When someone mentions APIs what do you think of? Let’s look at the acronym and the discuss how I will be using it over the course or this blog series. API stands for “Application Programming Interface”. This term is pretty broad as it is a connection between computers, programs and software services. APIs can be […]
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Welcome to API Corner
“With Great Power comes Great Responsibility”. I remember first hearing this phrase in Spider Man comics. But it has a much longer history than that. Wikipedia indicates that this is actually an ancient phrase going back to the first century BC. I find that IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management’s (IBM ELM’s) incredible flexibility and power is […]
A potential plan for 2022
As I mentioned a while back, I took on a much more technical role in my day job recently. I am working on IBM’s “Engineering Lifecycle Management” product offering as a solution architect. My primary focus is on our reusable components, which includes many of our APIs. APIs are the building blocks of modern applications, […]
The power of conversations
When we think of personal assistants today, we think of call centers and home automation – “Hey Alexa – turn on the lights”, “I see that your phone number is 202-555-1212 – please press or say ‘1’ if you are calling from the number on your account”. This is not a conversation, this is a […]
Industrial Internet Consortium – First time attendee(s)
This week, I was glad to see my old friend and former fellow 8Bar teammate Ian Hughes, for drinks while he was in town. I found out he was attending the Quarterly meeting of the Industrial Internet Consortium in Raleigh, NC. Ian is now an analysts at 451 Research and focuses on AR/VR and the […]