There are major forces changing the way the world works, and APIs are helping you leverage the benefits provided by the cloud and mobile/devices. Some of the biggest online brands are producing billions of dollars through the use of APIs, but there's more to the story.

1. What Facebook,
Twitter and
Netflix Didn’t Tell
You
04-12-2013
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2. Understanding or not understanding
“I read 'War and Peace' from Tolstoï.
It involves Russia.”
- Woody Allen
“I understood 'API Management'.
It involves Facebook, Netflix and Twitter.”
- CAO (Chief API Officer)
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3. What drives companies for a change?
Two significant forces are changing the face of
business, business partnerships and consumer
contact:
Too slow
to survive?
{ re:invent } your Business with APIs
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4. The road to a successful API strategy
API
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5. The road to a successful API strategy
Learnings:
1. Several entry points / different strategies:
PRAGMATIC vs STRATEGIC
2. API Strategy as a PROJECT by itself
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6. Copying or not copying
Game: What is common to those actors…
They all
need an
API
Platform
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7. An API Platform to rule them all
• Central API Portal to on-board Dev-Clients-Partners
Analytics
• Measure the impact of
your programs
Developer
Engagement
• Build your developer
and partner ecosystem
• API Gateway to easily integrate with your IT
Gateway
Services
Service
Integration
• Secure and protect
your systems
• Simplify and speed up
development
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8. API Portal for Dev/Clients/Partners
• Exposed APIs Packaged as Products
– Different packages for different business needs
– Manage Visibility and Accessibility
• Quota Management
– Protect APIs against abuse
– Manage and plan capacity
– Apportion capacity appropriately
• Workflows to on-board Partner/Consumer
– Define and invite Partners through the portal
– Keep partners private, or allow them to collaborate
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9. API Gateway
Digital FabLab: the easiest way to an API Factory
Mediation
Scripting
Mobile App Experience
Micro-Orchestration
Security
Versioning
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10. Thanks…
If I had asked people what they
wanted, they would have said faster
horses
Henry Ford
Be prepared for innovation:
{ re:invent } your Business with APIs
Olivier Laplace, Technical Director France, SOA Software
olivier.laplace@soa.com
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