API Adoption And The Open Cloud: What Is An API? [Infographic]

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You probably use application programming interfaces (APIs) multiple times a day and aren’t even aware of it. They make it easier to share photos with friends, access massive data stores and drive new app development. With the rise of APIs, including our own Open Cloud API, we’ve compiled an overview to help you understand how APIs work, how you’re already using them, and how businesses are finding big successes with APIs.

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This is a post written and contributed by Angela Bartels.

Angela is a Racker that started in 2003, left in 2005 and returned in 2009 because she missed Rackspace so much. She is a content marketer that enjoys working on content to help educate the world about cloud computing. She's worked directly with customers in technical support, account management, product and now in marketing, she's passionate about finding new customers through compelling stories.

5 Comments

Very well written Angela — ET

avatar ET on July 10, 2012 | Reply

Hey, Angela! Awesome graphic!!! Love it.

Sami

avatar Sami Moran on July 10, 2012 | Reply

Well done, Angela, I like it!

avatar Wayne Walls on July 11, 2012 | Reply

How can I download this graphic?

avatar NH on March 2, 2013 | Reply

Hi NH,

There is embed code at the bottom of the graphic if you’d like to embed it. You should also be able to save it like you would a normal image.

Thank you,
-Andrew

avatar Andrew Hickey [Racker] on March 4, 2013

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