These are eventful times for Layer 7, with staff-members appearing at trade shows across North America and Europe. Notably, our CTO Scott Morrison has been undertaking what he’s termed his APIs, Cloud & Identity Tour. Somehow, Scott is also finding time to take part in a couple of the company’s upcoming Web seminars.

On May 29, he’ll be presenting our latest Tech Talk Tuesday meet-up, titled Swagger, WADL & API ‘Scriptions. This interactive session will take a look at the relative merits of different standards for creating formalized, machine-interpretable API descriptions. For full details on how to view and join in with this event, visit the Tech talk Tuesday page.

The following day, Scott will be reprising the recent webinar Identity, Access & Privacy for the New Hybrid Enterprise, featuring Eve Maler of Forrester Research, Inc. This is a special live presentation for the Asia/Pacific region (at 11am Sydney time/9am Singapore time). For more information, take a look at the webinar registration page.

Scott gets a break when Product Manager Dana Crane takes over webinar duty on June 5 for Getting Your API Discovered: The Secret to API Promotion, featuring ProgrammableWeb Founder John Musser. This session will explore a range of best practices for building a community of API developers. Registration is open now and you can click here to sign up.

A few months back, Layer 7 launched Tech Talk Tuesday, a series of interactive developer meet-ups focusing on all things API, broadcast through the company’s Facebook and Livestream pages. We know it’s not always easy to catch a live event like Tech Talk Tuesday, so we’ve also been making recordings of the sessions available in the Videos section of our Resource Library.

We have some pretty exciting things planned for upcoming Tech Talks. The next regular Tech Talk will be a discussion of “Swagger, WADL & API ‘Scriptions” on May 29. You can click here to add it to your calendar. We’re also planning to stream a very special Tech Talk from the upcoming Glue Conference. Watch this space for more details.

For all the latest Tech Talk news – as well as quick-and-easy access to archived broadcasts – you can visit the Tech Talk Tuesday page on our Web site.

It’s almost time for another Layer 7 Technologies Tech Talk. This coming Tuesday, Layer 7’s own Matt McLarty will be joined by guest David Chiu from leading ecommerce vendor Elastic Path Software to discuss API monetization. We’re excited to have our friends from Elastic Path involved and this seems set to be a great Tech Talk – so get your questions ready!

API monetization comes in the form of two very distinct opportunities. First, companies like Elastic Path are creating new revenue opportunities for themselves by opening up their information assets via APIs. Second, some companies are charging third-parties for the use of particularly valuable APIs, creating even more revenue opportunities.

To learn more and throw some questions at our API monetization experts, just visit the Layer 7 Facebook page at noon EDT on May 15 and click the Livestream icon. If you don’t have Facebook, simply click here to watch directly through Livestream. You can submit questions on Facebook or through Twitter, using the hashtag #layer7live.

Time for another Tech Talk Folks. API developer management. During this interactive one-hour event, we’ll be discussing how enterprises can attract, engage and manage developers for their open APIs.

Open APIs allow enterprises to build communities of third-party developers around their applications and data. But many enterprises struggle to ensure developers actually use these APIs to build apps that deliver real value.

On Tuesday May 1 (add to your calendar) we’ll be offering real-world developer management strategies that will help you get maximum benefit from your APIs.

So be sure to come to the Layer 7 Facebook page at 9am PDT.

How to Attend:

Just visit the Layer 7 Facebook page at 9am PDT on May 1 and click the Livestream icon.

Don’t have Facebook? Simply click here to watch directly through Livestream.

Submit questions on Facebook or use the Twitter hash-tag #layer7live

How to Submit Questions:

On Facebook

•    Click on the Livestream PLAY button to join the stream
•    Click the red “Check in to Chat” button to submit questions

On Twitter
•    Tweet questions with the hashtag #layer7live

Guest Expert: Dana Crane

As Product Manager for Layer 7′s API Portal, Dana Crane sets the direction of the company’s newest product.
His involvement in creating this product has given him deep insight into what it takes to build active developer communities around open APIs.
Dana holds a BSc from the University of Toronto and a diploma in hard knocks from the Internet boom.

Add to Your Calendar

Here we go again – time for another Tech Talk Tuesday. It’s live, unscripted, interactive and it’s going to be awesome – especially if you love to talk Caching & API Optimization.

We’ve simplified SOAP to REST, we’ve explained OAuth and now, during this interactive one-hour event, we’ll be discussing how open API publishers can optimize the delivery and performance of their APIs using techniques like caching. But it’s a live event, so you never know what might happen, with questions coming fast and from all over the globe.

If you haven’t joined us in the past – take a look at these episodes here on our official Layer 7 YouTube page. They’ll give you a good idea of what Tech Talk Tuesday is all about.

Our special guest this week is Geoff Duck, a Senior Developer and innovative superstar at Layer 7. He’s smart, good looking and thinks fast on his feet. He regularly works with Layer 7 customers, helping them implement API management and SOA governance best practices – so here‘s your chance to interact live with one of our top developers.

We look forward to seeing you there. Get your questions ready and then, on Tuesday (at 9am PST), simply go to our Facebook page, click the Livestream tab and hit play. It’s super easy.

See you Tuesday!