The API is a technology with the power to transform your business. APIs make it possible to quickly develop the kind of Web and mobile applications that are allowing organizations of every kind to thrive in the digital age. The process of creating and managing APIs is not purely technical – success requires close collaboration between business and technical stakeholders and any enterprise API program must be built on technical choices that support clear business goals. This presentation from CA Technologies and the API Academy explores key technical details that business managers will have to understand in order to ensure they get maximum value from their organization’s APIs. Download the eBook – API Strategy and Architecture: A Coordinated Approach: http://cainc.to/svPbQS

1. Five technical
aspects of APIs
that impact
your business

2. APIs make it possible to quickly develop the kind of Web and mobile
applications that are transforming the way innovative organizations
do business
To ensure your business gets maximum value from its APIs, there are some
key technical details that you will have to understand

3. When enterprise architects are building
APIs and API infrastructure, all their
technical decisions must serve the
organization’s business goals
It doesn’t matter how elegantly
designed or modern an API is if it
doesn’t facilitate the creation of apps
that add real value to the business
The technical aspects of an API must
reflect its business goals1

4. APIs have made revenue
generation a goal of IT integration2
Traditionally, integration projects aimed to help
enterprise architects connect backend systems,
increasing efficiency and minimizing costs
By contrast, APIs open these backend systems to
application developers and the apps they build, with
the goal of boosting revenues

5. APIs realize hidden value
by connecting a range of assets3
APIs make it simple for developers to build apps that leverage data and application
functionality from enterprise IT systems
In doing so, they use technology (backend systems, APIs, apps) to connect and realize
the full value of data, developers and customers

6. Every well-designed
API is developer-friendly
While each API must serve a unique set
of business goals, all well-designed APIs
have something in common – they are
developer-friendly
To realize its business goals, an API
must empower developers to
efficiently build apps that deliver real
value to target users
4

7. API Management protects your business
against new risks created by APIs5
Because APIs expose valuable IT systems to the
outside world, they create new security and
performance challenges
To avoid damaging security breaches and
performance bottlenecks, it is vital to deploy
a full-featured API Management system

8. API Strategy and Architecture: A Coordinated Approach
The process of API design and management is not purely technical – success
requires close collaboration between business and technical stakeholders
To find out how you can ensure your API program makes technical choices
that support its business goals, read this new eBook from CA Technologies
and the API Academy
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