API management
Your APIs connect applications, partners and data across the enterprise. We give you one platform to design, secure, publish and monitor them, however many you run.
IBM API Connect · DataPower · MuleSoft · Apigee · Kong · Azure APIM
Architecture overview · 3 layers
API management architecture
Every request is routed, governed and monitored through a single gateway, whichever consumer it came from.
API consumers
Web apps, mobile apps, partner systems and internal microservices authenticate with OAuth2, JWT or mTLS before they reach the gateway.
Gateway & management platform
Routing, security and policy in one place, with a developer portal, live analytics and lifecycle governance alongside.
Backend services
Validated requests reach your business APIs and data services on Kubernetes, with Kafka event streaming and monitoring through Prometheus, Grafana and ELK.
Key capabilities
What the platform gives you
API gateway & runtime
Routing, load balancing and service discovery for every API call.
Security & compliance
OAuth2, JWT, API keys, mutual TLS and rate limiting, with audit logging to support GDPR and SOC 2 compliance requirements.
Policy enforcement
Rate limits, throttling and quotas applied the same way to every API.
Developer portal
Documentation and sandboxes, so a consumer can start without emailing your team.
Lifecycle & versioning
Versioning and deprecation workflows, plus help moving consumers off old versions.
Analytics & monitoring
Usage, performance and business insight drawn from live traffic.
API discovery & catalog
A service registry and searchable catalog, so teams find an API instead of rebuilding it.
Transformation & mediation
Payload mapping, protocol translation and format conversion at the boundary.
Technology stack
Platforms we implement
IBM API Connect
IBM DataPower
MuleSoft
Google Apigee
Amazon API Gateway
Azure API Management
Kong
WSO2Use case · Financial services
Mobile banking APIs, secured and scaled
A financial services provider moved its mobile banking APIs onto one management platform, replacing per-team security and documentation with governance in a single place.
From a financial-services API platform engagement.
Frequently asked questions
An API gateway handles the runtime: routing requests, enforcing policies such as OAuth2 and JWT validation, rate limiting and load balancing. API management is the broader discipline that includes the gateway plus a developer portal, lifecycle and versioning controls, analytics, a searchable API catalog and governance. Think of the gateway as the engine and API management as the full vehicle.
Tell us about your API estate
Tell us how many APIs you run and who consumes them. We will come back with an approach and a realistic shape for the work.