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API  Driven  Innova4on

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API  for  business  innova4on

• API:  Business  capability  offered  via  a  digital  channel  

• Open  internally  and/or  externally  

• Monitored

• In  some  cases,  mone>zed

• Fuel  for  rapid  innova>on,  development  of  new  apps.

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Decompose  your  exis7ng  business  processes,  data  and  capabili7es  into  

(micro)services

Make  all  services  accessible  via  APIs,  externally  and  internally

Put  services  and  APIs  under  control  !

Build  an  ecosystem  around  

your  APIs

Collect  data  on  your  new  products  and  APIs

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APIs are just the tip of the iceberg!

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Typical  Architecture

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Internal Apps

External Applications

SaaS Applications and Services

(micro) Services

Services Composition

Services Orchestration

API Gateway

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Lessons  Learned

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• Execu>ve  Support  for  program

• This  is  not  an  IT  only  ini>a>ve..  Needs  the  business  vision  to  expand

• Measure  success

• Build  an  ecosystem  (hackathon  are  a  good  way  to  do  this...)

• Start  internally  ,  expand  externally

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Innova&on  does  not  happen  magically...

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Thank    You  !

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