Mike Amundsen

How to maintain API security with decentralized IT teams

In the last month there have been a handful of stories about the discovery of unsecured sensitive data in "the cloud." For example, Microsoft

Mike Amundsen

11 mins read | September 3, 2021

Digital transformation

How CIOs are leading the next round of IT automation

According to Mulesoft's 2021 Connectivity Benchmark report, 77% of IT leaders across the globe cite the need to streamline operations via digital transformation. And

Mike Amundsen

8 mins read | August 23, 2021

Digital transformation

What’s really getting in the way of implementing speed and agility at scale

Back in 2016 — a lifetime in microservice years — a MuleSoft colleague, Matt McLarty, myself, and two others released the book "Microservice Architecture."

Mike Amundsen

9 mins read | April 13, 2021

API strategy

Event-driven design: The value of event carried state messages

This is the third part of a series on “Moving from RESTful to EVENTful.” As more organizations warm up to the importance of event-driven

Mike Amundsen

10 mins read | January 28, 2021

API design

Event-driven design: The power of event notifications

This is the second part of a series on “Moving from RESTful to EVENTful.” As I see more and more companies working to add

Mike Amundsen

9 mins read | November 13, 2020

API design

Moving from RESTful to EVENTful

For close to twenty years, the "common standard" of APIs on the web has been summed up in one word: "RESTful." Designers, developers, and

Mike Amundsen

11 mins read | August 24, 2020

API design

8 challenges of API landscapes

One of the key tasks of supporting a vital API program for your company is dealing with change over time. In previous articles, I've

Mike Amundsen

16 mins read | June 23, 2020

API strategy

How to improve API governance with distributed decision making

In 2017, Ronnie Mitra presented a talk at Nordic APIs entitled "Programming the People Platform: Beyond Conway's Law." In that talk, Mitra outlined a

Mike Amundsen

16 mins read | April 7, 2020

Dev guides

Divide and conquer: Decoupling API provider and consumer lifecycles

Like any product, APIs and client apps that use APIs have their own lifecycles. They each experience their own Create, Publish, Realize, Maintain, and

Mike Amundsen

19 mins read | December 5, 2019