We are excited to announce SmartBear has been named a Visionary in the 2023 Magic Quadrant by Gartner for API Management. A Magic Quadrant is a tool that provides a graphical competitive positioning of technology providers to help you make smart investment decisions. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company’s overall completeness of vision and ability to execute.
Mobile applications are becoming increasingly complex, and developers are tasked with delivering new and innovative experiences to their users. Part of this includes delivering new ways in which customers engage with your UI. Mobile users today are more advanced than ever; they have high levels of technical know-how and have less barriers of entry for trying something new. This gives mobile developers more opportunities to be creative and deliver app experiences that are new or unique.
As the holiday season approaches, businesses worldwide are gearing up for the busiest and most lucrative time of the year. In today's digitally driven marketplace, the flawless performance of your APIs is crucial for maintaining and boosting business revenue during this time. As consumers increasingly rely on online shopping and mobile apps for their holiday purchases, any API-related glitches or slowdowns can lead to frustrated customers and abandoned transactions, resulting in lost sales.
We've said it before and we'll say it again: Visible APIs get reused, not reinvented. Ensuring that developers can easily work with APIs is essential. To make this happen, we need to provide them with clear documentation and helpful resources. That's where SwaggerHub Portal comes in, simplifying the process and making it easier for developers to get the job done.
Android is the most popular operating system in the world, with over 2.5 billion active users across over 190 countries. As a result, the Android ecosystem consists of more than 3.5 million apps – more than double the 1.6 million apps available on iOS. This means fast and seamless app performance has become critical for success.
This year, we’ve witnessed a significant shift in the tech landscape. Industry giants like Amazon (AWS), Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, and others are embracing GraphQL APIs, both for their internal operations and external interactions. GraphQL, hailed as the SQL for APIs, is more than a query language – It's a runtime that efficiently retrieves data from databases.
