Will you survive the API avalanche?
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The document discusses the growing trend of APIs, termed the "API avalanche". It notes both business and technical drivers fueling the rapid growth of APIs, including digital transformation, microservices, and the API economy. It outlines 8 capabilities organizations should consider to help survive the API avalanche, such as API design, security, traffic management, and analytics. Best practices for establishing an enterprise API program are also presented.
Will you survive the API avalanche?
- 1. 1© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Will you survive the API avalanche? David Linthicum Cloud computing visionary & pundit Ian Goldsmith Rogue Wave Software
- 2. 2© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Presenters Ian Goldsmith V.P. product management - Akana, Rogue Wave Software ian.goldsmith@roguewave.com David Linthicum Cloud computing visionary and pundit, CTO & CEO, best-selling author, and speaker Twitter: @DavidLinthicum
- 3. 3© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Agenda • What is the API avalanche? • Business drivers • Technical drivers • Surviving the API avalanche • 8 capabilities to consider • Best practices • Q & A
- 4. 4© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. What is the API avalanche?
- 5. 5© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. API growth
- 6. 6© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. It works like this
- 7. 7© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Growth: Business drivers progressive web apps business transformation digital platforms IoT EoTIIoT profitability market expansion microservices API economy omnichannel selling value creation digital transformation modernization Customer-centric development regulatory pressure
- 8. 8© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Example: Barclays
- 9. 9© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Example: Barclays • Business Objective: Open up the bank’s core capabilities to its partners it does business with, create new distribution channels, and bring in innovation from outside • Challenge: Create an open developer ecosystem externally & internally • reduce engagement time and overall time-to-market for new propositions • Solution: Build a centralized Digital & Mobile repository of reusable services powered through an API/developer portal that facilitates faster discovery and integration • External : APIs included Payment, Trade, Transaction, Security APIs • Internal : APIs include any middle tier, backend APIs that are reused across the estate. • Any new capability that is developed should also expose APIs and take on a platform based approach.
- 10. 10© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Growth: Technical drivers 3 different types of APIs • SOA – is about reuse • Building services that support multiple different applications • APIs – is about supporting web & mobile applications – its about integration • Geared towards easier and better consumption of services • Microservices – is about agility and scale • Services enabling scalability and rapid feature cadence for a specific application
- 11. 11© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Surviving the API avalanche
- 12. 12© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8 capabilities to consider API Design Design your APIs how you want to API Security Leverage the latest in security standards API Traffic Management Establish, Monitor, Alert, and Enforce Multiple Service Level Agreements API Portal Socialize and manage your communities through targeted developer portals API Analytics Generate deep business insights from your API traffic through configurable analytic reports Lifecycle Management Build APIs leveraging DevOps with auditable control Mediation & Integration Create modern well-structured APIs from legacy assets and multiple backend sources Deployment Options Choose fully hosted cloud, hybrid, or on-premises
- 13. 13© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Best practices Establish an enterprise API program on top of a proven API management platform • The right platform ensures APIs are secure & efficiently managed across their complete lifecycles • The API program must have a business imperative • It must have proper authority and funding
- 14. 14© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Extend your digital ecosystem through APIs Rapidly design, implement, secure, monetize, publish, and manage APIs. API MANAGEMENT Gain insight into your business Configurable view into business, developer API consumption, and operational analytics. API ANALYTICS Build web-scale, distributed, and decoupled applications A runtime platform that provides discovery, security, scaling, routing, and auditing of microservices. MICROSERVICES Automate the development and deployment of your API with auditable control in order to increase quality and reduce risks. API DEVOPS Realize end-to-end security Meet government regulations with the latest in security technology and standards while making adoption of API easy. API SECURITY Develop with auditable control
- 15. 15© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Q&A
- 16. 16© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Take action now API Management Toolkit Resources to accelerate your digital transformation roguewave.com/api-toolkit WHITE PAPER API essentials for every stakeholder WHITE PAPER Enterprise API adoption patterns EXPERT GUIDE Securing your digital channels CASE STUDY API essentials for every stakeholder
- 17. 17© 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Editor's Notes
- #11: Difference between consumer and enterprise types relates to the substantial role of internal-facing APIs, which do not exist in the public API space Evolution in application architecture: Single-page web app; mobile apps; going from presentation layer to the interaction layer
- #13: Determine importance of each based on needs, e.g. Enterprise APIs require a higher level of management and security than those found in the consumer sector
- #14: Risks: what will happen if you don’t do this.