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# Chris Wood
Technical Writer, Arbor Computing

Chris Wood

## Posts by Chris Wood
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The Engineer’s Guide to Embedded iPaaS and Unified APIs

The means to integrate with software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers has become an absolute must in how we build systems today. The vast majority of applications rely on integrations with SaaS APIs to provide embedded functionality regardless of the industry or vertical and, as the Gartner 2023 Global Software Buyers Guide shows, is a very important factor in acquiring new solutions.

Chris Wood

Jun 19, 2024·6 min read

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Industry insights
Monetizing your APIs: Tips for Large Organizations

Monetizing an API in large organizations is like vices amongst teenagers: They talk a lot about a given vice, but very few are actually doing it. Put yourself in any large and well-established organization which has published APIs and you’ll find something similar with monetisation. Unless that organization is API-first there is constant talk of how to “sweat” APIs to get some return on their investment, but very little success in making it happen.

Chris Wood

Nov 1, 2022·11 min read

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Why Portman Helps with API Testing

Let's face facts: When you publish APIs, you need to test them - and that means really test them. APIs with zero-or-limited testing are likely to be unreliable, prone to failure, riddled with inaccuracies (as your OpenAPI document and the data the API returns don’t match).

Chris Wood

Jul 18, 2022·8 min read

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The Benefits of API Aggregation

The technology world has an ongoing love affair with APIs. The continued hubbub - both within industry sectors, as a way of opening the market - and as a means for bringing new products to market shows no signs of abating. The API - specifically web APIs implemented using REST, but with other competing architectural styles attempting to steal a march - have become the *de facto* integration mechanism for consuming a provider's services.

Chris Wood

Mar 17, 2022·8 min read

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