This quote is part of my tech quote explained series from Java One / Open World 2016.
Luis Weir’s Quote from Open World 2016:
“If you don’t have cloud APIs when connecting to SAAS it is not gonna work. Simple as that”.”
Luis Augusto Weir, Principal Cap Gemini UK. @Luisw19
Explanation:
The following explanation is mine, not Luis’:
The number of APIs has grown exponentially over the last years. When a public API was almost exotic, strange and seemingly weird a couple years ago it has become the norm today. Do you still remember when you searched for a working implementation of a web service that you could access with a public WSDL just a while ago?
Nowadays there is a wide array of public APIs available. APIs give you access to Twitter, to Amazon Web Services, to your business partners, your Tesla or BMW car, to your home automation system and so on. No SaaS would make any sense without it.
The world has dramatically changed. Everything comes with an API and will continue to do so. This is why API Management becomes increasingly important and popular to manage such APIs. To understand more about this, including the evolution from REST and API Gateways to APIs everywhere, check out Luis API Management in 2016 presentation.
Don’t miss the first quote of this series regarding app servers vs. monoliths.