Case Study: Earth Networks achieves stable, scalable API delivery with Microsoft Azure API Management

Weather data lights up more applications thanks to cloud-based API publishing

Earth Networks, a provider of weather data and early-warning solutions, needed a stable and easily managed platform to distribute and monetize its Sferic API. Their challenge was to outsource the complex tasks of partner registration, API provisioning, usage monitoring, and billing to focus on expanding their API business. They turned to Microsoft and its Azure API Management service to address this need.

By implementing Microsoft Azure API Management, Earth Networks gained a reliable platform to protect and distribute its API. The solution streamlined operations, saving approximately 20 hours a month in configuration work and enabling the company to serve up to one billion API calls monthly without service interruptions. This stable foundation from Microsoft has allowed Earth Networks to successfully expand its customer base and prepare for future growth with more data sets and partner integrations.

Earth Networks

Anuj Agrawal

Chief Marketing Officer