APIs are not SOA++A panel hosted by Ed Anuff & Brian Pagano

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Ed Anuff@edanuff

Brian Pagano@brianpagano

What we’ve said before

• Separate SOA as an architecture from specific products

• SOA is good practice

Classic Differences

• Self-service & lightweight governance

• External, fine-grained security (OAuth)

• Pace-layering

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Pace Layering

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API Consumption vs. Exposure

• API adaptations needed for apps

• Enable developers for business

• Security for app-to-API

• APIs architected for abstraction

• Enable developers for API use

• Security for API-to-backend

APIAPI

App Consumption API Exposure

App Server ServicesApp

The “A” in API is for Apps

Rich Clients(Visual Basic, Delphi, etc.)

Web Applications(App Servers)

Rich Clients(Mobile Apps, Devices)

Panel Discussion

Thank you