Trust No One: The New Security Model for Web APIs – Ross Garrett, Director of Product Marketing, Layer 7
Tuesday November 5 – Keynote Stage Defrag Conference
Layer 7 was a co-sponsor (with CA Technologies) of Defrag 2013 at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado. Defrag is one of the premiere thought-leadership conferences where industry influencers gather to discuss what's coming next in technology.
14. So what can we expect from the future of
APIs?
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15. Software Defined Everything
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The Enterprise is
remaking itself as a
platform
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Every layer from
application to
infrastructure is service
enabled
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Software Defined = API
Driven
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16. Data is the New Oil
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Big-Data is powering a
revolution
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Could data become a
tradable commodity?
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APIs are the Pipeline
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17. A Fabric of Connected
Devices
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Home automation is only
scratching the surface
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Smart City initiatives
spanning security,
healthcare and
transportation
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APIs are needed to
standardize integration
and data exchange
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18. But there are still key
architectural drivers
for APIs…
19. API Oriented Architecture
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APIs become the
universal
abstraction layer
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Providing a bridge
across the hybrid
enterprise
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The new Service
Delivery Paradigm
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•External developer ecosystem (SaaS developer, LoB focus, monetization expertise)
•Internal developer ecosystem (on-premise portal, ALM integration)
•BaaS & Mobile Enablement (support for cloud orchestration, backend adaptation, developer facing APIs, security, …)
•Cloud Brokerage (connectivity to SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, …)
•SOA2API Transformation & Rearchietcture (bridge internal arch with external arch)
•B2B (support additional transports)
•IoT (add device level support, MoM capabilities)
•Big Data (data aggregation and distribution)
•Start-ups
•Web Teams
•Central IT Shared Services
•Corporate Strategy Groups
•Emphasis on scale
•Emphasis of security
•Emphasis on monetization
•Emphasis on flexibility
•Emphasis on ease of use
•All SaaS
•All on-premise
•Either or
•Hybrid
The enterprise is remaking itself into a platform that developers can experiment and innovate on. Every IT layer from data to application to infrastructure to network is becoming service enabled and software defined through APIs. This will usher in a new period of innovation as developers both inside and outside the enterprise gain access to the core building blocks that define an organization. This will speed experimentation and speed innovation as they construct new mashups leveraging the full range of software defined assets.
Data powers the cloud, mobile, IoT and analysis. Unlocking the value of data will depend on effectively being able to extract the data form diverse data sources, cleansing it, processing it and distributing it to the applications and users where it can find it's greatest value. APIs are pipes that can connect Internet distributed sources with processing intermediaries and end applications.
APIs will become the universal abstraction layer separating legacy backend databases, applications and IT services from the growing number of app consumer technologies likeWeb, cloud, mobile. APIs will be in the middle and it a new class of API middleware will emerge to enable, secure, integrate and orchestrate API centered systems and clients together