Since business units operate independently, they often choose different technology platforms, clouds, API protocols, and architectures to meet their specific needs. As APIs sprawl across the technology estate and the business moves further toward heterogeneous operations, it is nearly impossible to create enterprise-wide services when these various systems and applications need to be connected.

As a result, different departments can’t afford to rip and replace their existing technology stacks to address these problems; instead, they need a solution that offers flexibility in development while maintaining centralized visibility and control across services. The composable enterprise and its fast-moving, agile vision can only be delivered when universal capabilities are brought to existing technologies.

What is UAPIM?

According to Mulesoft, new Anypoint capabilities focus on controlling and curbing API "sprawl" for enterprises and easing complications for application governance and security for IT departments. What are they?

Universal API Management allows you to manage, govern, or secure the APIs within a single control plane, it doesn't matter whether they are Mule or non-Mule APIs or where they are located (on-premise, cloud, or anywhere) - this can be achieved within following aspects.