{"id":228716,"date":"2025-10-21T06:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228716\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T06:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:37:25","slug":"unlocking-enterprise-agility-in-the-api-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228716\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking enterprise agility in the API economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elsewhere, Coca-Cola integrated its global systems using APIs<\/a>, enabling faster, lower-cost delivery and improved cross-functional collaboration. And Uber moved to microservices with API gateways<\/a>, allowing independent scaling and rapid deployment across markets.<\/p>\n

In each case, the network had to evolve from being static and hardware-bound to dynamic, programmable, and consumption-based. \u201cAPI-first infrastructure fits naturally into how today\u2019s IT teams work,\u201d says Purkayastha. \u201cIt aligns with continuous integration and continuous delivery\/deployment (CI\/CD) pipelines and service orchestration tools. That reduces friction and accelerates how fast enterprises can launch new services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Powering on-demand connectivity <\/p>\n

Tata Communications deployed Network Fabric<\/a>\u2014its programmable platform that uses APIs to allow enterprise systems to request and adjust network resources dynamically\u2014to help a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) company modernize how it manages network capacity in response to real-time business needs. As the company scaled its digital services worldwide, it needed a more agile, cost-efficient way to align network performance with unpredictable traffic surges and fast-changing user demands. With Tata\u2019s platform, the company\u2019s operations teams were able to automatically scale bandwidth in key regions for peak performance, during high-impact events like global software releases. And just as quickly scale down once demand normalized, avoiding unnecessary costs.<\/p>\n

In another scenario, when the SaaS provider needed to run large-scale data operations between its US and Asia hubs, the network was programmatically reconfigured in under an hour; a process that previously required weeks of planning and provisioning. \u201cWhat we delivered wasn\u2019t just bandwidth, it was the ability for their teams to take control,\u201d says Purkayastha. \u201cBy integrating our Network Fabric APIs into their automation workflows, we gave them a network that responds at the pace of their business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barriers to transformation \u2014 and how to overcome them <\/p>\n

Transforming network infrastructure is no small task. Many enterprises still rely on legacy multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and hardware-defined wide-area network (WAN) architectures. These environments are rigid, manually managed, and often incompatible with modern APIs or automation frameworks. As with any organization, barriers can be both technical and internal, and legacy devices may not support programmable interfaces. Organizations are often siloed, meaning networks are managed separately to application and DevOps workflows.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, CIOs face pressure for quick returns and may not even remain in the company long enough to oversee the process and results, making it harder to push for long-term network modernization strategies. \u201cOften, it\u2019s easier to address the low-hanging fruit rather than go after the transformation because decision-makers may not be around to see the transformation come to life,\u201d says Purkayastha.<\/p>\n

But quick fixes or workarounds may not yield the desired results; transformation is needed instead. \u201cEnterprises have historically built their networks for stability, not agility,\u201d says Purkayastha. \u201cBut now, that same rigidity becomes a bottleneck when applications, users, and workloads are distributed across the cloud, edge, and remote locations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elsewhere, Coca-Cola integrated its global systems using APIs, enabling faster, lower-cost delivery and improved cross-functional collaboration. And Uber…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[49,48,285,61],"class_list":["post-228716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-computing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-computing","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}