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CentraSite and API Management

A new wave of innovation is revolutionizing enterprises as mobile internet users exceed internet desktop users. Today’s enterprises are looking at leveraging their existing and new IT assets across multiple channels that include not only the existing internet based browser-centric model, but more importantly, cater to mobile device users. In addition, new opportunities to leverage these assets with third party sources, allows for innovative solutions and new operating models.

CentraSite’s Application Programming Interface (API) Management Solutions enable enterprises to selectively externalize their new and existing assets as APIs across various channels, monitor the interface’s lifecycle with an integrated infrastructure, and make sure the needs of developers and application using the API are met.

With an integrated infrastructure, you can securely expose your APIs to external developers and partners (By partners we mean any external entities with which your enterprise interacts, such as suppliers and other vendors, dealers and distributors, customers, government agencies, trade organizations and so forth.), and provide design time and run time governance capabilities to the APIs.

CentraSite's support for API Management enables developers, architects and business developers to:

The asset types that are supported for API management are: Service, XML Service, REST Service, Virtual Service, Virtual XML Service, and Virtual REST Service.

Instructions throughout the remainder of this document use the term "API" when referring to the three base types (Service, XML Service, REST Service), and "API Proxy" when referring to the three virtual types (Virtual Service, Virtual XML Service, and Virtual REST Service) in general.

Related sections of the CentraSite documentation provide the information you need for creating and configuring your API.

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