Tyk
Tyk is an open source API Gateway, released under the Mozilla licence in 2014.[1]
Tyk is one of the most widely adopted open source API Management platforms, with well over 12 million pulls from Docker Hub[2] metrics for other channels, including Git, AWS and various linux distros are not available at this date.[3]
Tyk was identified as one of the 30 fastest growing technology scale-up companies in the UK in January 2020 and was inducted into the TechNation Upscale[4] programme as a result.
Tyk is a distributed business, with 76 employees, across 26 countries and 6 continents and maintains sales offices in London, Atlanta and Singapore and is regularly cited by major media as a thought leader in remote working. [5] [6][7][8][9] .
General[edit]
Written in Go, Tyk provides the common API Gateway functionality of AuthN and AuthZ, API Analytics and request and response transforms[10]
Tyk has been included continuously in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Lifecycle API Management and Forrester Wave[11] reports since 2017. In September 2020 Gartner positioned Tyk as "visionary" in the Magic Quadrant[12]
History[edit]
The open-source API gateway was initially a side project[13], which was then released under the Mozilla Licence in 2014. Tyk now sponsors the Side Project Fund[14], an initiative that provides funding to promising side projects[15]
Tyk Technologies Ltd launched a proprietary API Management product and SaaS option in 2016
Tyk was a bootstrap until 2019 when it secured a Series A funding round of £4m from MMC Ventures[16][17]
Tyk appointed Pontus Noren, co-founder of cloudreach, to the board in 2020[18][19]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "TykTechnologies/tyk". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Docker Hub". hub.docker.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ "HotelBeds uses API management platform to reduce cost". ComputerWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ "30 of the UK's most exciting scaleups join the prestigious Upscale programme". Tech Nation. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ↑ Shead, Sam (2020-09-25). "British tech workers are moving to warmer countries as winter approaches". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ Borrett, Amy. "Kill all the Zoom calls: 5 tips from one remote-first startup on building an effective workforce from a distance". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ Morris, Natalie (2020-06-01). "What Comes Next: How coronavirus has changed the way we work forever". Metro. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "An Interview with James Hirst, Co-Founder and COO of Tyk". pod.co. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Ingredients for a Successful Remote Company | Growable". www.growable.io. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Tyk Open Source API Gateway and API Management". Dasun Hegoda. 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "The Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, Q4 2016". www.forrester.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management". Gartner. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ "Q&A with Martin Buhr, CEO & Founder of Tyk: How budding tech entrepreneurs can make their side projects a reality -". uktechnews.co.uk. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Tyk Launches Side Project Fund to Support Budding Side Hustlers". Just Entrepreneurs. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Postwoman won Tyk Side Project Fund 🎉🎉". DEV Community. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Tyk secures GBP4m Series A funding for US expansion | Private Equity Wire". www.privateequitywire.co.uk. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "London-based API management tech startup Tyk raises £4 million for US expansion". Tech.eu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Tyk appoints tech innovator Pontus Noren to board". BusinessCloud.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Scale-up Tyk appoints senior Cloudreach figure as its Chairman". Prolific London. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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