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Kong and Okta Deliver Best-in-Class Identity for API Management

Kong and Okta Deliver Best-in-Class Identity for API Management
NewsNovember 18, 2021

As organizations look to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, a couple of key trends are prevalent. First, there is a movement from monolithic to smaller cloud native microservices. Second, there is more pressure to innovate, resulting in an explosion of APIs and connections to…

Eric Gandhi

2021 Cloud Connectivity Innovator Award Winners: Big Success, Great Advice

Kong Introduces the Cloud Connectivity Innovator Awards
NewsNovember 8, 2021

Many organizations have been able to accomplish impressive things using Kong products, including Kong Konnect, Kong Enterprise, Kong Gateway, Kuma and Insomnia. We recently honored four of these enterprises in the inaugural Cloud Connectivity Innovator Awards program during Kong Summit 2021.…

Josh Molina

Welcoming Kore Labs to the Kong Family!

Welcoming Kore Labs to the Kong Family!
NewsOctober 5, 2021

As Kong continues to expand its global footprint, we recently added Kore Labs , experts in FinTech digital product lifecycle management solutions, to the Kong customer community in the UK. Kore built its cloud-enabled solution on top of Kong in order to revamp its architecture to scale and provide…

Lynn Grigsby

Kong Once Again Named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Full Lifecycle API Management

Kong Once Again Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Full Lifecycle API Management
NewsOctober 1, 2021

We are thrilled to be once again recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Lifecycle API Management . We believe this recognition reinforces our commitment to our customers, who rely on us to continue innovating so they can build solutions that unlock growth, security and…

Marco Palladino

Kong Summit Day 1: 10 Exciting Announcements & More!

Kong Summit Day 1: 10 Exciting Announcements & More!
NewsSeptember 29, 2021

We are now deep into our most anticipated event of the year, Kong API Summit 2021 (there's still time to register for Day 2!). More than 4,000 people have registered from 87 countries for the virtual event. After a full day of knowledge and surprises, we are excited to recap the most memorable…

Josh Molina

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Kuma!

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NewsSeptember 10, 2021

In 2019, my team at Kong introduced a new open source project called Kuma . Now a sandbox project of the CNCF , Kuma is a modern, universal control plane for service mesh based on Envoy . As we celebrate Kuma's achievements, I want to thank the Kuma community for your support and…

Marco Palladino

Celebrating Four Years of Kong Inc.

Celebrating Four Years of Kong Inc.
NewsAugust 27, 2021

What a year we have had! Hypergrowth, a huge community, and lots of recognition. But what we are most proud of is how Kong's technology has impacted the world, thanks to our users. We can't thank these users and the community enough for making Kong the most adopted open source API gateway out…

Marco Palladino

Why Should You Attend Kong Summit 2021?

Why Should You Attend Kong Summit 2021?
NewsAugust 25, 2021

This year's Kong API Summit is no ordinary virtual conference. We are taking our attendees into the heart of San Francisco for an action-packed interactive event. This is not one you will want to save for later. [iframe src="" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ClurVEX4oV0" frameborder="0"…

Josh Molina

Kong Introduces the Cloud Connectivity Innovator Awards

Kong Introduces the Cloud Connectivity Innovator Awards
NewsJuly 14, 2021

This year, for the first time, Kong Summit will feature a highly anticipated annual event, the Cloud Connectivity Innovator Awards. These awards officially recognize individuals and teams who have used Kong's technology to accelerate digital transformation within their organizations. The call for…

Josh Molina

Announcing Kong Summit 2021: Developing the Connected World

Announcing Kong Summit 2021: Developing the Connected World
NewsJuly 1, 2021

Kong's much anticipated Summit is back. Focused on Developing the Connected World, Kong API Summit 2021 will give you the tools to build new ideas, create actionable best practices and get hands-on with guiding your organization through transformation, delivering exciting innovation and securing…

Marco Palladino

Kong Gateway OSS Turns Six!

Kong Gateway OSS 6th Anniversary
NewsMay 28, 2021

🎂 Make a wish and blow out the candles…we're celebrating Kong's sixth anniversary! 👏👏👏 In 2015, Mashape open sourced Kong Gateway , launching the next generation of API management. In our last anniversary post, I took a look back at our history . For this 6th anniversary post, I'll focus on how…

Marco Palladino

Meet Kong at Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2021

Meet Kong at Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2021
NewsMay 25, 2021

Join Kong at this year's Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit. The much anticipated virtual event will feature thought leaders like Kong CTO and Co-Founder Marco Palladino . Gartner's Summit brings together application leaders from around the world to improve the way they…

Josh Molina

Kong Is Recognized as a Great Place to Work!

Kong Is Recognized as a Great Place to Work!
NewsApril 28, 2021

It's official! For the second year in a row, Kong has been certified as a Great Place to Work® ! We are thrilled to share that 94% of our employees say that Kong is a great place to work - 35% higher than the average U.S.-based company. This award is not only a true…

Lauren Piper

Kong Raises $100M Series D to Accelerate API Connectivity

Kong Raises $100M Series D to Accelerate Cloud Connectivity
NewsFebruary 8, 2021

Today, we're excited to share that Kong has closed a $100M Series D financing led by Tiger Global with participation from new investor Goldman Sachs as well as existing investors Index Ventures, CRV, Andreessen Horowitz and GGV Capital. This raise triples our valuation to $1.4 billion and will…

Augusto Marietti

The Future of API Connectivity is Here: Announcing the General Availability of Kong Konnect

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NewsFebruary 1, 2021

Today, we're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Konnect , the service connectivity platform designed from the ground up for the cloud native era, delivered as a service. We live in a connected world. Every application we use, whether within or outside of work, is a connected…

Kong
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