Perficient is a leading digital transformation consulting firm that helps clients modernize their systems to create meaningful customer experiences and ensure businesses are attuned to digitally savvy customers. Perficient uses its information technology, management consulting, and creative capabilities to deliver vision, execution, and value. Application programming interfaces (APIs) are playing a key role in digital transformation by functioning as the digital glue that connects applications, systems, and services. APIs drive significant revenue for companies like Salesforce and eBay and are commonly used to deliver data/functions to mobile apps, build integrated partner networks, and extend legacy applications. As APIs and digital transformation continue to accelerate, Perficient encourages downloading its guide to learn how to structure an API strategy.

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Salesforce
generates
50%
of its
$6.7B
revenue
from APIs
eBay
pulls in
60%
of its
$8.6B
revenue
from APIs
APIs DRIVE REVENUE
FOR BUSINESSES3
APIsARE MOST
COMMONLY USED
FORTHREETHINGS
2
1.DELIVERING DATA
AND FUNCTIONS
TO MOBILE
APPLICATIONS
29%
of business
owners are
investing in
mobile to drive
revenue
3.EXTENDINGTHE
LIFE OF LEGACY
APPLICATIONS
35%
of business
owners have
implemented
IoT solutions
2.BUILDING
SEAMLESSLY
INTEGRATED
PARTNERAND
SUPPLIER
NETWORKS
24%
of business
owners are
creating more
connected
products
SERIES
THEACCELERATION
OFTHEAPI ECONOMY
APIsAREA DRIVER OF
THE DIGITAL ECONOMY1
D I G I TA L T R A N S F O R M AT I O N
Application programming interfaces (APIs) function as
the digital glue that connects applications, systems, and
services, and they’re playing a key – and increasingly
important – role in digital transformation. Here are three
things you need to know about APIs.
Almost
15,000
public APIs
have been
published
to date
70%
growth in
the API
management
solutions
market this year
43% of IT
developers at
U.S. companies
use APIs
6.4B
connected
devices will
be in use
worldwide by
the end of 2016
Expedia.com
generates
90%
of its
$6.7B
revenue
from APIs
$1Bspent on
API management
solutions by 2020
4xhigher
than in 2014
Get in on the API opportunity. Take the first step, and
download our guide for structuring your API strategy to
digitally transform your business.
SOURCES:
http://www.programmableweb.com/
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3165317
https://www.forrester.com/Sizing+The+Market+For+API+Management+Solutions/quickscan/-/E-RES121342
https://www.forrester.com/Forresters+Business+Technographics+Global+Developer+Survey+2014/-/E-SUS2691
https://www.forrester.com/report/Sizing+The+Market+For+API+Management+Solutions/-/E-RES121342
https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-strategic-value-of-apis