API Providers Eating their Own Dogfood
The open and commercial API offerings have some parallels to APIs in desktop and other products. Some companies offer APIs for use and commercialization to third parties in addition to building on the APIs themselves. For example, ESRI offers many extensions built on its API and engages many partners to do so. GlobeXplorer offers its imagery as a Web service and uses it as the basis of its Property Analyst (a paid service).
It will be interesting to see if the API providing organizations continue to build on their APIs or look for more partners. Microsoft seems to be actively looking for partners for its API. Other players, so far as I can tell, as standing by to see what happens.
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/07 at 07:19 AM |
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