Introduction
Lots of our customers today use API Gateways from multiple vendors, often running on multiple clouds or hosting multiple API gateways on-premises. The huge growth of APIs, leads to an unmanageable sprawl of APIs. One of the first questions we ask when we meet new customers is the number of APIs they are running. And surprisingly, the answer to that question is for most of them not so easy to give.
As the number of APIs skyrockets, gaining a comprehensive view of all the APIs across an organization becomes increasingly difficult. This lack of visibility can lead to redundancy and the risk of duplicating existing APIs.
Additionally, governance and lifecycle management pose significant challenges. Ensuring consistent quality across all APIs is critical, especially for driving adoption. It is essential that each API adheres to established naming conventions and best practices, and that there is a clear process for managing APIs, from their inception to eventual deprecation.