www.opitz-consulting.com Digitalization is bothering IT and business departments in the same way. Cloud, omni-channel and multi-device support as well as the modernization of legacy applications are main topics for companies to ensure sustained economic growth. A central challenge in this area is: How to ensure business agility regarding rapidly changing business requirements on the one hand and how to keep the robustness of core business functionalities on the other hand? An API-Layer, for decoupling those building blocks become more and more important. But how can it be achieved? This session covers the importance of API management and how companies can benefit from a consistent API management approach.