api economy intro for business audience
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© 2015 IBM Corporation
@ibmapimgt
Digital transformation using APIs Managing your APIs in the Cloud or on-premise
August 2015
Imagine making more money and getting more customers…
but NOT through your branch office or website or mobile app or traditional channels...
But through a new digital channel…
From a Single to Multi, now Omni channel
Branch / Store
Toll-Free / Tele
eBusiness / Web
Connected Appliances
Partners Websites/Sensors
Internet TVs
Smartphones
Tablets
Game Consoles
Connected Cars
APIs
Trillions 2013+
Digital Transformation = Multi-Speed IT
Speed &
Agility
Integration &
Scale
Core Enterprise
Digital
Ecosystem Fa
st S
pe
ed
Steady Sp
eed
48% of Gen Digital
enterprises offer
their own
APIs to the
marketplace
Are you ready for this transformation ?
API Economy Value Chain
Valuable Business
assets
Exposed as APIs
Consumed by App
Developers
To develop innovative
Apps
Delightful experience to
customers
Popular Banking APIs
Branch Locator / ATM Locator
Let customers search and find a convenient ATM, Branch wherever they happen to be.
Who needs these APIs?
Tourism Mobile Apps City Council Apps
SWIFT Codes / BIC Codes
Customers can know your SWIFT, BIC Codes through any channel
Who needs these APIs?
Payment Apps Aggregators
FI 32 5000
4699350600
Popular Banking APIs
Forex Exchange
Rates
Let customers get to know about your great offers on Forex
Who needs these APIs?
Tourism Mobile Apps Exchange houses
Deposit / Lending
Rates, Eligibility calculators Market your rates through multiple channels
Who needs these APIs?
Real Estate Apps Auto Apps
%
Popular Banking APIs
Reward Points
Management
Onboard partners quickly easily integrate in to your reward system
Who needs these APIs?
Payment Systems of Retailers Billing Systems of Hotels, Car Rentals
Digital Wallet Services
Make more money with your Payment & Wallet APIs
Who needs these APIs?
In-app Mobile Purchases Partner Systems, Web Apps
Popular Banking APIs
Bill Presentment
Services, Corporate
Banking Services
Allow Partners & Customers to easily Integrate with your applications
Who needs these APIs?
Corporate Banking Customers Service Providers such as Telecom, Power Utility etc.
Access to Account & Customer Data
Monetize sharing of account & customer data
Who needs these APIs?
Personal Finance Management Marketing & Research
What was Is now
Transforming industries and user experiences
Crossing industries and
transforming customer experience
Business Goal: Why customers do APIs?
Mobile Digital / IoT New Revenue Channels Innovation
Partnership Internal Transformation Monetization Cloud
The API Provider’s Journey
Internal developers
Partner developers
Public APIs
3rd party services
Public developers
Hackathons Innovate, Motivate, Iterate
1 2
3
Freemium plans Monetize
Chargeback Pay
Private APIs
Partner APIs
Enterprise data Application logic
Systems of Record
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Business Challenge Difficult for internal partners and developers to discover &
access key financial services Lacked a standard ecosystem to manage internal partners
including global credit card companies and merchants No visibility on Service consumption or ability to chargeback
for LoB use of Services
Example Apps
Solution IBM API Management & Gateway
Leading Global Commercial Bank provides easy & secure access to key financial services
Business Value Offers 3rd party merchants secure standards-based access to
key business services as APIs, with a self-service experience Provides a private ecosystem for partners and a central
repository with usage analytics API platform and hackathons help drive innovation for Mobile
application development
$
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Hackathons, Developer Challenges
• 48 hours, 25 developers, over 400,000 API calls
• Impressive 13 pieces of Intellectual Property for ASDA (Walmart UK)
• Winning Ideas
• “George Go!” - search application using multiple descriptors
• “Clothing Shaker” - create your outfit by shaking your device
• “Virtual Fitting Room” - use of Xbox Kinect and APIs
• IBM API Management on Cloud provided Developer Portal & secure access to APIs
• Looking to transform the Digital Banking landscape:
• Innovative mobile solutions & IoT/ Wearables
• 40,000 API calls from more than 100 different groups
