The document discusses how mobile, big data, and cloud computing are transforming IT and the need for simplified connections between them. It introduces ClickSlide, which aims to address this need with its first product, Abacus, a page-based platform that can connect any API to pre-fabricated apps and make any data accessible via mobile apps to test concepts against live applications easily. ClickSlide seeks to automate the integration of data, which is currently an untapped area of the market.
1. Everyone’s a developer
Gabriel Ortiz, CEO
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2. The founders
Big geeks.
We love science.
Data is amazing.
We love design.
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3. The world is changing
"It’s no secret that mobile, big data and cloud
computing are transforming IT. Companies need
a single unified strategy to tackle them, not
three separate ones.”
Sanjay Poonen, president of SAP’s mobile division
Source: GigaOm
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4. “Software is eating the world”
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5. The significance of
APIs
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6. APIs are the bridges between Mobile, Cloud & Big Data.
BIG DATA APIs
Cloud APIs
Computing
APIs
Mobile
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7. The need is to simplify the bridges between the three
Mobile Cloud Big Data
Let’s Start with Data.
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8. Data is the knowledge centre for your business.
(AKA “The Bridge”)
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9. We need bridges that connect mobile apps to any data.
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10. To discover previously unseen connections.
The Golden Gate Bridge.
(a previously unseen bridge)
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11. Data is just sitting in the enterprise.
(Data on the bridge of the enterprise.)
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12. Your bridge to Data needs to be mobilized.
Data should be
Anywhere you are.
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13. All jargon aside,
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14. There is an increasing need to mobilize interactions with data.
(Data needs to be interactive and is ‘made so’ through mobile apps.)
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15. Unfortunately not all Data speaks the same language we do.
Significance of data is based on who is viewing it and when.
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16. So… a bunch of geniuses need to play with data to figure it out.
But…
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17. …figuring stuff out costs a lot of money.
Which means innovation suffers…
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18. …ultimately…
…untested concepts are seen as a gamble.
(or a fantasy)
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20. Companies are still required to make…
…super cool Star Trek stuff...
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21. …with their own Data.
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22. “The market for internet-enabled
devices is spreading everywhere.”
Warren East, ARM Holdings CEO
Source: Financial Times
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23. An automated integration platform
for all this stuff would be…
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24. To boldly go where no data has gone before.
Source: 3 Pillar Global
• A garage that can monitor an automobile’s condition and wear
• Cars that can drive themselves
• Ability to communicate to each other when in close proximity.
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25. It’s already happening.
Source: 3 Pillar Global
• A garage that can monitor an automobile’s condition and wear
• Cars that can drive themselves
• Ability to communicate to each other when in close proximity.
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26. The dashboard has evolved.
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27. Completely electric cars mean…
…completely digital cars.
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28. An increasingly digital world.
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29. The need for more software is here.
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30. Mobile is here.
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31. The Enterprise has ENGAGED Mobile!
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32. The significance of
APIs
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33. The significance of
“Webpoints”
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34. The significance of
a more complex Enterprise.
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35. The simplification of
a more complex future.
Captain Jean Luc Picard
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37. Abacus
ClickSlide will release editing features incrementally:
•Allow pre-integrated Webpoints into Pre-fab Apps
•Allow Developers to Add their own Webpoints
•Edit Apps using a Programmable Interface.
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38. Launch Product
ClickSlide Abacus is a page-based platform that:
•Can connect any Webpoint (API) to our
pre-fab Apps
•Makes any data accessible via an App
•Allows developers to test an idea against a
live mobile application.
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39. The automation of integrating
data is an untapped, wide-open
market. It’s a task that ClickSlide
Abacus, the Company’s first
product, will be able to handle
effortlessly.
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40. Enhance conversations within Enterprise.
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Hello I’m Gabriel Ortiz CEO of ClickSlide – a company which aims to make software creation simple to all participants. Our dream is to make everyone a developer. Even you!
Aaron Franco (on the left) and yours truly started this company, basically, to do cool stuff. Let me paint you the picture of my life! As a boy I moved from the tropical island of Puerto Rico to live in the Bronx (a different kind of island) where I spent the majority of my time wondering if there was more to life than just the Bronx. This wonder prompted me to move to Edinburgh to do my masters… and this affected me greatly. That aside, it is Edinburgh, or more specifically the UK (knowledge economy) where I discovered that knowledge and access to knowledge is what drives me. Aaron and I had been talking for ages about how we could make software more efficient and more accessible. In 2010 we came together in London to figure out how to solve this problem. We discovered that enterprise has spent a significant amount of time and money dealing with fragmentation, integration and how this affects speed to market. We know the world is always changing. This time, we realized we could make a change.
