Akana

Akana helps businesses accelerate digital transformation by securely extending their reach across multiple channels – mobile, cloud and Internet of Things.

Akana enables enterprises to share data as APIs, connect and integrate applications, drive partner adoption, monetize their assets, and provide intelligent insights into their business and operations.The Akana Platform provides a comprehensive API design platform. Users can use a graphical tool to design their API from scratch or even import API descriptor language of their choice. Once the company has their design completed, the platform will then automatically generate all the common API descriptor documents for the users.

The API designer supports Graphical API design, import and automatic generation of common descriptor languages and integrated lifecycle management.The Akana Platform lets companies secure their APIs, protecting sensitive data while allowing access to authorized Apps and users. Its rich authentication and authorization capabilities include OAuth, OpenID Connect, Integrated STS, SAML 1.1/2.0, and JWT support.

It also has built-in access control system and integration with leading identity and access management providers, while its Message Security feature ensures the privacy of customer data with sophisticated encryption and signature capabilities.Akana Platform allows its users to control the flow of traffic through their APIs with a rich set of routing and Quality of Service capabilities.

This includes Throttling which controls how much traffic each App can send to the company’s API with throughput, bandwidth, and concurrency policies for each App. The SLA reporting and enforcement, on the other hand, defines, monitors and enforces service-level agreements for each App consuming APIs.

Akana Platform also includes a powerful analytics engine. Built using a massively scalable, globally distributed noSQL store that is architected to meet international data privacy standards. It provides solutions for Operational Analytics, Developer Analytics as well as Business Analytics.