Taking Big Data to the next level by adding APIs. Thinking through data as a product and how to distribute it. Talk at Strata Hadoop 2014 http://strataconf.com/strataeu2014
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APIs and Unlocking the Value of Your Data - Strata Barcelona 2014
1. APIs and Unlocking the
Value of Your Data
Steven Willmott
3scale Inc.
@3scale - http://www.3scale.net
2. Powering 450+ APIs
Billions API Calls / Month
Flexible Scalable API Infrastructure: http://3scale.net
@3scale
Also see http://www.apitools.com/
me: @njyx on twitter
4. “Data is becoming the new raw material of
business.” Chris Lynch and/or Craig Mundie
“Data really powers everything we do.” Jeff
Weiner
5. Good user interfaces are hard to build
You often need to move data around
Speed can be critical
Multiple parties may need access
6. APIs make this happen
- the interfaces to data that
deliver its value
7. Examples
Xignite’s realtime MarketData –
over 500 Streams
Aetna Carepass Restful API to
Read/Write patient data
Realtime fleet management
& Long term analytics
Realtime pricing in Retail
15. Q1: What am I Exposing?
What?
Single Entries,
Dumps, Streams Raw
Insight
Projections, Alerts,
Aggregations
Control
Settings, Params,
Config, Schemas
27. Key Take-away:
Your data is a product: think
hard about packaging,
distribution (APIs)
28. Implications
• Answer the four questions
• This will determine your likely benefits and pain
points
• Short term hacks around these pain points will
probably kill the value of what you are doing
• There is a lot of value to created!
29. Go forth and unleash your data!
steve@3scale.net
@njyx, @3scale
Find us online at:
http://www.3scale.net/
http://apitools.com/
Editor's Notes
[Web growth curve]
Web development also went for Artesan (read text editor) to “mass produced”.
The type, power and reach of the mass production changed over time.
[Web growth curve]
Web development also went for Artesan (read text editor) to “mass produced”.
The type, power and reach of the mass production changed over time.