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These are news items I've curated in my Google Reader, Twitter and bookmarking using Pinboard. Sometimes I add a little commentary to each post.

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WibiData gets $15M to help it become the Hadoop application company

gigaom.com on 05/23/2013

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Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Hadoop

Runscope Lands $1.1M From True Ventures And Andreessen Horowitz For Tools That Address The Broken API Plague | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com on 05/22/2013

Excerpt: Runscope launched at the Glue conference today with $1. 1 million in seed funding from True Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz for its tools that monitor API traffic and address the problems with broken APIs. Also participating were Lerer Ventures, and a group of prominent angel investors. The Runscope tools come as software is scaling everywhere. And with software comes APIs, which are just a natural way to connect services. When web services ruled back in the IT glory age, software integrations were complex and expensive. Today REST-based APIs make it easy to connect apps. The problem is in the complexity of the distributed nature of building them. Distributed apps have their own code.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Gluecon, Investment, Monitoring, Operations, Testing

The internet of things: Mote learning | The Economist

www.economist.com on 05/22/2013

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Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Internet-of-Things, iot

20 Mobile Strategists and Mobile Architects to Follow

feedproxy.google.com on 05/22/2013

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Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, Individuals, Mobile

API Brand – Stand out from the Crowd

blog.cobia.net on 05/22/2013

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Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Brand

App42 Backend as a Service Cloud Ecosystem

blogs.shephertz.com on 05/22/2013

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Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS

Automating Twilio Integration Tests with Test Credentials

www.twilio.com on 05/22/2013

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Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Integration, Monitoring, Testing

Azure Is the Future of Microsoft

windowsitpro.com on 05/22/2013

Excerpt: What I'm about to suggest will be controversial in some circles. But it's a message that IT pros need to hear now so they can prepare for the future. And it goes like this: The market for on-premises servers and infrastructure is coming to an end. The future—the end game, if you will—isn't on-prem, and it's not even really a hybrid model, although there will of course be some of that. It's the cloud. And for Microsoft, that means Azure. Now before you find the pitchforks and light the torches, give me a second. I didn't arrive at this conclusion lightly.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Azure, Cloud Computing