API modernization is a critical growth strategy for all organizations. Regardless of how you use APIs, it’s critical to take a strategic, rather than tactical, view of how you plan, design, secure, and manage them.
A strategic view will enable you to address the tactical needs of today while providing the flexibility clearly needed to modernize and thrive in the digital world. Our team of API experts explore the 10 best practices listed below to help modernize your company's IT infrastructure.
10 ways to modernize your API strategy
- Plan for positive ROI
- Build governance as you need it
- Use a common API layer to ground the cloud
- Coordinate business and technical monitoring
- Ensure a positive user experience and satisfy SLAs
- Conduct regular audits
- Make security a feature, not a barrier
- Know your identity
- Make policies separate from APIs
- Use throttling and quota management
