3scale is an internet technology company that develops
API
An application programming interface (API) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how to build ...
management
Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...
software.
History
3scale was co-founded by Steven Willmott and Martin Tantow in 2007. A public beta began in November 2008. The company's commercial product was released in March 2009.
It sells
API Management
API management is the process of creating and publishing web application programming interfaces (APIs), enforcing their usage policies, controlling access, nurturing the subscriber community, collecting and analyzing usage statistics, and report ...
software called 3scale Connect and a premium version that comes with support and an SLA. A set of three additional APIs were released in October 2011.
In April 2012, 3scale released a new version of its API Management Platform and Infrastructure, including new features such as ActiveDocs, powered by the Swagger API framework developed by
Wordnik
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, as well as allowing API providers to create interactive REST
documentation
Documentation is any communicable material that is used to describe, explain or instruct regarding some attributes of an object, system or procedure, such as its parts, assembly, installation, maintenance, and use. As a form of knowledge managem ...
out of the box.
In March 2013, 3scale received $4.2 million in funding to build additional functionality to the product and expand internationally.
On June 22, 2016,
Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. (formerly Red Hat Software, Inc.) is an American software company that provides open source software products to enterprises and is a subsidiary of IBM. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North ...
announced the purchase of 3scale and the
open sourcing
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Open ...
of their software.
Red Hat acquires API management company 3scale, will open-source the code
by Jordan Novet (June 22, 2016)
See also
*API management
API management is the process of creating and publishing web application programming interfaces (APIs), enforcing their usage policies, controlling access, nurturing the subscriber community, collecting and analyzing usage statistics, and report ...
*CA Technologies
CA Technologies, Inc., formerly Computer Associates International, Inc., and CA, Inc., was an American multinational corporation, multinational enterprise software developer and publisher that existed from 1976 to 2018. CA grew to rank as one o ...
*MuleSoft
MuleSoft, LLC. is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides integration software for connecting applications, data and devices, founded in 2006. The company's Anypoint Platform of integration products is designe ...
*WSO2
WSO2 LLC is an open-source technology provider founded in 2005. It delivers software and cloud solutions that provide foundational technologies for application development and identity and access management (IAM). This represents an expansion upon ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.3scale.net/
3scale Blog
Development software companies
Software companies established in 2007
American companies established in 2007