Like many other organisations, Colruyt is exposing more and more information and business assets through APIs to reach new markets, where speed to delivery and ease of consumption are the key to success. For that reason, they started to realise that controlling the access to their APIs was highly important as the number of APIs was only going to grow in the future.

The Flemish Ministry of Education and Training (O&V from here on), part of the Flemish Government, is the umbrella term for the entities that form the Flemish education administration. They communicate with many different parties (e.g. citizens, schools, software providers, other government institutions...) who consult and use their information or, in turn, disseminate it to end consumers. Previously, the distribution of this information happened the classic way using SOAP webservices.

ArcelorMittal is the largest steel company in the world and produces high quality steel in various countries. In their pursuit of innovation and efficiency, they aimed to further automate their supply process. To achieve this, ArcelorMittal examined and reviewed their entire IT-landscape, ranging from their software to communication between business domains and with external partners. One of the resulting key decisions was to implement an API Management platform.

Fednot supports notary offices with legal advice, office management, IT solutions, training and information for the general public. In order to build a new portfolio of digital products and enhance new digital business processes, Fednot started to revise their notary services for the digital world of tomorrow. Together with Archers and Integration Designers, Fednot was able to set up an API management program as an essential part of this digital transformation strategy.

Colruyt Group profiles itself as a retail group, but with lots of its own support activities. They have their own finance office for example, and also their own IT organization. But they have various other specific companies to support their retail activities, such as their own energy producer, a company that focuses solely on fuel (DATS24).