CA Technologies Study Reveals APIs Contribute to Business Success with Wide Adoption in Asia Pacific and Japan

CA Technologies Study Reveals APIs Contribute to Business Success with
Wide Adoption in Asia Pacific and Japan

Obstacles Remain in Unleashing the True Power of APIs

Singapore – April 27, 2017 –
Results from the latest CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) global study revealed
that a majority of surveyed organizations in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ)
recognize the importance of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in
business growth, with an impressive 88 percent adoption rate. The study also
shows that companies are getting better business results and greater
competitive advantage with advanced full lifecycle API management.

The study, APIs: Building a Connected Business in
the App Economy, examines
responses from 1,770 senior business and IT executives worldwide, with 799 from
across APJ, on how they are leveraging APIs to amp up their business in the app
economy.

Use of
Advanced Full Lifecycle API Management Is Paying Off

More than 70 percent of survey
respondents agreed that APIs improve all areas of qualitative KPIs including
customer experience, digital reach, leverage of third-party innovation and
streamlined supply/demand chain.

However, simply using APIs is not
enough. Effective management of API lifecycle is needed to truly reap its
benefits from conception to consumption. This full lifecycle approach to API
management requires a wide and complex range of capabilities. It demands the
ability to connect legacy and current systems; rapidly create APIs in order to
safely expose data; integrate this with back-end data and legacy apps; protect
these integrations with the right levels of security; accelerate mobile
development; and unlock the value of the resulting digital ecosystems through
analytics and monetization.

With this in mind, the study’s API
management maturity model assesses how far organizations have implemented the
tools and technologies, systems and processes, and the capabilities required
for full API lifecycle management.

The study found that 55 percent of
surveyed organizations in APJ are advanced users of API management, who are
much more confident at being able to differentiate themselves from the
competition (81 percent) than basic API users (50 percent).

Overall, advanced users of API
management saw up to 66 per cent better results than basic users, with
increases in:

APIs are crucial to success in the
app economy. However, the research shows there are still barriers to successful
implementation of API programs, with at least 40 percent citing obstacles such
as time to develop APIs, lack of skilled resources, the ability to effectively
secure APIs and the ability to scale usage/manage performance.

“APIs are the building blocks of
digital transformation. Succeeding in today’s app economy means
connecting products to customer needs, customers to experiences, apps to devices,
and organizations to their ecosystem partners. APIs are the central nervous system that allows these connections to be
made quickly, accurately and securely with quality delivery,” said Tass
Melissinos, vice president, API Management, Asia Pacific and Japan, CA
Technologies. “It is encouraging to learn that
API adoption rates are very high in APJ. The study clearly shows that investing in advanced capabilities
throughout the full API lifecycle results in the greatest value and success.”

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About the
Research/Coleman Parkes

Conducted by Coleman Parkes
Research Ltd. in May-June, 2016 and commissioned by CA Technologies, the survey
included 1,770 senior business and IT executives from large enterprises, across
21 countries and 10 industry sectors. A total of 799 respondents were from APJ,
which covered Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Coleman Parkes, formed in 2000,
provides action-focused marketing research on a global scale. The company
offers a full research and consultancy service across all markets, while
specializing in business-to-business research with a focus on IT, technology
and communications research. For more information, please visitwww.coleman-parkes.co.uk.