And now the world IS changing. I.T. is transforming around Mobile (through its customers), Cloud Computing (through its service providers) and Big Data( through Information retrieval and evaluation).
There is a great need for software and therefore a great need for more developers. but Developers cost a lot of money, and aren’t able to deliver quick enough or often enough to satisfy the appetite for more software. We need a platform that solves for supply and demand at the same time.
These demands are currently being made upon APIs. A lot can be said about APIs 2013 is a tipping point where: API importance will increase demand for more APIs As a result API complexity will require a fresh approach Which means APIs will need to solve broader problems And if ClickSlide has its way APIs will increasingly become the engine for automation and a world of connected devices But, more integration will be needed And more software we’ll need to be built Which will require simpler interfaces and processes. But first you might ask yourself. “How much do I know about APIs?”
An API can be represented as a bridge between many systems. In enterprise, the three pillars of IT are (Big data, Cloud Computing and Mobile) these three enablers of productivity can only be linked via an API. Which is why their importance is growing.
APIs – are both secure and direct access to software as well as hardware. There is also a growing problem in I.T. in how we can have access to those bridges. Because APIs are written in a myriad of different languages, formats and logic. Basically, no two APIs are alike. However, before a sensible determination can be made on usefulness of that API, you must first integrate that API into your application. At ClickSlide WE START WITH DATA. We believe that Data is at the root of everything.
Because Data is knowledge and knowledge is the key to understanding.
And Mobile’s adds greater relevance to data and creates new bridges between an enterprise and its information. Once you have a deeper connection to data, you can discover previously unseen connections
Once you have deeper connection to data through mobile, Enterprise can make use of previously unseen connections. Currently, Data just sits in the enterprise…
Doin’ nothin’
But when you connect your data to a mobile device freedom and creativity will abound.
All jargon aside… The idea is simple. A clearer conversation with data helps him to understand you and for you to understand him.
Mobile (and tablets) are the most accessible way to interact with data. They are lightweight, low-powered and completely tactile.
Data doesn’t come across very easily. There is so much fragmentation, limitations, disconnections and pitfalls to easy integration that it is difficult to know where to begin. Also, data is completely contextual and grows too rapidly to properly assess.
Even the greatest minds have trouble making use of data in software. And might view creating software as a challenge.
And even if you can hire a bunch of geniuses, when you do, it is very costly and creates a rigid hold on projects which ultimately limits innovation. Ultimately…
When you try to innovate, you are running the risk of high costs and poor results.
We must look to the future and create cool stuff. It is our destiny as a civilization. The question is when?
You have to start thinking about how far away this future is when cool things like this are happening. ARM HOLDINGS profits up 20 per cent Source of buoyant profits: more devices connected to the Internet The much vaunted ‘ Internet of Things ’ is arriving… ClickSlide can be its operating system.
The when is completely dependent on the costs and the speed of innovation. Automation of these processes will give us the future FASTER.
Ford was founded over 100years ago and is increasingly becoming a company that lives and dies by its data. A wide range of industries are becoming information companies. Enabling success
The Nissan leaf is completely electric and comes with an integrated app.
This app can show you both where the nearest power station is, and what’s happening inside your car.
You can sort of think of it as a bridge is extended from your vehicle to your mobile. Creating a greater depth of what is possible in an app.
It also means that you can connect devices to your home, yourself or even YOUR DOG. Which makes previously unseen connections possible!
The time has come for more integrations into more devices.
Mobile usage is growing faster than we can comprehend.
Mobile use is expanding rapidly and the Enterprise has taken notice! Or locked phazers.
I know you’ve seen this before, but I want to remind you that APIs are the bridges between, Mobiles, big data and cloud computing. Creating clear access to these bridges allows us to shape the future we intend to create. But we don’t want to call them APIs! 2013 is a tipping point where: API complexity will require a fresh approach API importance will increase demand APIs will need to solve broader problems APIs will increasingly become the engine for automation and a world of connected devices More integration will be needed to build software with simpler interfaces and processes.
We prefer to call them webpoints and by simply calling APIs webpoints, we bring ourselves closer to the internet of things.
And by doing this we allow ourselves to evolve. The enterprise must evolve to survive. Evolution comes via complexity. The more webpoints we can connect, the more complex we can make systems.
The more complex we become the more simplicity we will bring to our lives. Increasing happiness and improving over all efficiency. What part do we play?
We bring simplicity to the process of integration: We match any API on the left to any API to the right and you choose your App in the middle. We are calling this product Abacus
We will rollout this product incrementally. Allowing greater access to our automated tools over time. Automation is the key to integration.
Abacus makes the future possible. Thank you all for listening.
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