News February 24, 2010

Apigee Powers Apps That Use Twitter, Facebook and Google

Last December we wrote about Sonoa Systems‘ service geared to speed up iPhone, Android and other mobile apps, because one thing we all want is to have applications running smooth and fast on our smartphones. Frankly, if an app craps out when we use, guess what? It gets deleted. That’s something developers who spend countless hours writing code and designing “the next big thing” do not want.

Now Sonoa Systems has unleashed their latest offering: Apigee, a free, self-service Application Programming Interface (API) management tool for applications that use web services like Twitter, Facebook and Google. Sonoa already has customers like MTV Networks and MySpace under their belt, and now they’re offering the free Apigee service to mobile developers to get detailed data and content protection.

If you left your Geek-speek translator at home, that just means developers can leverage Apigee to see application usage patterns and traffic. Think of it as a Google Analytics service for your Mobile Application. You’ll be able to actually see what the heck is happening – rather than guess — and better manage your application’s service. If you can easily see how the volume of users are actually using the app, you may be able to provide a better mobile application experience than your competition.

Apigee also alerts developers when an API throws an error, so you can quickly fix it and keep your customers happy (and using your app). A few examples of applications already using Apigee include:

mLocal: Allows users to easily access local online classifieds ads;
Social Mention: Providing indicators of social sentiment as captured across popular social networking platforms;
Flickr Photosets: Built using the Flickr and Facebook APIs proxied through Apigee, it’s the fastest and most intuitive Flickr app on Facebook, enabling users to view and share comments.

According to Brian Mulloy, co-creator of Apigee:

APIs are changing the face of Web and mobile for both big companies and individual developers alike, and Apigee is proving to be an ideal platform to create some pretty innovative apps and mash-ups.

…with more and more users adopting Apigee, we have the potential to find out what that change looks like- how fast it’s growing, what platforms are being used, and what access and usage trends are developing – empowering our users to be smarter about managing and running their apps …

Check out the free Apigee service in action to see how it can give you the data and control that you need to make your next mobile application rise above the rest.

How Apigee benefits API providers.

How Apigee benefits Developers using APIs and Mashups

Press Release:

Apigee Gains Hundreds of Users, Touts New Features, Powers Innovative Apps That Rely on Twitter, Facebook, Google and Other APIs

SANTA CLARA, CA – February XX, 2010 – Apigee, a free, self-service API management tool for Web APIs like Twitter, Facebook and Google, has gained hundreds of registered users, added robust functionality since its launch in August 2009 and is poised to gather never-before-seen insight into the state of API usage across Web and mobile platforms.

Built on Sonoa’s industrial-strength cloud service and API infrastructure that powers MTV Networks and MySpace, among others, Apigee now features a revamped Web interface, animated API setup and rate limiting dialogues. These features allow users to easily get started on Apigee.com, view detailed analytics on API requests over time and determine automatic responses to changes that can disrupt service. Apigee has also added SSL support for APIs based on HTTPS protocols, opening up prominent APIs including PayPal to safe, efficient usage and deep visibility.

“APIs are changing the face of Web and mobile for both big companies and individual developers alike, and Apigee is proving to be an ideal platform to create some pretty innovative apps and mash-ups,” says Brian Mulloy, co-creator of Apigee. “Additionally, with more and more users adopting Apigee, we have the potential to find out what that change looks like- how fast it’s growing, what platforms are being used, and what access and usage trends are developing – empowering our users to be smarter about managing and running their apps in today’s Web API economy.”

Apigee provides insight into the emergence of new application trends, with the most popular applications revolving around location-based functionality, as well as a growing social media mashup trend. Popular examples of applications currently using Apigee include:

mLocal: Allows users to easily access local online classifieds ads;

Social Mention: Providing indicators of social sentiment as captured across popular social networking platforms;

Flickr Photosets: Built using the Flickr and Facebook APIs proxied through Apigee, it’s the fastest and most intuitive Flickr app on Facebook, enabling users to view and share comments.

The latter is an impressive example of how community can make an application better — with both open source code available for any Facebook developer and a rich community discussion forum for users to suggest improvements. To date, Apigee shows an essentially equal distribution of usage between providers, consumers and developers of APIs, a strong indicator of a healthy and growing API ecosystem.

About Sonoa Systems

Sonoa provides analytics, management and governance solutions for APIs, feeds and cloud services. Sonoa customers include over 50 leading enterprise, SaaS and media companies. Leading customers such as MTV Networks, MySpace and Guardian Insurance use Sonoa to create new revenue channels, reduce costs and innovate faster. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA, privately held, and backed by leading investors including Norwest Venture Partners, Bay Partners, Third Point Ventures and SAP Ventures. For more see www.sonoasystems.com.