it was selling a majority stake in the company to private equity firm Thoma Bravo. The companies did not share terms, but this is the second owner in the company’s 8+ year history. Mailgun provides API services for building email functionality into applications. It has over […] Continue reading Mailgun changes hands again as Thoma Bravo buys majority stake→