inside mind of a successful platform architect / gartner apps 2016
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INSIDE THE MIND OF A SUCCESSFUL PLATFORM ARCHITECTFocusing on, Sustaining and Investing in Platform Success
Steven Willmott, Gartner Application Solutions and Strategies, 8th December 2016, Las Vegas
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Steven Willmott, Former CEO of 3scaleSenior Director and Head of API Infrastructurehttp://www.redhat.com / http://www.3scale.net
Twitter: @njyx
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Outcomes
Thor Mitchell / Google / Crowdcube
DesirableUndesirable
Expected
Unexpected
Design
Fire Drill Innovation
Prohibited
Dubious: Deploy APIs Everywhere
Good: APIs for a particular new segment of the business & then
expand
“Gartner’s Recipe for Disaster”- Jason Bloomberg / Forbes
“Gartner’s Bimodal IT considered harmful”
- Phil Wainwright / Diginomica
“This is akin to adding lipstick to the pig”
- Simon Wardley / CSC
Encourage deployment but…
Provide Technology Guidance
Impose Stability Requirements
Require Lifecycle Statements
Enforce Documentation
Standards
Enforce Security Standards
In other words ensure stability
http://pages.3scale.net/api-owners-manual-wb.html (http://bitly.com/SWGA-D)
Bad Measures
Number of APIs Number of API Calls
Number of Integrations
Number of Containers Number of Servers Number of Lunch &
Learns
Good Measures
Number of AppsSupported
Number of complete Use Cases Number of Users
Dollar Value of Business
Speed of Application
development
Speed of API Deployment
Platform grew over 7 yearsBillions API Calls / Month, 1000s of APIs
Never encountered silver bulletsJust good behaviours
Built scaling, sharding, containers, APIs, …
Defensible advantage!
1. Focus on true value2. Enable rather than own3. Tithe and distribute 4. Measure true business value
http://bitly.com/SWGA-{A, B, C, D}
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Cloud
Containers
Microservices
DevOps
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App Delivery
Integration
API Management
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ThanksAckowledgements
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