The Challenge : API calls make up a massive 71% of all web traffic, yet many organizations still rely on traditional security tools designed for monolithic architectures. The Risk : Organizations face an average of 421 APIs to manage, with machine learning discovering 30.7% more API endpoints than…
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In the age of surgical robots, smart refrigerators, self-driving vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles, connectivity undoubtedly is a foundational block for our modern world. As we move further into the 2020s, this connectivity has expanded to encompass emerging technologies like 5G networks ,…
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What do these terms mean? Do they refer to the same things in Kubernetes as they do in a service mesh? If you've encountered difficulty searching for a straight answer, look no further. Ultimately, the terms control plane and data plane are all about the separation of concern — that is, a clear…
[](/blog/learning-center/control-plane-vs-data-plane)Hybrid and multi-cloud models have become popular for helping to prevent vendor lock-in, reducing costs, and allowing businesses to stay innovative by only using the best features of each cloud provider. Adopting a hybrid model has also been influenced by growing security concerns and tougher…
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This blog post is part one of a two-part series on how our team at NexJ broke down our monolith to scale our API management with Kong Gateway, the world's most popular open source API gateway . ( Here is part 2 .) In a recent presentation at Destination: Scale , I gave an…
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We all know that what customers see in the market is, in fact, only a small percent of the shifts happening within our organizations. Recently, Time Magazine stated that "Every Company is a Tech Company… The Disruption is Just Beginning." We're seeing it in the way we wait in lines, find places to…
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As a developer, your company hired you to build incredible products that focus on your users' and customers' needs. Yet, in the age of microservices , producing the best products relies heavily on efficient cloud service connectivity. For example, an eCommerce marketplace is more than a front-end…
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