API management and predictive analysis solution provider Apigee announces further integration with Pivotal, with a deal bringing Apigee Edge Microgateway API management to the Pivotal Cloud Foundry platform.
The result, according to the two companies, allows developers to leverage Apigee API management software to share, monitor and secure APIs and microservices for applications developed with the Pivotal cloud platform.
“Enterprises are struggling with the complexity of a microservices architecture," Apigee says. "Hands down the most challenging aspect of managing microservices is the sheer scale of inter-microservices communication. The hub-and-spoke model of managing inter-services communication from legacy ESB vendors simply cannot scale.”
The Edge Microgateway runs on Cloud Foundry as a hybrid service, and provides key features such as spike arrest, quota and analytics with a smaller platform than the regular Apigee Edge platform. It also promises to simplify deployment, reduce latency and improve Edge-powered API program performance.
Meanwhile, in Pivotal-related news, the company launches the Ready Partner Program-- a channel program aimed at growing the Cloud Foundry ecosystem. It supports the system integrator and consultant community and offers 2 program tiers, registered (the base level) and advanced (for partners making a deeper investment in Pivotal).
The program already has 25 inaugural partners, including Accenture, Altoros and Cognizant, among others.
“From the C-level down, companies are facing digital transformation and must change how they deliver software and data,” Pivotal says. “These same companies are making strategic, long-term decisions that designate Pivotal Cloud Foundry as the core platform for all future digital initiatives, allowing them to respond quickly and meaningfully to market opportunities and threats.”
