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7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
PRESENTED BY:
BILL
DOERRFELD
@DoerrfeldBill
AT:
API World
Sept 2018
7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
The Nordic APIs Community
API Tooling Specialists
API Consumers
Thought Leaders, Bloggers
API Owners, Practitioners
Blog, Digest
Events
We're Storytellers
Unique Economy Perspective
Exposition
aThe Classic Story Arc
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Rising Action
Act 1 Act 2 Act 3
What Are Its Rising Actions?
If The API Economy
Has A Story,
#1: Public
API Growth
...20,000 APIs And Counting
API World 2018 - 7 Global Movements Evolving the Story of APIs
● Size: 19,758 public web
APIs (ProgrammableWeb, June 2018 data)
● Velocity: Plateaued?
2005-2013 Huge growth
● Other Estimates:
● 50,000 - API Hound
● Other Approaches:
Partner, Private, not seen.
● Nearly all industries
#1: 20,000 Public APIs
"APIs Hold Key To Digital Transformation"
– Forbes
The API Provider Rising Action:
"The Unsung Heroes of our Connected World"
– Visual Capitalist
Evidence of
#2: The API Space
Gets Acquired
…Enterprises Up Agility
#2: Acquisitions of API
Management Platforms
Redhat - acquisition of 3scale -
2016
Apigee acquired by Google -
2016
TIBCO acquires Mashery - 2015
Salesforce Acquires Mulesoft -
2018
Rogue Wave Software acquires
Akana - 2016
Oracle acquires Apiary - 2017
Microsoft acquires Apiphany - 2013
#2: From API to IPO
"...persistent appetite for API management"
– Tech Target
The API Economy Rising Action:
"APIs have emerged as big business"
- VentureBeat
Evidence of
#3: PSD2 Ushers The
Open Banking Wave
...All Bank APIs Hang Ten
● PSD2: EU Banks must provide APIs
● CMA: UK's open banking initiative
● World-wide: Other players in North
America, Australia, Asia, and
worldwide respond
● Many new entrants
● FinTech: Excitement
#3: The Bank Becomes
Programmable
The Open Banking Rising Action:
"...persistent appetite for API management"
– Nordea
"300 FinTech Signups in 72 Hours"
– Gunnar Berger, Nordea
"API Thinking must replace API Doing"
- Flavia Sequeira, ING Bank
Evidence of
Intuitive banks are investing in microservices
design for delivering niche functionality
Decomposing The Bank
Case Study: CIBC is building
off a microservices framework
made w/ open source
components.
(Bet You Didn't Hear)
#4: GDPR Happened
...Data Security Takes A Public Stage
#3: In Case You Didn't Receive
300 Emails About GDPR
● Another EU initiative with global
repercussions
● All about Data privacy
● Transparent breach notices
● New rules to only allow personal
data sharing with user consent
Awkward Timing...
#3: In Case You Didn't See Zuck's
Disappointed Dad Face 300 Times
What Means for API Owners?
With regulation and public outcry over data
breaches, data privacy has taken center
stage
• APIs that handle user data must comply
(Unless you want to separate geographical data sets - what a pain)
• Improve API security wherever possible
• Emphasis on API partner screening
#5: Blockchain
...API Economy Poised To Accelerate
Blockchain: Uses Beyond
Cryptocurrency
● Medical Records: MedVault (proof of concept),
Medicalchain
● Legal: SmartContract
● Industrial Operations: Boeing
● Voting: Agora powers Sierra Leone election, March 7 -
first election with immutable ledger!
● Supply Chain Management
● much much more...
Cool example:
AIKON: Decentralized API Marketplace
The Blockchain Rising Action:
"...persistent appetite for API management"
– Nordea
"This process would be impossible without APIs."
– BBVA
"Blockchains Will Change the World"
- Fortune
Evidence of
#6: Google Vs Oracle
Verdict Leaves Industry Implications...
Court Case Timeline
● 2007: Google Announces use of Oracle Java APIs in
Android
● 2010: Oracle files lawsuit
● 2012: District court rules that APIs aren't subject to
copyright
● 2014: Decision overturned
● 2016: Ruling in Google favor
● 2018: Federal appeals court, rules in favor of Oracle
Watch: A Brief, Opinionated History of the API, Joshua Bloch, QCon
The API Legal Rising Action:
"...persistent appetite for API management"
– Nordea
"Oracle vs Google case threatens foundations of
software design" - The Conversation
"
– Graph
"the case has already had a permanent effect on the
way developers build software"
- Wired
Implications:
● Java APIs ≠ SaaS APIs
● Are APIs Copyrightable?
● Can open source be copyrightable?
● Is unlicensed use permissible under U.S. fair use?
(Bet You Didn't Hear)
#7: From Empathic
Robots to Ghost Cities
API-Powered AI and IoT Turn
Future Into Reality
The AI Rising Action:
Evidence of
● AI recognition functionality
● New dev ecosystems
○ Voice assistants
■ Amazon's Smart Home Skill API
■ Google Assistant SDK
○ Chatbots
■ Facebook Messenger Platform
■ Slack: Bot, App ecosystem
The AI Rising Action:
"powerful technologies like machine learning and A.I. -- accessed via
open APIs -- [are now used] to identify new opportunities, create new
solutions and solve problems in new ways altogether.""
