There are plenty of discussions and comparisons of API architectures using REST versus SOAP. But which is a better approach when building cloud native services and applications? Cloud-based API data ...

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There has been some subterranean discussion in the content management standards arena about what is the best way to support the interoperability of content services with applications. Should vendors ...

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The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

What goes around comes around. Three years ago, mine was one of the voices urging the Web services movement not to lose touch with the Web’s essential nature, as embodied in the architectural style ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.