EDI Vs API - complementary not competitive
It’s hard not to notice the up-swell of API Management in the press in recent times. If you come from an EDI background you may dismiss API Management as not being relevant. I also often hear the contrary view - that EDI is old-school and that APIs are taking over. I don’t believe either to be true. There are plenty of Qualities of Service that EDI gives in spades that API management simply doesn’t touch and vice-versa. In this blog I’ll review those differences and show how API and EDI are complimentary technologies not competitive. I'll also suggest where the future lies for these two differing technologies and that, actually, the comparison isn't EDI Vs API but should be API Vs Web Services.