BOSTON, MA — (Marketwired) — 04/08/15 — This Thursday marks the , and to celebrate, is hosting a at its headquarters at Assembly Row in Somerville, MA.

Expecting upwards of 200 attendees, the event will feature two panels including a low-level protocol and legacy device data management panel as well as a high-level protocol and API development panel.

Participating on the second panel is –s President and CEO, Michael Campbell. He will be discussing how the API revolution is changing the way solutions are built and integrated, and how organizations can leverage information through API–s to unlock greater business value from their existing systems and assets.

As Campbell writes in a , thanks to API–s, “Proprietary interfaces based on industry- and vendor-specific protocols can all be transformed in such a way that all of the IT and any developer of enterprise applications can interact with OT and IoT in a controlled, secure, manageable way.”

The event is being organized by a number of industry leaders including Owner of , David Stephenson, Founder and Partner at , Chris Rezendes, and Director of API Partner Development at SmartBear, .

The Meetup kicks off Thursday April 9th, 2015 at 6:00pm EDT and is free to attend. Additionally, the entire event will also be .

Ken Lynch
MachineShop
617-877-5393

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