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	Cargill Uses Kong to Create Unified API Platform Across Legacy and Cloud Native

Cargill Uses Kong to Create Unified API Platform Across Legacy and Cloud Native

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Agriculture Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Cargill, a global leader in the food, agriculture, financial and industrial sectors, was facing challenges in creating new digital products and services due to its legacy IT systems. The company's existing systems were slowing down its ability to innovate and meet the evolving needs of its customers and partners. Cargill recognized the need for a more dynamic and accessible internal suite of APIs to enable consumption across the entire company. The company wanted to transition from siloed legacy IT architecture to a modern, microservices architecture. However, the legacy API management vendors they considered were not aligned with their vision for decentralization. Read More
About Customer	Cargill is a global company with a mission to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and serves as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers across more than 125 countries. Cargill is one of the largest private companies operating today, employing over 150 thousand people worldwide and handling logistics for over 33 percent of the world’s food supply. The company has been in business for over 150 years and combines extensive supply chain experience with new technologies and insights. Read More
Solution	Cargill chose Kong, a high-performance API platform, to help them transition from a centralized to a decentralized platform. Kong's lightweight and fast performance made it an ideal choice for Cargill's vision of running at the edge, with Kubernetes or in a mesh. Kong's out-of-the-box management tools and open source ecosystem provided Cargill with robust capabilities to simplify management of APIs across their entire lifecycle. Kong also enabled Cargill to create a scalable, standardized developer experience, ensuring consistent standards and governance across thousands of internal and external developers consuming their services worldwide. Furthermore, Kong's native support for Kubernetes was a critical factor in enabling Cargill to easily scale up and down with demand. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Cargill, a global leader in the food, agriculture, financial and industrial sectors, was facing challenges in creating new digital products and services due to its legacy IT systems. The company's existing systems were slowing down its ability to innovate and meet the evolving needs of its customers and partners. Cargill recognized the need for a more dynamic and accessible internal suite of APIs to enable consumption across the entire company. The company wanted to transition from siloed legacy IT architecture to a modern, microservices architecture. However, the legacy API management vendors they considered were not aligned with their vision for decentralization.

About Customer

Cargill is a global company with a mission to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and serves as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers across more than 125 countries. Cargill is one of the largest private companies operating today, employing over 150 thousand people worldwide and handling logistics for over 33 percent of the world’s food supply. The company has been in business for over 150 years and combines extensive supply chain experience with new technologies and insights.

Solution

Cargill chose Kong, a high-performance API platform, to help them transition from a centralized to a decentralized platform. Kong's lightweight and fast performance made it an ideal choice for Cargill's vision of running at the edge, with Kubernetes or in a mesh. Kong's out-of-the-box management tools and open source ecosystem provided Cargill with robust capabilities to simplify management of APIs across their entire lifecycle. Kong also enabled Cargill to create a scalable, standardized developer experience, ensuring consistent standards and governance across thousands of internal and external developers consuming their services worldwide. Furthermore, Kong's native support for Kubernetes was a critical factor in enabling Cargill to easily scale up and down with demand.

Impact #1	Cargill was able to create a unified developer experience across legacy and cloud native systems.
Impact #2	The company was able to achieve horizontal and vertical scaling with Kong and Kubernetes.
Impact #3	Cargill was able to simplify management and monitoring across its highly complex architecture with Kong's management tools and open source ecosystem.

Impact #1

Cargill was able to create a unified developer experience across legacy and cloud native systems.

Impact #2

The company was able to achieve horizontal and vertical scaling with Kong and Kubernetes.

Impact #3

Cargill was able to simplify management and monitoring across its highly complex architecture with Kong's management tools and open source ecosystem.

Benefit #1	Up to 65x faster deployment with automated validations.
Benefit #2	450+ new digital services created in the past six months.
Benefit #3	Dynamic infrastructure that auto-scales up and down with demand.

Benefit #1

Up to 65x faster deployment with automated validations.

Benefit #2

450+ new digital services created in the past six months.

Benefit #3

Dynamic infrastructure that auto-scales up and down with demand.

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Cargill Uses Kong to Create Unified API Platform Across Legacy and Cloud Native

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