Feb 27, 2018
Open Banking APIs Need PSD2 Monitoring – Now
Finextra argues that APIs, PSD2, and DLT are banking's hottest technologies, but which one will actually reshape core systems?
Read more…Paul Cray
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Feb 14, 2018
Database Issues currently slowing reports
We experienced a temporary database performance issue affecting some users' reports and graphs, resolved the same evening.
Read more…David O'Neill
Feb 12, 2018
Monitoring the Untestable - A White Paper from APIContext
Our new white paper, Monitoring the Untestable, tackles the PSD2 and open banking catch-22 of monitoring production APIs.
Read more…Paul Cray
Feb 8, 2018
Major Feature Changes
Introducing Schedules, our new way to deploy API calls that replaces the old process of manually picking locations and clouds.
Read more…David O'Neill
Feb 2, 2018
Issues in some public Insight CASC scores January 2018
Some Insights reports briefly showed a CASC Score of 0 for newly added APIs due to a timing issue with monthly totals.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jan 30, 2018
API Update Failure: Or, Beware Of The Leopard
Updating an API is routine, but it can trigger failures if not handled carefully. Here's what commonly goes wrong and why.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jan 16, 2018
The (Open Banking) Revolution Will Be Blogged.
BBC News covered the launch of PSD2 and Open Banking, bringing the UK's regulatory shift to a mainstream global audience.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jan 12, 2018
PSD2 Eve: Tomorrow It Goes Live. Are You Ready?
PSD2 officially went live across the European Single Market on January 13, 2018. Here's what to expect starting Monday.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jan 3, 2018
The IRS and APIs: Can Your Tax Returns Be Accessed?
TechCrunch explores whether Congress could mandate the IRS to expose a public API, building on its existing internal ones.
Read more…Paul Cray
Dec 29, 2017
Hot Fuzz: The Fuzzing Form of Negative Testing
Fuzz testing may seem new, but the concept actually dates back to the days of punched cards, long before it became a buzzword.
Read more…Paul Cray
Dec 19, 2017
Testing! Testing! Testing! APIContext for Developers and Testers
ProgrammableWeb's Justin Rohrman explores API testing in a series we highlight, alongside how APIContext supports developers and testers.
Read more…Paul Cray
Dec 6, 2017
Going SLO: Service Level Agreements and Service Level Objectives
APIContext monitors API performance and quality, helping you verify whether an API actually meets its service level agreement.
Read more…Paul Cray
Dec 1, 2017
Rankings for Business Critical APIs
APImetrics runs hundreds of thousands of daily API calls to rank the leading APIs businesses depend on but rarely have clear SLAs for.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 9, 2017
Zen and the Art of API Monitoring
A talk from APIDays Banking Berlin riffs on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to explain the mindset behind good API monitoring.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 6, 2017
Berlin 2017 - Speaking at APIDays
A preview of an APIDays Banking Berlin talk, Zen and the Art of API Monitoring, inspired by the classic motorcycle maintenance book.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 3, 2017
APIStrat: The API Strategy & Practice Conference 2017 Review
A recap of APIstrat in Portland, covering the conference highlights, sessions, and takeaways from the API community event.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 8, 2017
APIs Have Only Been Getting Faster: A Report from APIContext
APIContext agents in 60+ global locations exercise API endpoints daily, giving customers data to measure and improve API performance.
Read more…David O'Neill
Oct 3, 2017
API Monitoring and Reporting: Steady Improvement in APIs
As an API monitoring service, we usually discuss outages and problems, but this post highlights steady improvement in API performance.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 28, 2017
Mini Case Study - When Did it Break?
A mini case study on Basepair, a DNA sequencing analytics SaaS trusted by Harvard Medical School and other top research institutions.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 27, 2017
Why Measure Your API?
A tale of two identical API calls from well-known American companies shows how differently performance can turn out in practice.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 25, 2017
Trust But Verify...
APIContext helps companies verify whether their cloud hosting and optimization services actually deliver what they claim to.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 11, 2017
PSD1 (Payment Service Directive): Show Me The Money
A look back at the European Single Market's early-1990s origins and the vested interests that slowed its progress toward reality.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 11, 2017
PSD2, APIs and Performance, and Quality Monitoring
PSD2 will revolutionize European banking by mandating open APIs, making performance and quality monitoring essential for banks.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 22, 2017
Artificial Intelligence: AGI, AI, API – and AIPI?
AI and APIs no longer mean what they used to. This post explores how the definition of artificial intelligence has shifted over time.
Read more…Paul Cray