Keynote talk at APIDays Australia, 1st March, 2017. Steven Willmott

1. A Connector, A Container and an API
Walk into a Bar…
Steven Willmott, Senior Director and Head of API Management &
Red Hat Team
28th February 2017

2. We could build Anything!

3. But it is also hard to know what
Technology to use and how

4. Foundational Capabilities for
Enterprise IT
See us at the Booth
Integration Containers APIs

5. The Programmable World is Mind
Blowing!

6. Amazon Echo Lockitron Tesla

7. Amazon Echo Lockitron Tesla

8. SMASH – Know
Your Game Tennis
Monitor
Go Far Driver
Tracking to Improve
Fuel Efficiency
Wearable X: Vibrating
Underwear and Sports
Clothing

9. The Most Powerful Software and
Hardware Building Blocks Ever
Invented

10. APIS
Two Clicks to Accept
Payments
Capture Data
From Millions of
Devices
Change the lighting
In a room, 100’s of
miles away

11. Hardware
Smallest Fully Functional GPS
Receiver. Origin, 2.5g
Cheapest motion
Sensor
Microsoft Hololens
Augmented Reality

12. But… There are Nagging Worries

13. Image Copyright: R&D TV

14. 1. Security
2. Unexpected Behaviors
3. Technology Deficiencies
4. Societal Impact

15. Security: Serious Breaches

16. “Amazon Echo
owners spend 10%
more on average
than other Amazon
customers”
6yr Old Orders a Dolls House &
Cookies via Amazon Echo
Unexpected Behavior
Image Copyright: CNN

17. Deep Seated Worry About How
Technology Affects Society
It can be dehumanizing:
Removing and replacing
contact
Often target full automation
rather than human-robot
Collaboration
Many people become
Pure consumers rather than
Value creators

18. These Fears Matter..

19. We Need to Stop and Think

20. WHY?

21. https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

22. Implicit: WHY affects WHAT and
HOW

23. So… WHY?

24. Making the World More
Programmable?
Improve Human Life Future of Humanity
Socio / Economic
Change
Improving
Something Small

25. Driven to improve Building
Management – to make it much
easier and more effective
Deb Noller
@DebNoller
Switch HQ
How: Unify and Integrate Building Data
What: SAAS Platform for Data
Integration

26. Think About Your Own WHY

27. WHAT and HOW

28. Can’t Help
Much with
WHAT…
Image Copyright: Disney / Fathead

29. But there as Principles for the HOW

30. A Form of Software Ethics
(Channeling Robert Martin)

31. Principles…

32. 1. Continuous Improvement
2. Graceful Degradation
3. Radical Distribution
4. Components as well as Solutions

33. 1:
Continuous
Improvement

34. We don’t ship shit…
We don’t don’t break stuff
If we do, we plan for it
We Test Everything

35. Examples:

36. 2:
Graceful
Degradation

37. Return less data rather than none
Use adaptive interfaces (e.g.
Hypermedia)
Use layers and caching

38. Examples:

39. Subsumption
Architecture

40. 3:
Radical
Distribution

41. Distribute Data Centers
Distribute Teams
Distribute Resources

45. Examples:
Customers & Us

46. 4: Components, not Just Solutions

47. Components, Not Just Solutions

48. Tend to Open V’s Closed

49. Nesta.org
Image:
Nesta.org
Components
V’s Solutions
Who Adds
Value?
Who Owns
The Economic
Return?

50. Open Versus
Closed

51. Change who can Add Value

52. Easy right?

53. Principles are Expensive

54. We are All on the Front Line:
Ethics & Responsibility

55. 5: Fearless
Competence

56. ?

57. Own Your Systems Proudly

58. Things are a Lot of Positives

59. Great Examples of WHY:
IoT Hearing Aid API Driven Research Climate Controlled
Agriculture
Management

60. Infrastructure is Getting Better
Decentralized
Integration
Microservices &
Containers
API Management
Scripting &
Consumer Tools

61. More Focus On Full Automation
Existing Larger Vendors + Focused Ones:

62. So: How does This Apply to Me?

63. Explorer
Ground Breaker
Pioneer
Innovator
…
Software
Professional
Glad You Asked…

64. Self-Identifying as a Professional is
Very Liberating

65. Conclusions

66. The Programmable World is a Huge
Opportunity

67. Great Technology

68. 1. Continuous Improvement
2. Graceful Degradation
3. Radical Distribution
4. Components as well as Solutions
+ ?

69. You Have the Ability to Change the
World
You are a Professional

70. Thank
You!

71. plus.google.com/+RedHat
linkedin.com/company/red-hat
youtube.com/user/RedHatVideos
facebook.com/redhatinc
twitter.com/RedHatNews
THANK YOU

72. 72
Cloud
Containers
Microservices
DevOps
RED HAT BRINGS IT
ALL TOGETHER
Storage
App Delivery
Integration
API Management

73. http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/health/amazon-alexa-dollhouse-trnd/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/us/fbi-hacker-flight-computer-systems/
https://www.wired.com/2016/08/jeep-hackers-return-high-speed-steering-acceleration-hacks/
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2607452/application-development/12-ethical-dilemmas-
gnawing-at-developers-today.html
https://www.computer.org/cms/Publications/code-of-ethics.pdf
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