interoperability in a b2b word (nordicapis april 2014)

Sumit Sharma, ( @sumitcan ), Director API Strategy and Solutions

MuleSoft ( @mulesoft )

B2B APIs


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B2B objectives haven’t changed over time


securely and reliably transacting business with external trading partners


So how is B2B evolving, and what do APIs have to do with it?


EDI FTP


EDI FTP

SOA SOA SOA

SOAP

Web Services


EDI FTP

SOA SOA SOA

SOAP

REST

API

API

API

API

REST


SOA SOA

API

API

API

API

API API

SOA

API

API API

API

REST


EDI

EDI

EDI


Modern apps / interfaces

Deliver new experiences to partners


Unlock data for business partners

EDW / MDM / BigData


Increase agility by de-coupling and exposing processes

Packaged apps Custom apps Data


Joint innovation around existing, or new, products and services


Doing all sorts of things that you

couldn’t do before


Machine learning Artificial Intelligence Predictive Analytics Robotics Sensor Networks is also driving

B2B collaboration


B2B Strategy

à API Strategy


B2B Strategy

à API Strategy à Humans


Its not about the API, it’s about business value…

…to humans


Geo-targeted promotions

Digital displays

Self checkout

Mobile apps used in store Mobile advertising

Personalized advertising

Gamification

Transaction Enabled Marketing

Digital brand engagement

Digital POS E-coupons

Click-and-collect

Social Media marketing

Personalization

Employee mobile apps Digital distribution channel

Field enablement


B2B =

Business 2 Business


Monolithic apps Few APIs

Monolithic – Monolithic APIs!

Architect led APIs for SOA

APIs for web, mobile, IoT, cloud, Bigdata

Business driven APIs


What if we could “whiteboard” an API


B2B is about relationships


B2B are relationships

Relationship driven design = API first design


Business driven API definition

server side API definition

API-first Design

Machine readability

Human readability

API spec

Process and partnership descriptions

Code, Comments, Annotations

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• Thinking “outside-in” • API is a product • Usability first: “APX” • Design, then build


What is desirable in an API spec to support this?

•  Comprehensive but not complex •  Lightweight and has reusability built into it •  Is “human readable” •  Reflects a structure that says: “this is what an API looks like”


RAML.org

Open Source API-first spec, designer and tools


B2B = (developer) in

B 2 (developer) in

B


B2B API = (developer) + (business*) in

B 2 (developer) + (business*) in

B

*human interaction


Simplicity is extremely complex


API

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Where to start? Pragmatically of course!

Traditional SOA


SOAP

JMS

MQ

Services

Packaged apps Custom apps Databases / Files

“EDI Stuff”

SOAP Apps EDI Partners

Traditional SOA


SOAP

JMS

MQ

Services


“EDI Stuff”

SOAP Apps EDI Partners

REST

REST Apps

Traditional SOA


SOAP

JMS

MQ

Services


“EDI Stuff”

REST

SOAP Apps EDI Partners REST Apps

Traditional SOA


SOAP

JMS

MQ

Services


“EDI Stuff”

REST

SOAP Apps

EDI Partners REST Apps

Traditional SOA


SOAP

JMS

MQ

Services


“EDI Stuff”

REST

SOAP Apps


API enabled enterprise


Mobile, Devices, Cloud, IoT, Modern web applications

API enabled enterprise

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So, Denmark, in closing… I have 5 takeaways.


EDI is dead ( Long live EDI ) Make room for the API

#1


B2B Strategy

à API Strategy à Developers à Humans

#2


What if we could “whiteboard” an API


Integration is a real challenge

# 3


SOA SOA

API

API

API

API

API API

SOA

API

API API

API


REST is not going to take over the ALL of world. ( Just MOST of it ) ;-)

# 4

Traditional SOA


SOAP

JMS

MQ

Services


“EDI Stuff”

REST

SOAP Apps



# 5 Danish Beer #winner


Thank you

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