Eugene Xiong is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Foxit, a leading provider of innovative PDF products and services. The way software is developed and functions has changed dramatically in ...

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With cloud usage on the rise, various cloud application programming interfaces (APIs) are emerging to connect end-users to databases via mobile or desk-based web interfaces. There is no standard way ...

Most cloud computing services are not consumed using visual interfaces; instead, they’re consumed through nonvisual interfaces, or APIs. These APIs are typically RESTful services that provide access ...

Web application programming interfaces (APIs) are the glue that holds together cloud applications and infrastructure, but these endpoints are increasingly under attack, with half of companies ...

The new API holds out the possibility of European independence from US hyperscalers — but will enough European cloud providers use it to overcome market inertia? Europe’s efforts to free itself from ...

If APIs enable cloud computing, what happens when it comes to portability? Will anyone voluntarily let me off of their cloud? We need standards to support functions such as portability. Dave Rosenberg ...

WhatsApp will today begin beta testing a new, cloud-based version of its WhatsApp Business API, hosted on parent company Facebook’s infrastructure. With the shift to the cloud, the setup time for ...

When it comes to building an enterprise cloud tech stack, the buy versus build debate is always present, dominating IT strategy development and budget planning. Cloud-based SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and CaaS ...

It could be argued that the contemporary world of the web is built on application programming interfaces (APIs) – or, more specifically, web APIs that allow a web application to access services and ...