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Review the following use cases for examples of how to leverage API Management to solve problems, increase efficiency, and achieve business goals. Explore Boomi Customer Stories to learn more about how organizations have achieved success using the Boomi Enterprise Platform.

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API Control Plane

Here are some ways you can use API Control Plane:

  • Discover and catalog APIs dynamically, while governing them with a federated approach across gateways, all without increasing latency or introducing single points of failure.
  • Identify vulnerabilities and proactively eliminate threats with built-in API governance insights, like quality and security scoring, to drive decision-making.
  • Use advanced analytics to track adoption, usage, and API health.
  • Create OpenAPI specification files from scratch with AI.
  • Create customizable developer portals in minutes or utilize a pre-configured, ready to use portal.

API Gateway

Here are some ways you can use API Gateway:

  • Deploy, secure, and manage APIs created in Boomi Integration for rapid end-to-end adoption of business workflows.
  • Define granular access controls, security policies, and regulations at scale like ISO 27001, PCI, SOC2, and HITRUST to meet industry and legal standards compliance needs.

Cloud API Management

Here are some ways you can use Cloud API Management:

  • Create, build, and manage your APIs seamlessly from a central platform.

  • Secure your APIs with robust authentication mechanisms to ensure only authorized users can access them.

  • Restrict access to your APIs at both the API and method levels to achieve fine-grained control.

  • Customize your Developer Portal to reflect your company’s branding, look, and feel, ensuring a consistent experience for external developers.

  • Monitor API usage with rich analytics dashboards, including:

    • API Call Activity: Monitor total call volume and rate of change over time.
    • Health & Performance: View real-time data on availability, latency, and throughput.
    • Developer Engagement: View new developer activity, such as new developers registered, application registrations, and API key assignments.
    • Usage Summaries: Access usage graphs for all API packages and services.
    • Detailed Insights: Drill into the top used packages, the top five API methods, and the top ten most active developers.
    • Geographical Analysis: View API call distributions by hour and geographic location.

  • View detailed cache statistics, broken down by API and Plan.

  • Monitor developer key cache usage and assess impacts when cache parameters are modified.

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Business case examples

Review the following business cases for examples of how to leverage Boomi Cloud API Management to enhance security, improve real-time traffic monitoring, and achieve business goals.

Example 1: Launching fast, safe, and reliable API solutions

A mid-sized digital-first financial services company needed a secure, fast-to-market API management solution to meet growing demand for real-time financial data access via mobile apps and partner platforms.

The company aimed to launch a secure, compliant API platform for fintech partners and developers within three months. With limited IT resources and no in-house API gateway expertise, they required a cost-effective solution for moderate traffic.

To meet their goals quickly and securely, the company partnered with Cloud API Management, a platform that provides an intuitive interface for managing APIs throughout their lifecycle. This partnership enabled them to:

  • Enhance security: Securely connect with partners using built-in caller authentication and encrypted data transfer.

  • Optimize traffic: Provides policy management with smart throttling to keep APIs stable, manage traffic, and maintain performance during peak usage.

  • Accelerate deployment: Deploy quickly without internal infrastructure buildup to ensure smooth, always-on API performance.

Example 2: Real-time API visibility and control for APIs

A large nationwide departmental store chain relies on APIs to distribute fresh fruits from third-party vendors. Their IT team faces security and functionality issues with their current API system and is seeking solutions to improve security, traffic monitoring, and the Developer Portal.

To meet their goals quickly and securely, the company partnered with Cloud API Management - a platform offering an intuitive interface for managing APIs throughout their entire lifecycle. This partnership enabled them to:

  • Enhance security: Leveraging Cloud API Management, developers can build secure APIs that follow best practices in API design and management.

  • Improved API Management and monitoring: Developers can easily configure, deploy, and monitor APIs, enabling proactive issue resolution and performance optimization based on real-time analytics.

  • Real-time data access: With advanced management tools, Cloud API Management promotes an agile API development environment, fostering collaboration across teams and ensuring APIs align consistently with business objectives.

Example 3: Secure, scalable, and cost-effective API solution

A company faced challenges managing APIs securely and efficiently as their business grew. Their developers needed a reliable platform to integrate applications with products while protecting APIs from unauthorized access. They required a cost-effective solution that could easily handle both internal and external API traffic.

The company needed an API Management solution to secure access for teams and partners, handle traffic smoothly, make it easy for developers to connect apps, scale with business growth, and maintain fair, predictable costs.

With Cloud API Management, the company has achieved:

  • Secure API deployment: Enhanced security with built-in authorization controls, keeping their APIs safe.

  • Traffic management: Efficient routing to handle traffic smoothly across all our applications.

  • Simplified Developer Portal: A comprehensive platform that speeds up and simplifies app integration.

  • Scalable solution: Scalability to support our growing organization, whether APIs are used internally or externally.

  • Cost-effective pricing: Transparent, fair pricing that offers great value with predictable costs.

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