Five technical aspects of APIs that impact your business

APIs make it possible to quickly develop the kind of Web and mobile applications that are transforming the way innovative organizations do business

To ensure your business gets maximum value from its APIs, there are some key technical details that you will have to understand

When enterprise architects are building

APIs and API infrastructure, all their

technical decisions must serve the

organization’s business goals

It doesn’t matter how elegantly

designed or modern an API is if it

doesn’t facilitate the creation of apps

that add real value to the business

The technical aspects of an API must reflect its business goals1

APIs have made revenue generation a goal of IT integration2

Traditionally, integration projects aimed to help

enterprise architects connect backend systems,

increasing efficiency and minimizing costs

By contrast, APIs open these backend systems to

application developers and the apps they build, with

the goal of boosting revenues

APIs realize hidden value by connecting a range of assets3

APIs make it simple for developers to build apps that leverage data and application

functionality from enterprise IT systems

In doing so, they use technology (backend systems, APIs, apps) to connect and realize

the full value of data, developers and customers

Every well-designed API is developer-friendly

While each API must serve a unique set

of business goals, all well-designed APIs

have something in common – they are

developer-friendly

To realize its business goals, an API

must empower developers to

efficiently build apps that deliver real

value to target users

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API Management protects your business against new risks created by APIs5

Because APIs expose valuable IT systems to the

outside world, they create new security and

performance challenges

To avoid damaging security breaches and

performance bottlenecks, it is vital to deploy

a full-featured API Management system

API Strategy and Architecture: A Coordinated Approach

The process of API design and management is not purely technical – success

requires close collaboration between business and technical stakeholders

To find out how you can ensure your API program makes technical choices

that support its business goals, read this new eBook from CA Technologies

and the API Academy

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