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Summary
APIs are an incredibly valuable tool for modern IT — they
unlock data, increase agility, encourage innovation and
speed time-to-value. This is why a successful API program
is vitally important to your business. When you're ready to
get started, keep these 10 best practices in mind:
1. Plan for positive ROI
2. Build governance as you need it
3. Use a common API layer to ground the cloud
4. Coordinate business and technical monitoring
5. Ensure a positive user experience and satisfy SLAs
6. Conduct regular audits
7. Make security a feature, not a barrier
8. Know your identity
9. Separate out policy management
10. Use throttling and quota management
While this list isn't exhaustive by any means, it is a solid
starting point to begin to design and plan the API program
that drives your digital success.
Good luck and enjoy the ride!
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