Akamai & Zuplo partner to enhance AccuWeather API delivery
Akamai and Zuplo have partnered to deliver a new API management platform for AccuWeather, aiming to improve how its weather data is accessed and monetised globally. The collaboration sees Akamai's distributed cloud infrastructure integrated with Zuplo's API gateway, focusing on reducing latency, increasing reliability, and providing advanced management features.
Edge infrastructure
The partnership leverages Akamai's global edge platform to bring AccuWeather's datasets closer to users. This shift aims to minimise data transmission delays and enhance the reliability of weather information delivery. Zuplo's technology is designed to streamline API operations by managing authentication, access, and security layers. Together, both companies are enabling AccuWeather to scale its data distribution to meet a growing global demand for timely weather information.
"The combined strengths of Zuplo and Akamai enable us to deliver weather data with unmatched speed and reliability. This partnership transforms our developer experience and helps us monetize our APIs more effectively while continuing to deliver life-saving information where and when it matters most," said Chris Patti, Chief Data and Science Officer, AccuWeather.
Unified management
AccuWeather now uses a single platform provided by Akamai and Zuplo to control all API traffic. This unified platform enhances security, simplifies the management of developer access, and supports the introduction of new monetisation options. Akamai's infrastructure is backed by high levels of resilience and geographic reach, while Zuplo's workflows are structured to remove inefficiencies from API management. This set-up is intended to help AccuWeather continue its focus on delivering accurate forecasts and supporting decisions that depend on weather data.
Developer access
A redesigned developer portal is also part of the initiative. The portal allows developers to register more easily, manage authentication, and process payments within a single interface. From AccuWeather's perspective, the system provides consolidated controls for analytics, access management, and tracking of revenue streams related to API use. These changes are designed to make the integration and ongoing use of AccuWeather APIs more straightforward for internal and external developers.
Security improvements
API security is a significant aspect of the project. Akamai's edge security features, combined with Zuplo's management tools, are intended to reduce risks associated with unauthorised access and misuse of data. The unified approach is also expected to help AccuWeather tailor its API offerings and monetisation models more effectively, responding to evolving requirements for data security and compliance.
Partnership goals
The aim of the partnership is to enable customers such as AccuWeather to accelerate the rollout of new APIs, generate revenue more efficiently, and extend secure services to users at the edge of the network.
"Together with Zuplo, we're helping customers like AccuWeather bring APIs to market faster, monetize them more efficiently, and deliver secure experiences at the edge," said Eric Graham, VP of Product Management, Application Security, Akamai Technologies.
The initiative also positions AccuWeather to manage high-volume workloads driven by global demand for its weather services and to benefit from improvements in scale and performance resulting from the combined platforms.
"AccuWeather is one of the most used APIs in the world, and we're proud to partner with Akamai to deliver the edge performance and scale it requires. Our API gateway was built for distributed, high-volume workloads, and Akamai's global edge network makes this vision possible - a true win-win for our customers," said Josh Twist, Co-Founder and CEO, Zuplo.
