Author: Jim Mackay

Tomorrow, we announce Atmos.phe.re Cloud. If you found this on Sunday, you are getting a sneak peak at the Press Release before it hits the wire… Here you go. SOA Software Announces Availability of Atmosphere Cloud Free Cloud Service Complements Existing On-Premise Enterprise API Management Solution  Cloud Computing Expo, Santa Clara, CA. – November 7,… Continue reading →

I had my first experience at an API Hack Day this weekend, during the inaugural Hack Day LA. As the event announcement says,  ”API Hack Day brings developers together for an all-day coding fest focused on building apps and mashups with APIs. Developers of all experience levels can share ideas, collaborate on existing projects, start new… Continue reading →

Last week, Experian Hitwise released a report that said that Google Plus, the latest social networking adventure from the search giant, was seeing a decline in visits just a month after it was launched. In addition, the report states that Facebook visitors spent 4 times as long per visit as those on Google+. Of course,… Continue reading →

OSCON ’11, O’Reilly Media’s annual event for all things Open Source, is going on this week in Portland. Of course, this got us thinking about the relationship between Open Source and APIs, and the possibilities of a harmonious blend between the two. First, what is the difference between open source and open APIs? Quite a… Continue reading →