{"id":747825,"date":"2013-04-23T10:27:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=633492"},"modified":"2013-04-23T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:27:29","slug":"api-turf-war-heats-up-as-mulesoft-buys-programmableweb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/747825","title":{"rendered":"API turf war heats up as MuleSoft buys ProgrammableWeb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/04\/22\/ca-snaps-up-layer-7-as-api-management-arena-heats-up\/\">we&#8217;ve been hearing,<\/a> application programming interfaces (APIs) and their management is a hot battleground. And it got hotter Tuesday morning with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mulesoft.com\/mulesoft-acquires-programmableweb\">\u00a0MuleSoft buying ProgrammableWeb.<\/a><\/p> <p>With this acquisition <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/04\/03\/mulesoft-rakes-in-37m-more-to-connect-your-apps-to-the-world\/\">MuleSoft<\/a> gets a popular online site used by web, mobile and other developers who want to connect their applications to third-party applications and data sources. San Francisco-based MuleSoft paints itself as a de facto hub for new-fangled web and mobile APIs as well as the more mature APIs behind enterprise applications. \u00a0It&#8217;s a wide world. MuleSoft estimates there are more than 13,000 active APIs \u00a0currently.<\/p> <p>What <a href=\"http:\/\/www.programmableweb.com\/\">ProgrammableWeb<\/a> brings to the table is a sort of white pages directory of APIs, said Richard Seroter, a product manager for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tier3networks.com\/\">Tier 3<\/a>, who uses the service. ProgrammableWeb has &#8220;lots of API content on the blog and is a good source of stats on API proliferation,&#8221; he said via Twitter.<\/p> <p><em>The Next Web<\/em> reported Tuesday morning that <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/insider\/2013\/04\/23\/programmableweb-the-destination-for-all-things-api-gets-acquired-again-this-time-by-mulesoft\/\">Alcatel-Lucent bought ProgrammableWeb three years ago<\/a>; but i just double checked and there is no reference in MuleSoft&#8217;s statement about Alca-Lu ownership. I&#8217;ve asked MuleSoft for follow up and will update this when i hear.<\/p> <p>This news comes a day after <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/04\/22\/ca-snaps-up-layer-7-as-api-management-arena-heats-up\/\">CA Technologies bought Layer 7,<\/a> an API management company and five days after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/cloud-computing\/platform\/intel-buys-mashery-for-api-management-ex\/240153138\">Intel purchased Mashery<\/a>, another API management company.<\/p> <p><em>This story was updated at 9:22 a.m. PST with the Next Web link.<\/em><\/p> <br \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?resize=1%2C1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&%23038;c=522587\"><img src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&%23038;c=522587\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro:<\/strong><br \/>Subscriber content. <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/?utm_source=cloud&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=auto3&utm_term=633492+api-turf-war-heats-up-as-mulesoft-buys-programmableweb&utm_content=gigabarb\">Sign up for a free trial<\/a>.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2011\/05\/the-case-for-increased-ma-in-2011-actions-and-outlooks\/?utm_source=cloud&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=auto3&utm_term=633492+api-turf-war-heats-up-as-mulesoft-buys-programmableweb&utm_content=gigabarb\">The Case for Increased M&#38;A in 2011: Actions and Outlooks<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2011\/04\/infrastructure-q1-iaas-comes-down-to-earth-big-data-takes-flight\/?utm_source=cloud&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=auto3&utm_term=633492+api-turf-war-heats-up-as-mulesoft-buys-programmableweb&utm_content=gigabarb\">Infrastructure Q1: IaaS Comes Down to Earth; 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