Case Study: Klout scales its API and grows strategic partnerships with TIBCO Cloud Mashery

Unlocking the Power of Influence through APIs

Klout, a social data company known for its influence scoring, needed a robust API management solution to support its massive scale and rapid growth. Their technical challenge involved handling terabytes of data and a high volume of API traffic, while their business challenge was to streamline developer onboarding and grow strategic partnerships. They chose TIBCO Cloud™ Mashery to provide the necessary platform and expertise.

TIBCO implemented its Mashery API management platform, which provided critical cloud-based infrastructure, caching, and Developer Outreach services. The solution also included the Mashery OAuth 2.0 Accelerator for secure data exchanges. The results were substantial: Klout's API now handles over 450 million calls monthly, has over 3,500 partners, and is one of the most highly trafficked in the world. A partnership with American Airlines, enabled by TIBCO's technology, drove a record number of new user registrations in a single day.

Klout

Tyler Singletary

Director of Platform