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3Scale got acquired by IBM, and now APIGEE by google. Time to buy Layer7 shares? API Gateways are big deal in API first initiatives.

by ajainy 10y ago

mxuribe 10y ago
My day job used 3scale. Actually it won out against apigee, mashery, and a few other big players. My day job liked a few others because they were associated to "big enterprise names" - especially since my day job is a big enterprise. I think 3scale were still kind of pricey, but way cheaper than the other big players...However, I give big kudos for 3scale support, especially during on-ramping.
wing328hk 10y ago
3Scale was acquired by Redhat (not IBM): https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-api-management-leader-3scale https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acqui...
- ajainy 10y ago
  Thanks for correcting.
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edwinnathaniel 10y ago
Layer7 was acquired by CA Tech a few years ago
niftich 10y ago
Mashery was acquired by Intel [1] in April 2013, Layer7 was acquired by CA Technologies [2] the same month. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/source-mashery-is-selling-to-intel-for-more-than-180m/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/source-mashery-is-selling-... [2] https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/22/ca-acquires-layer-7-technologies-to-connect-cloud-mobile-and-internet-of-things-as-api-market-starts-to-consolidate/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/22/ca-acquires-layer-7-techno...
- imaffett 10y ago
  Intel divested Mashery, along with Aepona and dropped their cloud services division.
patwolf 10y ago
IBM bought Strongloop last year as an API gateway play.
- niftich 10y ago
  And https://github.com/strongloop-archive/strong-gateway https://github.com/strongloop-archive/strong-gateway was abandoned shortly thereafter.
  - jhallenworld 10y ago
    The Strongloop and Datapower people are working on API Connect: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/api-connect http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/api-connect It supports node.js and swift.
tootie 10y ago
Fastly is the biggest one left independent I think. They've got some top clients like github.
abakker 10y ago
The major acquisitions in this space already happened... CA bought layer7. Mulesoft bought programmable web. Intel bought and divested mastery. Microsoft bought Apiphany. The last one standing is Akana, (formerly SOA Software). APIgee was always a weird company to go public - I think it makes sense for them to be part of google. More of a feature that belongs in some other cloud management stack.

3Scale got acquired by IBM, and now APIGEE by google. Time to buy Layer7 shares? API Gateways are big deal in API first initiatives.

by ajainy 10y ago

3Scale got acquired by IBM, and now APIGEE by google. Time to buy Layer7 shares? API Gateways are big deal in API first initiatives.

mxuribe 10y ago

My day job used 3scale. Actually it won out against apigee, mashery, and a few other big players. My day job liked a few others because they were associated to "big enterprise names" - especially since my day job is a big enterprise. I think 3scale were still kind of pricey, but way cheaper than the other big players...However, I give big kudos for 3scale support, especially during on-ramping.

wing328hk 10y ago

3Scale was acquired by Redhat (not IBM): https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-api-management-leader-3scale https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acqui...

ajainy 10y ago
Thanks for correcting.

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edwinnathaniel 10y ago

Layer7 was acquired by CA Tech a few years ago

niftich 10y ago

Mashery was acquired by Intel [1] in April 2013, Layer7 was acquired by CA Technologies [2] the same month. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/source-mashery-is-selling-to-intel-for-more-than-180m/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/source-mashery-is-selling-... [2] https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/22/ca-acquires-layer-7-technologies-to-connect-cloud-mobile-and-internet-of-things-as-api-market-starts-to-consolidate/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/22/ca-acquires-layer-7-techno...

imaffett 10y ago
Intel divested Mashery, along with Aepona and dropped their cloud services division.

patwolf 10y ago

IBM bought Strongloop last year as an API gateway play.

niftich 10y ago
And https://github.com/strongloop-archive/strong-gateway https://github.com/strongloop-archive/strong-gateway was abandoned shortly thereafter.
- jhallenworld 10y ago
  The Strongloop and Datapower people are working on API Connect: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/api-connect http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/api-connect It supports node.js and swift.

tootie 10y ago

Fastly is the biggest one left independent I think. They've got some top clients like github.

abakker 10y ago

The major acquisitions in this space already happened... CA bought layer7. Mulesoft bought programmable web. Intel bought and divested mastery. Microsoft bought Apiphany. The last one standing is Akana, (formerly SOA Software). APIgee was always a weird company to go public - I think it makes sense for them to be part of google. More of a feature that belongs in some other cloud management stack.