Industry authority Roger Coles to lead ambitious global partner network scale out  

Gravitee.io, the open source API management platform, today launched its first partner programme. The company is actively seeking technology partners, system integrators, consultancies, SaaS and cloud providers across Europe, the Americas and APAC, to collaborate on seizing the opportunities of the thriving API management market - predicted to be worth $22 billion by 2028. 

The new partner program is being led by Roger Coles, VP Channels and Alliances at Gravitee. Coles, a seasoned specialist in building global partner networks, joined Gravitee from SnapLogic, having previously led teams at Informatica, HP Software, and TIBCO. Coles’ appointment and the channel programme launch follow Gravitee’s recently announced $11M Series A funding round.

Coles commented: “The opportunity for partners with Gravitee is enormous. In the past, many organizations have embedded the Gravitee Open Source edition. There is now a large ecosystem of these existing clients that are maturing. With Open Source and Enterprise Editions of the market leading API Management and Access Management modules, alongside Alert Engine, Business Friendly API Designer, and Cockpit, partners have access to a game-changing platform that can be either deployed on-premise, or consumed via the Cloud - complete flexibility for the modern enterprise”.

The API Management Opportunity 

Business applications are now interconnected by a web of APIs, the complexity of which is increasing as demand for real time data ushers in new protocols, and as new data sources become available. Gravitee delivers effortless API management and integrates Identity and Access Management, which is currently a $12 billion market annually.  

For technology partners (and ISV’s), such as ERP, Core Banking, Commerce, CRM/CX vendors, adding Gravitee will deepen and accelerate API ecosystem connectivity, whilst improving security and accessibility; driving more consumption of their core software and services and enhancing the customer’s experience of the integration process.

With Gravitee, Consulting partners, SI’s, and Boutiques gain the opportunity to offer a range of managed, advisory, and implementation services, demonstrate leadership with key customers and prospects, and build a Cloud API & Access Management solution offering that can be sold as an advanced subscription service. Plus, there are a plethora of open-source customers in existence who need access to support and API transformation services. 

For OEM & Cloud partners, Gravitee enables increased consumption of apps and services, enhanced customer success, and the opportunity to generate new revenue streams, plus rapid time-to-value, instead of coding/scripting. It also enables partners to focus their R&D team on the core line of business functionality, and gain access to a world-beating, feature-rich APIM solution. 

Gravitee has expanded the Gravitee Partner Community to now include AppyThings (based in the Netherlands), APIZR, (France), Fit Ideas, (Colombia), Miriade, (Italy), Finnova (Switzerland), Bloom (India), IWConnect (US and Macedonia) and Syssoft (Russia).

Tom Hendrix, Sales / Alliances Director at AppyThings commented: “Gravitee's focus on developer experience translates into capabilities that give developers and citizen integrators unprecedented control and transparency over their API ecosystem. With API connectivity at the heart of any modern IT landscape, we believe this is a future-proof approach to IT integration and development.” 

Oscar Lopez, Co-Founder at Fit Ideas added:​​"Since the earliest versions, Gravitee has been the API Management Solution with our clients. Its robustness, scalability, and ease of implementation make Gravitee one of the best platforms for API Management in the business. We are beyond excited and proud to become a Gravitee Partner in Latin America, and we are sure this partnership will bring new opportunities to our customers to leverage their API platforms and help them to better adapt to the ever-changing market."