In this session, We will look at how a cohesive set of agile open source components enable architects and developers to build a platform that will evolve with rapid business requirements.

1. Design principles for building an
API driven business platform
Mifan Careem
VP - Solution Architecture, WSO2
mifan@wso2.com | @mifanc

3. FRICTION-LESS

4. 4

5. 5

6. API Driven Business
Platforms

7. Unicorn Businesses

8. 8
The right API driven
business platform is
key to innovate at
scale
Define
API
Strategy
Define a
Platform
Strategy
Facilitate
Consumers
Engage and
Empower
Producers
Incentives
and
Monetizatio
n
Agility and
Distributio
n
Platform
security
model
Govern
and
Manage

9. API Marketplace as a Platform Business Model 

11. “We want to blur the lines
between our technology and
our customers”
Jonathan Pearl,
Director and Global Head,
NEXEN Platform Management,
BNY Mellon

12. Sustainability via Feedback Loops, Incentives,
Adoption
12
Source: David Sacks, Yammer on Uber’s
business model valuation
• Social Incentives
• Fun, Fame, Fortune
• No. of Shares, Likes, Claps, Re-Tweets,
View
• Leaderboards
• Rating/Filtering
• Monetization


14. Distributed Platforms vs Centers of Excellence vs
Agility
External Developers (Partners)
Other BU Developers
(Inter BU Access)
Internal BU Developers
(Intra BU Access)
BU 1 API Marketplace BU 2 API Marketplace BU 3 API Marketplace BU n API Marketplace
BU 1 API Management
(Dedicated On-prem
Deployment)
BU 2 API Management
(Private Cloud Tenant)
BU 3 API Management
(WSO2 API Cloud
Tenant)
BU n API Management
(Other APIM Platform
Tenant)
Private Cloud Public Cloud
Enterprise
Enterprise API Marketplace
BU 1 BU 2 BU 3 BU n

15. WSO2 API Manager
Leader in open source API Management
WSO2 API Manager
○ WSO2 API Microgateway
○ WSO2 API Analytics
○ WSO2 API Tooling
○ WSO2 IAM Key Manager Profile
Hybrid Options
○ Public, private, hybrid
○ Macro and micro deployments
○ Dozens of install & update packages
○ WSO2 Update Manager with incremental updates

16. API Microgateway

17. API Product designer
Stripe-based monetization
React.js Portal
GraphQL support
Kubernetes Operator

18. source: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/

19. “APIs are an attractive target for
threat actors because they act as
the glue linking different services –
they allow data to flow freely from
one area to the next, and thus
provide a rich vein of information if
they are compromised.”

22. Building an
Enterprise
API Platform
Define
API
Strategy
Define
Technology
Strategy
Facilitate
Consumers
Engage and
empower
Producers
Evangelize
Incentives
Monetize
and
Analyze
Govern
and
Manage

23. THANK YOU
wso2.com