This document discusses APIs and Platform as a Service (PaaS). It defines APIs as network-accessible functions that allow third parties to access capabilities over the internet. PaaS provides virtualization of application capabilities and deployment. The document argues that APIs and PaaS are closely related and that together they enable the creation of ecosystems where organizations can utilize partners and capabilities. Examples of companies utilizing APIs and PaaS approaches are provided.

1. Connecting Everything:
APIs and PaaS
Dmitry Sotnikov
VP, Cloud

2. Plan of action
o Why is everyone so excited about APIs?
o And should they be?
o Why do PaaS and APIs matter together?
o Digging deeper into APIs and API Management
o PaaS approaches
o Next generation PaaS
o APIs + PaaS = ecosystem
o Examples
o Summary and questions
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4. PaaS
o What does “Cloud” mean?
o Self-service
o Multi-tenant
o Pay-as-you-go
o Managed, remote service
o Can be whatever you care about:
o Music, email, machines, networks, disk
o And now:
o Applications, databases, APIs, ESB, Processes, and so on
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5. APIs and PaaS
o APIs are the virtualization of function
o PaaS is the virtualization of application
capabilities and deployment
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http://readwrite.com/2013/11/29/company-without-api-computer-without-internet

7. APIs
o API is a business capability delivered over the
Internet to internal or external consumers
o Network accessible function
o Available using standard web protocols
o With well defined interfaces
o Designed for access by 3rd parties
o A Managed API is:
o Actively advertised and subscribable
o Available with SLA
o Secured, authenticated, authorized and protected
o Monitored and analyzed with analytics
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8. Web APIs History
o The earliest APIs were various XML and SOAP
services
o Also people manipulating web applications and
parsing HTML
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10. Dec 6th, 2000
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11. StubHub
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12. Key differentiators in API evolution
o Self-signup / Portal / API Store
o A clear monetization model
o And a clear value model
o Ecosystem thinking
o Hackathons
o Forums
o Social media integration
o RESTful approaches
o Monitoring
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13. Versioning
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15. Minimal Viable API
o Minimal Viable Product has just enough
features that the product can be deployed and
by some customers, and not more
o Typically this is a small subset of the future
userbase
o Minimal Viable API is just enough API that it
can be used by some partners
o Highly recommended especially in evolving an
API strategy
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17. API First
o Start with the API
o Before the website / mobile app / internal app...
o Why?
o Ensures a good API
o External developers are not 2nd class citizens
o Inherently “mobile-first friendly”
o Decoupled development
o Evolve-ability
o APIs everywhere
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19. StubHub’s API Management
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20. OAuth2 and OpenId Connect
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21. PaaS and APIs
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PaaS
Backend data
and function
APIs
Subscribe
and use

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23. Ecosystems
o Allow smaller organizations to compete more
broadly
o Utilize partners, expand reach
o Allow larger organizations to compete more
nimbly
o By working with smaller, more agile partners
o Enable best-of-breed capabilities to conjoin to
create better solutions
o Take advantage of APIs and promote APIs
o A virtuous circle!
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24. The wider sense of virtualization
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25. Virtualize Everything
o APIs are the virtualization of function
o PaaS is the virtualization of application
development
o Forge/Cloud Toolchain is the virtualization of
development
o DevOps is the virtualization of deployment
o Together they are the basis for the virtualization of
an ecosystem
o Enterprise Store is the virtualization of
application delivery
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26. Connected Business
o Connecting your internal systems, your
partners, and your ecosystem
o Creating a platform for internal and external
innovation
o Virtualization of your data, function, and
properties
o Cloud-based approaches for tenancy, billing,
metering, and self-service
o Monitoring and governance
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27. Boeing Digital Airline / Boeing EDGE
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29. About WSO2
o 100% Apache-licensed open source products
o Enabling Connected Business:
o Integration,
o API Management,
o PaaS,
o Data Analytics,
o Identity,
o Devices
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http://wso2.com

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