The document discusses the evolving enterprise landscape and the role of APIs and integration platforms like MuleSoft's Mule ESB. It notes the rise of APIs, big data, cloud computing, and the move away from traditional on-premise integration towards a more agile approach exemplified by MuleSoft's support for API-led connectivity, its large library of connectors, and its ability to enable integration across cloud and on-premise systems. The document also presents examples of how the API-driven approach could be applied to different industries to develop new virtual business models.
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The new enterprise integration days - Gothenburg 2014
6. Point to Point Integration Spaghetti
The Traditional
Integration
approach ?
Is this your
enterprise?
7. Point to Point in the New Enterprise Landscape
Will it Scale?
8. On Premise - Hybrid - In the Cloud
Mule is there!
On premise
Cloud deploy,
EC2 etc.
One click
cloudhub
deploy
publish api
9. The Open Source ESB
What is Mule?
Mule open source lightweight enterprise service bus (ESB) and integration
framework.
- born in Rabo Bank
- open source
- out of the box spring enabled application server
- fully supported eclipse based development environment
- enterprise ready clusterable, logging, management
- great community, commercial support
10. Vast array of open source connectors
Constantly being added to ..
by companies ..
by the community..
http://www.mulesoft.org/connectors
https://github.com/mulesoft
12. Big Data Integrated - Data Mapper
Big Data can be a Big problem without an
integration strategy
13. APIs are Skyrocketing
"APIs have jumped out of the petri dish of the enterprise,
Kin Lane
. "We can call 2013 a watershed year for Internet APIs," says
Forrester Research analyst John Rymer.
"The most important and underreported trend
we've seen around APIs is how enterprise
adoption for internal private APIs is skyrocketing,
spurred on by mobile app requirements," says
John Sheehan, CEO of Runscope
14. API Revenue Stream
MVNO UK
Mobile
Virtual
Network
Operators
Tele2 - 2nd largest operator in Sweden through
Telenor Mobile
UK - 12% of the active UK subscribers > 10
Million Users
Germany 25% of active users are MVNO
15. MVNO - a new business with a light touch
MVNO - New business out of virtual nothing ..
16. MVNO - Applied to your industry?
Virtual Business (and API Mashup) already appearing
in
- Banking
- Gaming
- Broadcasting and Media
- Health
- Tourism
- your industry?
17. How to Build your Api empire ..
The Old Way?
The Agile Way?
- Long meeting sessions
- Large document specifications
- Complex standards - Soap 2.x
- XML, XSD, XSLT etc
- Design for the Users
- Iterate quickly
- Engage
- simple web standards
- Rest, Json
18. One approach - Introducing Raml
Restful Api Modelling Language
- Open Specification
- Open Api Designer (web/ApiHub)
- Mocking Services (web/ApiHub)
- Cross Language Server
Framework, Java, NodeJs etc.
- Testing Framework - SoupUi
Raml
- Cloud ready
http://raml.org/
25. On the fence of doing something great?
What are the hinders?
Lack of multi-diciplinary knowledge
Complexity vs. Benefit
Waiting too long = missing out
Understand the importance - Make a scenario
Get going!
UX
ESB
API
BPM
26. The future of business
Awesomeness = New customers
Make existing services better or create new offerings
Omni-channel is huge
Optimize services not processes
-Focus on the experience
Make sure all flows of customer involvment are
seamless and customized
27. Maximize the benefit of your project
Challenge existing beliefs
Involve and inspire stakeholders
Involve your customers at an early stage ask what
they need and want
Make sure the cost / benefit is well defined
Be clear about how to measure success
-User adoption
-Increased sales
-Happier clients
28. Create a DREAM scenario
If integration, people and technology were NOT a hinder
How would your company look like in a perfect futuristic world?
Service experience
Purchase and delivery flow
Self service
Customer support
Notifications
Make a detailed scenario!