Post on 20-Jul-2015
About me
● Created Restlet Framework, first REST framework in 2004
● Contributor to “RESTful Web Services” (O’Reilly, 2007)
● Member of the JAX-RS 1.0 expert group (2007 - 2009)
● Co-author of “Restlet in Action” (Manning, 2012)
● InfoQ editor covering Web APIs since 2014
● CEO & Founder of Restlet, Web API platform vendor
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3 | Use Case: Global Access
SQLdata
REST API
United States
Australia
Germany
JapanUnited Kingdom
Brazil
India
Canada
Some Products AvailableAPI frameworks● open source● high level of control● need skills / time
Enterprise API Product● powerful / complex /expensive● on-premises deployment● longer time to deployment
API PaaS● self-service / cloud based● built-in API [and DB] hosting● shorter development cycle