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Stephane Castellani
Product Marketing Senior Director specialized in Go To Market strategies and execution for software and digital products.
For this new interview, I’m really happy to welcome this week Duane Tharp, VP Strategic Sales & Services at Stoplight.io. Stephane Castellani: …
March 30, 2018
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When deploying an API Management solution, you need to integrate it within your own infrastructure. Hence, you need a solution that …
January 10, 2018
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I’m delighted to welcome this week Bernard Harguindeguy, CEO at Elastic Beam. Stephane Castellani: Hi Bernard, can you please present Elastic Beam …
January 9, 2018
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I would like to share with you today an an interesting complimentary article from SmartWave, Axway’s partner in Switzerland. ===== Recently several …
November 20, 2017
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Complimentary article from my colleague Daniel Wille, Senior Manager, Presales Consulting, US Federal at Axway. ==== It seems like every day now …
November 14, 2017
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This week: Talend acquires Restlet, a leader in Cloud-Based API Design and Testing; Axway annual virtual Spark event; DBS takes the wraps …
November 10, 2017
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CA acquires Runscope to round out API testing and monitoring portfolio Enterprises are API-crazy, and CA Technologies Inc. is attempting to cash …
October 6, 2017
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For this week’s interview, I’m very happy to welcome Greg Lord, Director Product Marketing at Smartbear Software. Stephane Castellani: Hi Greg, can …
October 5, 2017
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According to a recent IDC research sponsored by Axway, APIs cross the chasm from technology to value-based solutions. Use and planned use …
October 2, 2017
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Assessing multiple API Management vendors and determining the best solution for you need is not an easy task. First, make sure you …
September 29, 2017
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We talked in a previous article about the different types of APIs. It’s important to note that all those API types result …
September 27, 2017
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This blog post continues the previous blog post: “List of specifications for your API Management project (Part 1/2)” and provides you with …
September 25, 2017
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Succeeding with an API Management project requires good discipline and following three major steps: a good preparation upfront – cf. API Management …
September 22, 2017
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I’m very happy to welcome this week David O’Neill, CEO and Founder of APImetrics. Stephane Castellani: Hi David, can you please present …
September 21, 2017
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There isn’t just one type of APIs but actually three main types of APIs: Open APIs – aka Public APIs – are …
September 20, 2017
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Your company is ready for API adoption and you are asked to prepare an API Management RFP. Here are a few tips …
September 15, 2017
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I would like to warmly welcome David Brossard today, VP Customer Relations at Axiomatics. Stephane Castellani: Hi David, can you please present …
September 14, 2017
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I often talk to people who understand the value of the Apps they use on mobile devices and tablets but don’t quite …
September 13, 2017
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We have been talking a lot about APIs and API Management on this blog. But why is it important? This article is …
September 12, 2017
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After the recent interviews with SteamData.io about API streaming and Cloud Elements about Saas connectors, I had this week the opportunity to …
September 7, 2017
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Across industries, disruptive competitors, new regulations and rising customer expectations are driving digital transformation. APIs are at the heart of digital interactions …
September 4, 2017
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As most traditional software products have progressively turned into an “as a Service” model, this is interesting to see how middleware solutions …
August 25, 2017
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I would like to promote today the recent survey from the Harvard Business Review that identifies 6 types of digital strategy …
August 7, 2017
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Complimentary and interesting article about “API First” from the api4u blog owned by one of my colleagues, Kshitij Mehrotra: === Application Programming …
August 2, 2017
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We are sharing with you today a sample list of questions that can help you better assess the digital maturity of your …
July 19, 2017
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In today’s hyper-connected world, everything changes so fast, giving you no other choice but to act or react: New nimble and innovative …
July 17, 2017
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Selecting an API Developer Portal with the right features is critical to your business because that’s the only communication channel between you …
July 10, 2017
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I had this week the pleasure to discuss with Nicolas Rigaud, VP Marketing & Partners at Streamdata.io. Nicolas was very kind to share …
July 5, 2017