• Prototype APIs allowing Developers to interact with fake accounts
• Account Details (APR/Interest Rate, Available Credit, Payment Due Date, etc)
• Customer Information (Name, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Email Addresses)
• Payment Details (Scheduled payments, payment history, etc)
• IBM API Management on Cloud provided Developer Portal & secure access to APIs
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Consumers needed to be able to make online payments in a secure digital environment, not using a credit card
API
API
API
API
Solution IBM API Management & Gateway
Business Challenge Business Challenge Accelerate end-to-end mobile application development Reduce time to configure and manage software, prepare test
environments Enhanced analytics on the usage of their services Increased performance to handle peak seasonal volumes
Solution IBM API Management & Gateway
Business Value Enhanced user experience enabling quick access to customer
information using OAuth authentication replacing custom security solution
Ability to access backend data through DataPower/API Management using RESTful services
Easily handle traffic spikes, enabling easier capacity planning
Large Financial institution provides secure mobile access to customer information $
Leading European Auto Manufacturer provides innovative vehicle connectivity with IBM API Management
Business Challenge Offer innovative connectivity services to customers,
improve the driver experience, improve safety, and create new revenue sources Improve driving conditions with driver profiling, eco-
driving, fleet management, reduce accident risk Collect data to monetize them for partners
Solution IBM API Management & Gateway
Business Value “Always connected” low-latency reliable communications
with the car systems/apps and customer mobile apps Vehicle data APIs published on secure developer portal Internal & external developers use vehicle data to develop
mobile applications Drives innovation for Mobile application development
Mobile Internet Cloud Connection Platform Tried out: from 2013,9 provinces, roll out in July 2014, 31 provinces Connected trucks:250,000 in 9 provinces Growing:> 2000 trucks /day now, > 5000 after July 2014 Forecast:1.5 millions truck connect to platform in 2014, 6-9 millions truck connect to platform in 2015
National Public Truck Platform in China
Tracking - history, speed, location…
Vehicle status - battery voltage, coolant temperature…
Fleet management - dispatching
Vehicle Management API Platform
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Provide self-service API portals to internal/external app developers
Manage & enforce consumption of business services from select developer communities
Manage & monitor the entire API platform
On-premise private
Off-premise SaaS
IBM API Management
Bluemix Bluemix Dedicated
API Developer • How do I assemble APIs?
• How do I manage security?
• Will the infrastructure scale?
• How do I measure
performance?
App Developer •Where do I access APIs?
•How do I understand the
APIs?
•How do I measure
success?
API Product Manager • How can I rapidly release & update my
APIs?
• How do I publicize my API?
• How do I measure success?
Operations Lead* •How do I manage all the API
Environments that are being
requested?
•How can I scale each
environment?
•How can I easily find and fix
issues?
API Success Requires Addressing Needs of
Multiple Stakeholders
* on-premise only
API Provider can publish APIs to multiple developer portals
Multiple Developer Portals
API Manager
API Provider
App Developers In group 1
App Developers in
group 2 Securely share Plans of API resources with select developer communities
Welcome to the API Portal
API Provider: Gain Business Insights
• Pinpoint key market fluctuations and find correlations related to your business
• Analytics for both API provider and application developer:
• Analyze performance of APIs
• Enables chargeback or billing for API consumption
API Resources
API Economy
• www.ibm.com/middleware/integration/en-us/api-economy.html
Product Page
• ibm.com/apimanagement
API developer community
• developer.ibm.com/apimanagement
• @ibmapimgt
YouTube Channel
• youtube.com/ibmapimanagement
Slideshare
• slideshare.net/ibmapimgmt
• User group ‘IBM API Management’
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