– ComputerWorld
Evidence of
The IoT Rising Action:
Evidence of
● New dev ecosystems are emerging around IoT:
○ Smart Cities
○ Smart Home
○ Drones
■ DroneKit: SDK and web API to easily develop
apps for your drones.
■ Airmap: Open APIs to drone devs
■ Web-based remote sensing
■ Landmark Legislation: NJ
The IoT Rising Action:
"...persistent appetite for API management"
– Nordea
"APIs will glue together the Internet of things"
– Infoworld
"The Universe Is Programmable. We Need an API for
Everything"
- Wired
Evidence of
The IoT Rising Action:
Evidence of
We're Storytellers
Falling Action
Resolution
Act 3
So What
Happens In
Act 3?
API=Modern
Communication
The New Global B2B Lingua Franca
APIs Rock and Revive
APIs Continue To Enable Innovation
And Reinvent Brick And Mortar
API Tooling Space Grows
Responds To Meet New Entrants
API Strategy Is Refined
Developer Experience, Platform Strategy
API Security Becomes
Business Critical
Public APIs Hunker Down Access
API Standards Evolve
OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, & others
Meet Needs Of New Tech
Interconnected Universe
Predictive Tech That
Improves Quality of Life
7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
PRESENTED BY:
BILL
DOERRFELD
@DoerrfeldBill
AT:
Nordic APIs
Platform
Summit
Oct 2018
7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
Image Credits: Unsplash.com
THANK YOU!
a @DoerrfeldBill
Slides are up:
Share Your API Story
Submit Article, Speak in LiveCast
Attend PLATFORM SUMMIT 2018
OCT 22-24
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
https://nordicapis.com/events/the-2018-platform-summit/
REGISTER NOW
EXPLORE THE API UNIVERSE
Attend the most global API conference on the planet
Sponsor: Curity
Curity is the leading supplier of API-driven identity management, providing
unified security for digital services.
Identity management server
Come Say Hi!
...And Enjoy The Event!
7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
PRESENTED BY:
BILL
DOERRFELD
@DoerrfeldBill
AT:
API WORLD
Sept 2018
7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
THANK YOU!

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API World 2018 - 7 Global Movements Evolving the Story of APIs

  • 1. 7 Global Movements That Are Evolving The Story of APIs PRESENTED BY: BILL DOERRFELD @DoerrfeldBill AT: API World Sept 2018 7 Global Movements That Are Evolving The Story of APIs
  • 2. The Nordic APIs Community API Tooling Specialists API Consumers Thought Leaders, Bloggers API Owners, Practitioners Blog, Digest Events
  • 5. Exposition aThe Classic Story Arc Climax Falling Action Resolution Rising Action Act 1 Act 2 Act 3
  • 6. What Are Its Rising Actions? If The API Economy Has A Story,
  • 9. ● Size: 19,758 public web APIs (ProgrammableWeb, June 2018 data) ● Velocity: Plateaued? 2005-2013 Huge growth ● Other Estimates: ● 50,000 - API Hound ● Other Approaches: Partner, Private, not seen. ● Nearly all industries #1: 20,000 Public APIs
  • 10. "APIs Hold Key To Digital Transformation" – Forbes The API Provider Rising Action: "The Unsung Heroes of our Connected World" – Visual Capitalist Evidence of
  • 11. #2: The API Space Gets Acquired …Enterprises Up Agility
  • 12. #2: Acquisitions of API Management Platforms Redhat - acquisition of 3scale - 2016 Apigee acquired by Google - 2016 TIBCO acquires Mashery - 2015 Salesforce Acquires Mulesoft - 2018 Rogue Wave Software acquires Akana - 2016 Oracle acquires Apiary - 2017 Microsoft acquires Apiphany - 2013
  • 13. #2: From API to IPO
  • 14. "...persistent appetite for API management" – Tech Target The API Economy Rising Action: "APIs have emerged as big business" - VentureBeat Evidence of
  • 15. #3: PSD2 Ushers The Open Banking Wave ...All Bank APIs Hang Ten
  • 16. ● PSD2: EU Banks must provide APIs ● CMA: UK's open banking initiative ● World-wide: Other players in North America, Australia, Asia, and worldwide respond ● Many new entrants ● FinTech: Excitement #3: The Bank Becomes Programmable
  • 17. The Open Banking Rising Action: "...persistent appetite for API management" – Nordea "300 FinTech Signups in 72 Hours" – Gunnar Berger, Nordea "API Thinking must replace API Doing" - Flavia Sequeira, ING Bank Evidence of
  • 18. Intuitive banks are investing in microservices design for delivering niche functionality Decomposing The Bank Case Study: CIBC is building off a microservices framework made w/ open source components.
