Last week Intel said it was buying Mashery, the multi-tenant SaaS API manager, for a reported $180 million.
On Monday CA Technologies said it was buying Mashery rival Layer 7 Technologies on undisclosed terms thought to be in the same neighborhood as Intel’s spend.
CA figures Layer 7’s API management and security widgetry complement its Identity and Access Management suite and DevOps technology. It means to combine them so customers can quickly deliver the cloud, mobile and composite apps that run today’s business services.
CA’s vision extends to the “Internet of things” and imagines the billions of API calls that are already made every day and the billions more that will be made with the increasing proliferation of smart devices like vehicles, meters, TVs and whatnot.