Web API Management - New Rules for a New Economy (ebook)

Rapid and profound technology advances are changing the way employees work, consumers buy, and enterprises conduct business. Technological innovations in computing, collaboration and connectivity ushered in an era of globalization, and with it, new chances for expansion. Organizations are competing in an economy in which traditional limiting factors such as distance and geography are no longer barriers to entry.

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API Dummies ebook

Modern business ecosystems need to rethink their approach to innovation and integration. This book is your guide to applying the power of APIs to business challenges ranging from changing business models to embracing a world of devices and sensors. Experiencing the power of APIs involves much more than simply data monetization. Whether you’re an API provider or an API consumer, you need to make smart business and IT decisions. This book first defines the basic nature of modern APIs and then leads you through several necessary decisions, ranging from which APIs to provide or consume to how you can build an effective API technology platform.

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Stepping Forward into the API economy

Technological changes continue to evolve quickly, affecting markets, business models, and organizational priorities. Game-changing technology trends, such as mobility, everything as a service, cloud, sharing economy, social commerce, and smart machines, are major market disrupters, fueling the rise of apps and digital products.

• Industry-specific API ecosystems are growing rapidly.
• The API Economy changes how we think about building things.
• Core technological underpinnings drive enterprise-level adoption.

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The Power of the API Economy

For many companies mission critical applications and legacy systems have reached the point of diminishing return; they are no longer driving significant business growth. This is not a statement about the obsolescence of legacy systems or stating that companies will not maintain existing applications or continue investing in them. The point is that many applications or systems (as currently structured) are no longer producing significant value to drive new revenue, retain customers, or acquire new customers.

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Unlocking the Value of Data with APIs

Mobile apps have received much press for their role in driving the API economy. The use of APIs enables the sharing of business competencies, capabilities and products that are at the heart of many mobile apps. However, our research suggests there’s another force also at work—data.
APIs are fast becoming the standard for sharing data, both internally and externally, and are helping make some of today’s most innovative and data-driven services possible.

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