Consumer API Gateway

As companies integrate services from third-party vendors, they face a number of challenges.

The following includes some of the challenges:

  • Apportioning access between multiple internal users
  • Changing security policies without modifying business systems
  • Monitoring vendor performance

In this scenario, TIBCO API Exchange allows an enterprise to mediate access to external web APIs. TIBCO API Exchange enables the following features:

  • Multiplexes access to internal applications and employees
  • Apportions costs to different constituents and enforces vendor-supplied limits
  • Measures vendor performance and cost
  • Standardizes security protocols, message formats, error handling, and caching
  • Logs access for audit

Using an API consumer gateway, companies can implement sound internal cost management practices.