Oracle announced plans to acquire Apiary , the API management company with a focus on API design and collaboration, on January 19. Apiary is best known for API flow , its API management platform.
Oracle has not indicated how it plans to use Apiary, although the FAQ does make it clear it has no plans to shutter the service: «Oracle is committed to protecting and enhancing customer investments in Apiary solutions. After the close of the transaction, Oracle plans to continue investing in Apiary and Oracle’s API Integration Cloud. We expect this will include more functionality and capabilities at a quicker pace. In addition, Apiary customers will benefit from better integration and alignment with Oracle’s other product offerings. »
In 2016, Oracle acquired a slew of cloud-based services like NetSuite , OPower , and Logfire. As Oracle added more service offerings to its cloud services portfolio, API proliferation and its management has become an inevitable consequence.
