API Summit 2023 has just concluded, with awesome announcements including the launch of Kong Mesh in Konnect, and Dedicated Cloud Gateways. In addition to launching new capabilities, we also ensured that our existing products continue to grow and deliver value. With that in mind, I’m pleased to announce the immediate availability of Kong Ingress Controller 2.12.

One of the main challenges API producers face is making improvements and enhancements to their APIs without getting their clients to upgrade API versions (i.e., change their applications). We're excited to introduce semantic version-based intelligent routing in Choreo, making API consumption easier than ever. This feature groups APIs into their major versions, and the corresponding URLs are simplified to include only the major version number.

We are thrilled to announce that Tricentis Test Automation has been named a winner in the Best SaaS Product for Web and App Development category of the 2023 SaaS awards! The annual awards are considered the Oscars of the business software world and celebrate outstanding SaaS innovators across the globe. Best SaaS Product for Web and App Development is a highly competitive category recognizing an innovation that clearly meets a developer’s need.

Today at API Summit 2023, we’re launching a revolutionary update to Kong Konnect SaaS that brings together many of the innovations we’ve been developing this last year. This latest version of Kong Konnect is dedicated to visionary and pragmatic developers and customers who are working hard to make their organizations leaders in an API-first world. For the first time ever, the Kong Konnect unified API platform can now bring together all API runtimes under one, single cloud management plane.

We’re excited to announce Kong's unified API lifecycle management platform. Kong Konnect, our cloud API platform, can now manage services from API gateway, Ingress, and service mesh with a hosted control plane that can be implemented across any cloud provider, Kubernetes distribution, or on-premises data centers.

We're excited to roll out our new feature: Data Streams. This feature unlocks new opportunities with the integration of Webhooks and Data Streams, transforming the way you tap into real-time data.

In the fast-paced world of banking and finance, acquisitions and mergers continuously shape industry dynamics. Amid these transformations, ensuring data integrity becomes paramount for financial institutions. The ever-changing regulatory environment, data migrations, and the need for data-driven risk management demand a robust solution to address these challenges.