  • 19. (Bet You Didn't Hear) #4: GDPR Happened ...Data Security Takes A Public Stage
  • 20. #3: In Case You Didn't Receive 300 Emails About GDPR ● Another EU initiative with global repercussions ● All about Data privacy ● Transparent breach notices ● New rules to only allow personal data sharing with user consent
  • 22. #3: In Case You Didn't See Zuck's Disappointed Dad Face 300 Times
  • 23. What Means for API Owners? With regulation and public outcry over data breaches, data privacy has taken center stage • APIs that handle user data must comply (Unless you want to separate geographical data sets - what a pain) • Improve API security wherever possible • Emphasis on API partner screening
  • 24. #5: Blockchain ...API Economy Poised To Accelerate
  • 25. Blockchain: Uses Beyond Cryptocurrency ● Medical Records: MedVault (proof of concept), Medicalchain ● Legal: SmartContract ● Industrial Operations: Boeing ● Voting: Agora powers Sierra Leone election, March 7 - first election with immutable ledger! ● Supply Chain Management ● much much more...
  • 27. The Blockchain Rising Action: "...persistent appetite for API management" – Nordea "This process would be impossible without APIs." – BBVA "Blockchains Will Change the World" - Fortune Evidence of
  • 28. #6: Google Vs Oracle Verdict Leaves Industry Implications...
  • 29. Court Case Timeline ● 2007: Google Announces use of Oracle Java APIs in Android ● 2010: Oracle files lawsuit ● 2012: District court rules that APIs aren't subject to copyright ● 2014: Decision overturned ● 2016: Ruling in Google favor ● 2018: Federal appeals court, rules in favor of Oracle Watch: A Brief, Opinionated History of the API, Joshua Bloch, QCon
  • 30. The API Legal Rising Action: "...persistent appetite for API management" – Nordea "Oracle vs Google case threatens foundations of software design" - The Conversation " – Graph "the case has already had a permanent effect on the way developers build software" - Wired
  • 31. Implications: ● Java APIs ≠ SaaS APIs ● Are APIs Copyrightable? ● Can open source be copyrightable? ● Is unlicensed use permissible under U.S. fair use?
  • 32. (Bet You Didn't Hear) #7: From Empathic Robots to Ghost Cities API-Powered AI and IoT Turn Future Into Reality
  • 33. The AI Rising Action: Evidence of ● AI recognition functionality ● New dev ecosystems ○ Voice assistants ■ Amazon's Smart Home Skill API ■ Google Assistant SDK ○ Chatbots ■ Facebook Messenger Platform ■ Slack: Bot, App ecosystem
  • 34. The AI Rising Action: "powerful technologies like machine learning and A.I. -- accessed via open APIs -- [are now used] to identify new opportunities, create new solutions and solve problems in new ways altogether."" – ComputerWorld Evidence of
  • 35. The IoT Rising Action: Evidence of ● New dev ecosystems are emerging around IoT: ○ Smart Cities ○ Smart Home ○ Drones ■ DroneKit: SDK and web API to easily develop apps for your drones. ■ Airmap: Open APIs to drone devs ■ Web-based remote sensing ■ Landmark Legislation: NJ
  • 36. The IoT Rising Action: "...persistent appetite for API management" – Nordea "APIs will glue together the Internet of things" – Infoworld "The Universe Is Programmable. We Need an API for Everything" - Wired Evidence of
  • 37. The IoT Rising Action: Evidence of
  • 39. Falling Action Resolution Act 3 So What Happens In Act 3?
  • 41. APIs Rock and Revive APIs Continue To Enable Innovation And Reinvent Brick And Mortar
  • 42. API Tooling Space Grows Responds To Meet New Entrants
  • 43. API Strategy Is Refined Developer Experience, Platform Strategy
  • 44. API Security Becomes Business Critical Public APIs Hunker Down Access
  • 45. API Standards Evolve OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, & others Meet Needs Of New Tech
  • 46. Interconnected Universe Predictive Tech That Improves Quality of Life
  • 47. 7 Global Movements That Are Evolving The Story of APIs PRESENTED BY: BILL DOERRFELD @DoerrfeldBill AT: Nordic APIs Platform Summit Oct 2018 7 Global Movements That Are Evolving The Story of APIs Image Credits: Unsplash.com THANK YOU!
  • 49. Share Your API Story Submit Article, Speak in LiveCast
  • 50. Attend PLATFORM SUMMIT 2018 OCT 22-24 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN https://nordicapis.com/events/the-2018-platform-summit/ REGISTER NOW EXPLORE THE API UNIVERSE Attend the most global API conference on the planet
  • 51. Sponsor: Curity Curity is the leading supplier of API-driven identity management, providing unified security for digital services. Identity management server
  • 52. Come Say Hi! ...And Enjoy The Event!
  • 53. 7 Global Movements That Are Evolving The Story of APIs PRESENTED BY: BILL DOERRFELD @DoerrfeldBill AT: API WORLD Sept 2018 7 Global Movements That Are Evolving The Story of APIs THANK YOU!