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This week, I have had the pleasure to meet Ross Garrett, Head of Product Marketing at Cloud Elements. Ross accepted to share …
June 26, 2017
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I would like to share with you today an excellent article below from the Bit Cows blog of my colleague Darren who …
June 21, 2017
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API Lifecycle Management is a term illustrating the need to manage all steps in a life of an API, from creation to …
June 8, 2017
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MASA is a new architectural model introduced by Gartner which stands for Mesh app and service architecture. It reflects what has emerged …
June 5, 2017
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When it comes to authenticate API clients, a common solution is to deliver an API key to each of your API clients. …
May 30, 2017
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When you are using APIs to query data from an existing application, GraphQL is an interesting API query language to investigate, which …
May 29, 2017
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API adoption in large organizations has been taking a few years and is along a path of increasing business value. On one …
May 18, 2017
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The “microservice” term is going through a big hype. But beyond this trendy term which reflects the need for small (or very …
May 5, 2017
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Axway organized with IDC last week an Executive dinner at an exclusive venue to discuss “Cutomer Experience“. The topic was “Delivering Superior …
March 16, 2017
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mBaaS stands for Mobile Backend as a Service. This has become over the past few years a critical component when developing mobile …
February 2, 2017
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Last Thursday, Axway held the first-ever annual virtual worldwide conference called Axway Spark. For the first time in its history, Axway created …
November 7, 2016
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Today, I decided to take some time reviewing the open discussion topics we had with the audience at our last IDC and …
October 25, 2016
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Just coming back from API Days London—#apidays—dedicated to Open Banking & PSD2 regulation This was an excellent event with two-full days talking …
October 13, 2016
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We currently engage with many banks in Europe starting compliance projects on PSD2—the revised Payment Service Directive. What does this mean and …
September 26, 2016
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Since 2015, we have been assisting in a new trend among banks consisting in organizing hackathons. Is this just a hype or …
September 20, 2016
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Axway organized a Digital Forum with IDC Research in London a couple of weeks ago. We invited senior-level employees of large English …
June 28, 2016
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You will find below an extract of the key topics we discussed with partners at the round table I animated at the …
June 20, 2016
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Axway organized last week their yearly EMEA Partner Summit in Berlin, two months after the Axway APAC Partner Summit in Singapore. This …
June 17, 2016
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I had the chance to meet one-on-one with several Gartner analysts at the Gartner AADI Summit in London this week and we …
May 27, 2016
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I’m coming back from the Gartner AADI Summit in London. The event took place downtown at the Park Plaza Westminster bridge hotel. …
May 26, 2016
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I attended last week the Gartner EA Summit in National Harbor, Washington DC. The event took place at the Gaylord Hotel Convention …
May 16, 2016
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The Axway APAC Partner Summit in Singapore took place this year at the Jen Hotel on Orchard Road, one of Asia’s most …
April 9, 2016
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Many people asked me over the past few months what are the best practices to implement an API management project and I …
February 1, 2016
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Today took place the annual management kick-off of Sopra Steria where I was invited as guest speaker at the Axway booth. The …
January 26, 2016
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This week, we organized a nice workshop with local partner in Finland, Agent IT. This is always very interesting to develop business in …
November 18, 2015
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I attended over the past two days the #CybSec15 Cyber Security Summit event at Yverdon-Les-Bains in Switzerland. This event gathered 200 specialists in …
November 5, 2015
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Monaco is a very glamorous place, it’s well known for royalty, its palace on top of the rock, its F1 race and …
October 2, 2015
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According to Gartner, by 2017, in large organizations, at least 65% of new integration flows will be developed outside the control of …
September 23, 2015
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I was invited yesterday by Sopra Steria Group to the “Live your smart city” [“Vis ta ville intelligente”] event in Nantes—one of …
September 23, 2015
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An iPaaS definition stands for “Integration Platform as a Service.” This is software technology hosted on the Cloud that helps integrate applications together. We …
September 18, 2015
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