Kong, Inc., a leading API management platform company, has entered into a strategic partnership with SI&C, Inc., a systems integrator, to promote API utilization among companies in the Japanese market. Kong views APIs not simply as system integration, but as a strategic asset that creates corporate competitiveness and innovation, and aims to realize an API-first approach. To achieve this, strategic consulting based on a deep understanding of not only technology but also business is essential. This partnership combines SI&C’s industry expertise and practical consulting capabilities with Kong’s globally proven API platform to support Japanese companies in their API-first, digital transformation, and competitive edge.
In recent years, application modernization, the introduction of microservices, and the creation of new services utilizing AI have become essential for companies to maintain and strengthen their competitiveness. APIs, which flexibly connect clouds and existing systems, are becoming increasingly important as the foundation for supporting these efforts. To achieve an API-first approach, what’s needed is not just superior technology, but also the power of partnerships that deeply understand business and on-site issues and can work together to devise optimal utilization strategies.
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Kong sees APIs as a source of corporate growth and innovation, and its mission is to realize an API-first world. However, achieving this goal requires not only technology, but also a partner who deeply understands customers’ businesses and works with them to develop optimal utilization strategies. SI&C is the ideal partner to support Japanese companies in utilizing APIs and promoting digital transformation, leveraging its extensive industry knowledge and practical consulting capabilities. With this in mind, the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership, aiming to realize an API-first approach and strengthen competitiveness in the Japanese market.
SOURCE: PRTimes