1. Spreadsheet to API
Chris Haddad
@cobiacomm
http://www.slideshare.net/cobiacomm
http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/

2. API == A More Connected Business
Accelerate
interactions
inside and
outside the
organization
Reduce
interaction
friction and cost
Increase
engagement and
enhance
productivity
Sense
business activity
and
automatically
adapt
http://wso2.com/landing/enabling-the-connected-business

3. Situational Context: Traffic Data
{incidents: [
{impacting: false,
eventCode: 0,
iconURL: "http://...",
lat: 38.743999,
shortDesc: "Exit ramp closed on I 95...",
type: 1,
severity: 0,
fullDesc: "In NEWINGTON exit ramp closed on I-95 ...",
startTime: "2010-02-21T00:14:07",
lng: -77.188004,
id: "368598263",
endTime: "2010-02-27T05:04:19"
},
Image source: http://www.directoryofnewyorkcity.com/blog/2009/05/how-to-find-parking-in-new-york-city/
Real-time traffic map: http://www.mapquestapi.com/traffic/

4. Velocity, Acceleration
Rapid Dev Pace
Rapid Data Delivery

5. Where is your Data?
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Picture Credit : http://metsys.irislink.com/

6. Is your Data a Rock Temple?
Monoliths remain
Data at Rest ONLY
Accessibility Challenged

7. Are you Facing a
Data Apocalypse

8. Data to API – Easy Way
Data Connectors
Data Mapping [Schema]
API Publication
Data Query

9. Data to API – Hard Way
Data Update and Versioning [w/RESTful protocol bridges]
Data Synchronization
Linked Data
Data Archiving

10. APIs Everywhere
• Comprehensive and Integrated
platform to
• Collect high volume data in
structured and unstructured format
• Perform data analysis through real
time and batch processing modes.
• Present relevant dashboards to
enable timely operational
management and business planning.
• Execute fact-based action (process
improvement, hedge transactions,
fault remediation)

11. Combined Power of Scalable Batch and
Real-time Event Detection
(Lambda Architecture)
Combine power of both delayed
batch and real time analysis
Identify trends and incidents
Find complex event sequences
with fast, real time
performance
Detect anomalous and usual
patterns based on action
sequence
Trigger adaptive, real-time
responses
Replay event combinations and
fine-tune prediction rules

12. 12
The API to Data Puzzle

13. Global Customer Success
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