New platform helps bring APIs and apps to market faster
IT departments and developers are under increasing pressure to support innovation at a much faster pace. This requires agility but also the needs to meet governance requirements and allow people both inside and outside IT to build cross-platform apps that conform to best practices and standards.
Digital transformation specialist AnyPresence is launching a new platform that offers a comprehensive solution for API-driven enterprise app development and enabling the Internet of Things.
"We see increasing demand for enterprise IT to support digital transformation and innovation initiatives at a much faster pace, creating challenges balancing agility and governance," says Anirban Chakrabarti, CEO of AnyPresence. "This requires proliferation of microservices and empowering anyone within or outside IT to build cross-platform apps that conform to IT governance standards and best practices. The latest release of AnyPresence goes beyond typical MBaaS capabilities to meet these needs by enabling rapid API development, direct connectivity to APIs from client SDKs, and generation of IT-sanctioned app starter kits from any web portal".
Key features include Smart SDKs that can connect directly to REST web services without going through a backend server. This allows developers to have the benefits of client-side SDK acceleration by connecting directly to any API gateway, which can then pass the call on the AnyPresence backend server as required.
Integration Kits are pre-configured components that can be used to enable specific functionality such as connecting to an IoT hub, or implementing business logic such as an approval workflow. Customers can use integration kits as either a starting point to build an app, distribute as best practices via an app template, or as a working example of how to meet specific enterprise requirements.
A JustAPIs feature supports endpoint connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server databases, and adds an API Workflow Test Console to improve developer productivity. In addition AnyPresence now provides faster integration to virtually any enterprise data source via powerful connectors and authentication adaptors. Legacy or custom web services can be easily transformed into RESTful APIs within the AnyPresence Designer, minimizing the amount of code that needs to be created and maintained.
Support IT governance and policies is provided via a detailed history of all user actions on app definitions made within the AnyPresence Designer.
You can find more information about the latest version on the AnyPresence website.
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