Building A Business-Facing Mobile Developer Community
Andy Jones, Technical Director EMEA, SOA Software
The proliferation of mobile apps has led to increased interaction between two previously separate groups: mobile app developers and corporate managers of enterprise systems. The API is the connector. Creating a developer community that serves your mobile strategy is a challenge on both technical and business levels. Mobile developers are essentially business partners, even if they do not see themselves as such and successfully engaging them will be key to delivering value from the API. In this presentation, we will discuss some proven practices that can ensure that businesses make the best use of APIs to extend themselves into the mobile realm:
Offering business capabilities that are important to partners
Tailoring APIs to each partner
Managing partner registration with workflow
Allowing partners to monitor and analyze their own API usage
Accelerating the process of externalizing applications
Securing the apps
Mediating transports protocols