API Management has often been an example of “Rogue IT”, used by line-of-business and to manage their Web APIs. These Web APIs are often tactical in nature, servicing a particular mobile app or a specific partner integration. As such, API Management most of the time is found outside of Enterprise IT. So how can API Management become Enterprise API Management? The answer lies in tying API Management into enterprise Identity Management, into existing network monitoring and alerting, and tying API metrics into other enterprise metrics gathering. We discuss at particular customer case studies in which API Management is brought from being tactical to being strategic for the enterprise.
