Guide to an API-first Strategy
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API strategy ensures that the entire IT organization and its resources are aligned with the strategic goals. In this webinar, we gave a brief overview of the problems that digital businesses solve today by adopting an API strategy and how it differs from organization to organization.
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Guide to an API-first Strategy
- 1. Guide to an API-first Strategy
- 2. Ram Kanumuri Vice President Digital Integration, Kellton Tech Speaker 2
- 3. 3 4 Foundation 2009 Footprint North America, Europe, and Asia Clients Startups to Fortune 500 Core Strength People and Technology ISO 9001:2015 & CMMi Level 5 Ownership Public Limited BSE, NSE: KELLTOTEC Team 1500+ Employees 3 Kellton Tech, A Pioneer of Digital Transformation
- 5. 5 Software AG | MuleSoft | IBM | Informatica Digital Transformation of Business and IT IoT Solutions Hybrid Integration API Management Other Integration Business – IT Strategy & Planning Software R & D Design & Analysis Enterprise Reference Architecture Digital Maturity Roadmaps Governance Real-time Streaming Analytics IoT Analytics Predictive Analytics API Strategy Integration Reference Architecture API Catalog Process Automation / RPA Task and Workflow Management API Portals and Gateways Cloud and SaaS Integration API Life-cycle Management Application and B2B Integration IoT and Mobile Integration Messaging Kellton’s Digital Integration
- 6. • How an API-first approach helps solve business problems with agility • Assessing your API Maturity Level • Building and executing an API Maturity roadmap • How Kellton Tech can help In this webinar session you will learn 6 Agenda
- 7. Are you grappling with these business problems?
- 8. 8 No Innovation in your Differentiating Digital Cloud Applications No Ability to create new business opportunities in partner and b2b ecosystems with customer self-serve capabilities No ability to add additional value on-top-of partner business IT services and products No ability to monitor, manage and monetize internal IP No ability to leverage digital IT assets across multiple line-of-business channels No ability to discover digital assets for optimization and management No ability to rapidly adopt and well integrate cloud based IT systems and data assets allowing to optimize overall cost No Agility in transforming and modernizing legacy IT systems for digital demand Business Problems
- 9. Business Impact of an API-first Strategy
- 10. SaaS Integration Rapid SaaS Integration SaaS throttling Synchronization Application Services Application & Legacy Modernization Microservices Micro Services Architecture Application Re-Engineering API Monetization Runtime Provisioning Security and A&A Gateways Data as a Service Data Lakes Architecture Data Fabric B2B/Partner Ecosystem Partner Self-Serve APIs & Portals API Led Connectivity Application Integration Legacy Modernization Agile Normalization API Discovery Unified API Portal API Catalog 10 API Strategy: Prime force for systems (Re-) Engineering
- 11. 11 API Economy API API Business Assets Exposed as APIs Services consumed by Developers Innovative apps Delivering differentiated B2C, B2B, B2E experiences Kristin R. Moyer vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner The API economy is an enabler for turning a business or organization into a platform. Building Blocks • Digital Business models • Business model platforms • Business ecosystems API Economy
- 12. 1212 Speed to Innovation Subscription Costs API Management IOT Management Analytics Development API GW API Mashups Optimization using Latest Technology Partners Azure/AWS/ Multi cloud MICRO GW API GW API GW Operations system/ 3rd Party/Vendor Systems IOT RPA AI Analytics API-based Hybrid Integration Reference Architecture Security and consistency API GW API GW SaaS Applications Data Fabric Data Lake Big Data Customers Legacy Modernization Microservice APIs B2B APIs Cloud APIs DaaS APIs Analytics APIs Modernization APIs
- 13. API Strategy for customer success
- 14. 14 Solutions Offered Defined and orchestrated on-premise, cloud and SaaS application connectivity Hybrid integration framework using API/SOA/ESB, leveraging IBM Technologies Rapid connectivity b/w multiple on-premise applications, such as Oracle ERP & SalesForce Streamlined HR processes using IBM Business Process Management Mitigated impact to business with ServiceNow Incident Management Built Digital Systems Integration Governance model for future-proof IT Background Our client is a leading US-based media house founded in the 1960s. With an expansive footprint that includes 16 cable, broadcast, and digital networks, 61 television stations, and dedicated web and mobile app services, it is one of the largest multimedia companies in the US. Requirement Business scalability for handling increased market demands Uninterrupted flow of media for greater engagement IT agility for maximized returns on digital investments Future-proof transformation for frictionless growth Accelerated time-to-value by 50% for US-based media company Case Study - Digital Transformation
