Andrew Stiefel

Jan 3, 2024 | thenewstack.io | Byron McNaught |Eric Newcomer |Mor Paz |Andrew Stiefel

Introduction to API ManagementAPI management, a critical aspect of modern digital architecture, involves overseeing the lifecycle of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in a secure, scalable environment. It is the process of creating, publishing, maintaining, and securing APIs, a set of protocols and tools for building and integrating application software. API management is integral to businesses seeking to enhance operations and connectivity in the digital realm.

Aug 8, 2023 | thenewstack.io | Andrew Stiefel |David Eastman |William Bakst |Alexander Williams

For nearly 20 years, every business that uses software has been on a journey to API adoption. This path toward APIs has become the lingua franca of the application development world, with APIs as the primary way that technology interacts and transacts. As I laid out in a recent post, the framing of the API adoption challenge has stuck too closely to the now-dated narrative of monolithic, all-in-one platforms, which are jacks of all trades and often masters of few.

Aug 1, 2023 | nginx.com | Andrew Stiefel |Gabrielle Jacobs

The question is no longer if you’re in the cloud, but how many clouds you’re in. Most enterprises today recognize there isn’t a “one cloud fits all” solution and have shifted toward a hybrid or multi-cloud architecture. According to data from F5’s State of Application Strategy in 2023 report, 85% of enterprises operate applications with two or more different architectures. For development and API teams, this creates a lot of pressure.

Jul 18, 2023 | nginx.com | Andrew Stiefel |Gabrielle Jacobs

About F5 NGINX F5, Inc. is the company behind NGINX, the popular open source project. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. Together with F5, our combined solution bridges the gap between NetOps and DevOps, with multi-cloud application services that span from code to customer. Learn more at nginx.com or join the conversation by following @nginx on Twitter.

Mar 2, 2023 | thenewstack.io | Wito Delnat |Faith Kilonzi |Andrew Stiefel |Zoe Steinkamp

The Role of Context in Securing Cloud Environments