The document outlines key technology forces affecting applications, emphasizing a shift towards natural, real-time, and continuous user interfaces, including voice and chat interfaces. It highlights the evolution of businesses as APIs, suggesting that interaction with digital assistants (DAs) will redefine application usability. The key takeaways encourage developers to consider usability trends, the potential for bot functionality, and the future landscape of applications dominated by APIs.

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Evolution of the Application
2016
Daniel Miessler
Director of Advisory Services

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Intros
▪ 17 years in information security
▪ 11 year as a security tester
▪ Network / web / mobile / thick-client / IoT testing
▪ Currently run the Advisory Services group for IOActive
▪ Project leader for the OWASP IoT Security Project

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Agenda
▪ 10 technology forces
▪ Digital assistants
▪ Businesses as APIs
▪ Putting it together

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Continuous
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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10 technology forces affecting applications
• Centralized ! Peer to Peer
• Forced ! Natural
• Obvious ! Invisible
• Manual ! Automatic
• Periodic ! Constant
• Scheduled ! Real-time
• Private ! Open
• Visual ! Multi-sensory
• Aggregated ! Curated
• Designed ! Evolved

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Personal assistants
Forced ! Natural = VoiceFirst

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Personal assistants

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Computer interface (old)

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Digital assistants (new)
DA

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Migration inward
Application

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Migration inward
Application
Social
Platform

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Migration inward
Application
Social
Platform
Operating System

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Businesses as APIs

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Businesses as APIs
DA

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Businesses as APIs (old vs. new)

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Businesses as APIs (old vs. new)

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Putting it together
1. Motions towards natural, real-time, continuous, frictionless
2. The move towards a voice and chat interface instead of unique,
company-specific application interfaces
3. You interact with your DA, and your DA interacts with the OS and
the world
4. Businesses become algorithms, which become APIs, which are
called by DAs

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Takeaways
1. For the apps that you are creating, and that apps that you use, start thinking
about these usability trends
2. Start thinking about how natural the interface is compared to voice or compared
to it happening automatically
3. What parts of the business could benefit from a bot functionality?
4. Start thinking about what discrete functions your group provides, and how they
can be converted to APIs
5. Start asking what the business looks like when most applications are APIs that
are either voice controlled, bot interactive, or completely automatic

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Thank you

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Questions?
Comments?
Ideas?
E: daniel.miessler@ioactive.com
T: @danielmiessler