- 15. 15 Solutions Offered Improved business performance by reducing the deal submission time Increased customer growth by reducing the number of customer touchpoints by 50% Reduced number of pending deals by 40% Decreased the usage of faxes for deal entries by 50% Ensured efficient workflows with real-time processing Eliminated delays in new merchant verifications Background The company is a global payment processing giant with an operational footprint across 146 countries and a sustainable ecosystem of over 400,000 clients. Supporting omnichannel payments in over 126 currencies and handling a whopping 31 million transactions a day, our client has an unparalleled service portfolio and performance metrics. Requirement Improve customer experience by reducing onboarding times Integrate disparate applications in a seamless way for real-time transaction processing IT agility for maximized returns on digital investments Future-proof transformation for frictionless growth Reduced number of customer touchpoints Outcomes included by 50% E-Commerce Payment Gateway: Partner Since 2010
- 17. 17 Strategy • Business Goals • Target Personas • Business Drivers Adoption •Current State of APIs •Impediments to large scale API adoption •Complexity of IT Landscape •Omni-channel play at the customer interface Implementation •API Lifecycle •Monitoring & Monetization of APIs •Developer Community Engagement API Maturity Assessment
- 20. 20 • Mashups • API as a Product • Bi-Modal IT • Unified API Portal • Self-service APIs for business agility • Customer Engagement and Feedback Loop • API Governance • API Lifecycle Management • Reusable APIs Innovation Agility / Business Agility
- 21. 21 • Experience, Process and System APIs • Omnichannel Customer Experience Management • Rapid Customer on-boarding • Self-service User Authentication, Authorization, role permissions • Elaborate API Documentation • Simplified API Discovery for integration • Ease of understanding and subscribing to usage plans • Ease of testing APIs • Real time analytics on API consumption Customer & Partner Self-Service
- 22. 22 • Treat APIs as products • Create multiple Monetization plans • Build network effects • Enhance community engagement - communities, forums, etc.. • Enable real time notifications and alerts • Simplify creation of supporting API Documentation • Simplify provisioning of run-time policies • Simplify invoicing, payments, access to customer records • Simplify API Life Cycle Management Monetization & Developer Community
- 23. 23 • Enable access to relevant data • Establish granularity of data access • Enhance user experience - aggregation and transformation • Monetize data access • Build Elastic Scalability • Enable access to real-time data streams • Make DaaS APIs the default option • Establish Data Governance Enriched enterprise data access – DaaS
- 24. 24 • API Gateways to secure API access • API Microgateways to secure Microservices • Containerized API Gateways in Sidecar container pattern • API Security Patterns – OAuth, SAML, JWT • Integrate with external Identity Providers for easier consumer onboarding • Enforce Run-time security policies – • Throttling, IP Blacklisting, Denial of Service • OAuth Filters, SQL Injection Filters, Enforce HTTPS • Data Masking, Request/Response Transformation API Security
- 25. 25 • Open-up access to legacy systems • Digital Channels can easily access legacy applications • Abstracting experience layer from applications - ease of onboarding users • Real-time access to legacy systems of record - API gateways • Reduce maintenance costs - experience layer outside the legacy system • Accelerate implementation of legacy integration use cases • Improve customer / user experience Legacy Modernization
- 26. 26 • Microservices for elastic scalability • Containerized API Gateways in Sidecar container design pattern • API Micro-gateways for securing microservice applications • Serverless APIs for operational cost savings and on-demand scalability • Event-driven serverless Applications – Function as a Service Elastic Scalability and Serverless Architecture
- 27. Why Kellton Tech
- 28. 2 8 • Key value propositions • Defining the Business and Technical value for the API strategy • Defining Enterprise API Strategy • Recommend API Monetization Strategy • Enable API Implementation Best Practices • Help you build a roadmap for your API Management Platform implementation • Consult on leveraging API analytics to create new business opportunities and models Kellton Tech API CoE
- 29. An army of avant-garde thinkers with experience across multiple technologies Pioneer and agile leadership in next gen technologies Open source technologies, IoT, Bots, DevOps Built and scaled the core platform for many start-ups that grew to the unicorns Agility of small company with the stability of large one Successfully managed large and complex digital initiatives for fortune 500 companies 29 Our USP
- 30. Q & A 30