In this episode of Kongcast , I spoke with Chinmay Gaikwad , the tech evangelist at Epsagon , about distributed tracing and observability for microservices architectures. Check out the transcript and video from our conversation below, and be sure to subscribe to get email alerts for the latest new…
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We are happy to announce a new major release of Kuma, and a new major release of Kong Mesh built on Kuma! Kuma 1.4 ships with 25+ new features and countless improvements, particularly when it comes to performance. As previously announced at Kong Summit 2021, Kong Mesh ships we enterprise…
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Earlier this year, we hosted our inaugural Kong Summit Hackathon . This virtual competition engaged our open source community and offered recognition and prizes for hacks in various categories. The community delivered with ingenious plugins, hacks and documentation. In this blog post, we highlight…
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Service Mesh is an infrastructure layer that has become a common architectural pattern for intra-service transparent communication. By combining Kubernetes a container orchestration framework, you can form a powerful platform for your microservices cluster, addressing the typical technical…
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In our last blog post , we discussed the evolution of APIs from early computing to the PC era. In this post, we'll discuss the evolution of APIs in the early internet age. Along the way, we'll touch upon associated core technologies such as eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and discuss the…
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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…
[](/blog/news/kong-okta-identity-api-management)To work and live in today's digital world, we are unquestionably dependent on interconnected applications . These applications might be massive and highly complex, but they're also constructed from reusable building blocks, which we call an Application Programming Interface—the API. API adoption is…
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We love abstractions. We want to make things easier for developers, teams and end users. In doing that, sometimes we build things a little bit too complex for those who don't already understand the pain points for which the abstraction layers were built. Kubernetes is an example of this; it solves…
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After you've built your microservices -backed application, it's time to deploy and connect them. Luckily, there are many cloud providers to choose from, and you can even mix and match. Many organizations, like Australia Post , are taking the mix-and-match approach, embracing a multi-cloud…
[](/blog/engineering/multi-cloud-api-gateway)In this episode of Kongcast , I had the pleasure of speaking with Aaron Weikle , the founder and CEO at MS3 , about supporting legacy-based applications as companies add the next generation of microservices. Check out the transcript and video from our conversation below, and be sure to subscribe A…
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A developer portal is a storefront to your APIs (the products) that internal and external developers are trying to consume. The Kong Developer Portal provides a single source of truth for all developers to locate, access and consume services. With intuitive content management for documentation,…
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This post highlights how you could use Kong Gateway to implement a solution for the Australian Consumer Data Standards (CDS) , which is part of the Consumer Data Right legislation introduced by the Australian Government in November 2017. As detailed on the Australian ACCC website: CDR will give…
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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.…
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There are good reasons for spreading workloads and applications across multiple clouds. Options include using a combination of public and on-premises cloud platforms, a strategy known as hybrid cloud—or using more than one public cloud provider, a strategy known as multi-cloud. What are those…
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Changing the technology an organization works with is a bit like taking up a new sport. Your initial excitement leads you to buy the most expensive equipment you can find, leaving you soon to realize that your new tools have created a steep learning curve. Transitioning out of monolithic…
[](/blog/enterprise/solve-kubernetes-challenges)Secure your AI infrastructure with prompt guards, PII sanitization, and centralized governance. Control LLM costs with token-based rate limiting and semantic routing across providers.