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May 2024

Kong AI Gateway Goes GA, New Enterprise Capabilities Added

More easily manage AI spend, build AI agents and chatbots, get real-time AI responses, and ensure content safety We're introducing several new Kong AI Gateway capabilities in Kong Gateway 3.7 and Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.7, including enterprise-only and OSS improvements. Read on for a full rundown of the new AI-focused features.

How to Build Better APIs Faster with Insomnia 9.0

API development is a crucial part of modern application building, but the tooling has often lagged behind, leading to inefficiencies and slow release cycles. Kong Insomnia 9.0 aims to change that by providing a powerful all-in-one platform for designing, testing, mocking, and debugging APIs. In this webinar, we'll dive deep into the major new features in Insomnia 9.0 that turbocharge API developer workflows.

What's New in Kong Gateway 3.7?

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Gateway Open Source (OSS) 3.7. This latest version features cutting-edge AI Gateway updates with new streaming plugins, as well as performance and security improvements. Let’s dive into the enhancements and explore the tangible benefits that these features bring to your organization.

API Development and Testing 101: Introduction to Insomnia

Are you an API developer looking to streamline your workflow and improve efficiency? Join us for this introductory webinar on Insomnia, a powerful API design and testing platform that simplifies the entire API lifecycle. In this session, we'll explore the core features of Insomnia that make it an indispensable tool for modern API development. You'll learn how to design and prototype APIs visually, send requests with a user-friendly interface, and organize your API workflows with workspaces and environments.

Enterprise-Grade Service Mesh: A Reference Architecture with OpenShift, Istio, and Kong

This video explores how to integrate Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Istio Service Mesh, and Kong Ingress Controller. It shows a reference architecture with Keycloak as the identity provider running on an OpenShift cluster with Istio service mesh, sample applications, and Kong Ingress Controller. Three sample applications are showcased.

Enterprise-Grade Service Mesh: A Reference Architecture with OpenShift, Istio, and Kong

The service mesh architecture pattern has become a de facto standard for microservices-based projects. In fact, from the mesh standpoint, not just microservices but all components of an application should be under its control, including databases, event processing services, etc.

Navigating Kong Konnect Is Easier and More Powerful with the Revamped Search Bar in the UI

You can use the new comprehensive search bar in Kong Konnect to quickly retrieve the information you need across Konnect entities so you can focus on taking action. Operating through a platform search API, the new search bar’s query syntax offers advanced and precise search capabilities and is designed to cater to a wide range of search requirements, enabling you to find the information you need across different areas of the product with ease and speed.

Federated Connectivity: Unlocking Data Silos with API Gateways

"The whole is more than the sum of its parts." Aristotle is credited with this quote, and it's true in the world of data. Legacy systems typically approached their role in a limited manner. Each system was intended to be used by a certain user set and handle well-defined processes and associated data. The result was a disintegrated environment with data being difficult to obtain, and frequently out of date. The parts couldn't easily cooperate to make a whole.