International Network Services

International Network Services (INS) was one of the world's largest independent network consulting and security services providers, delivering enterprise network design, infrastructure, and network security solutions to financial services, pharmaceutical, aerospace, energy, and transportation customers. Backed by Canaan Partners (Series C) alongside investors including Sequoia Capital, Cisco Investments, and Lucent Technologies, the company was acquired by Lucent. It is tracked in the API Evangelist network as a venture-backed portfolio company; it does not currently operate a public API developer surface.

International Network Services is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Networking, Network Consulting, Network Security, and Enterprise IT.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyNetworkingNetwork ConsultingNetwork SecurityEnterprise ITInfrastructure

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: international-network-services
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/international-network-services.png
name: International Network Services
description: International Network Services (INS) was one of the world's largest independent network consulting and security
  services providers, delivering enterprise network design, infrastructure, and network security solutions to financial services,
  pharmaceutical, aerospace, energy, and transportation customers. Backed by Canaan Partners (Series C) alongside investors
  including Sequoia Capital, Cisco Investments, and Lucent Technologies, the company was acquired by Lucent. It is tracked
  in the API Evangelist network as a venture-backed portfolio company; it does not currently operate a public API developer
  surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/international-network-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- canaan-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: Lucent Technologies
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Networking
- Network Consulting
- Network Security
- Enterprise IT
- Infrastructure
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence