The decade ofOpen APIsTom BaeyensCEO, Effektif GmbH

RememberThe ESB ?

RememberThe ESB ?• Many different protocols

• Behind the firewall

What Changed ?

What Changed ?• REST

• Cloud

• Mobile

• Internet of

enterprise things

REST• Replaced SOAP

• Easier then ever to

integrate systems

Cloud

• Incumbents took by surprise

• Product development cheaper

• Huge amount of startups

• Massive disruption

Cloud

• Many small services

• SaaS

• Open APIs

Mobile

• Driver for SaaS adoption

The Internet Of

Enterprise Things

This Decade• Many small SaaS solutions

• Open APIs

• Internet of enterprise things

• Integration becomes key

Google SalesForce

Company XYZ

DB

Open APIsFirewall

Files Are Legacy

• Resources live on the web• Google Document

• Salesforce Lead

• …

Effektif is

Social Collaboration

and

Cloud Integration

Effektif leverages

MassiveStartup

Inspiration

Everyone Can

Integrate

Tasks In Context

Task

Discussion

Resources

People

Easyto go viral

User Experience

to go viral

ScriptingCoding

Integration

ConfigurableIntegration

PeopleWorkflows

SharedTasklist

The Effektif Onion

Activity Workers

Company

Effektif

Activity Workersexecute activity instances

Activity instances area system task list

Activity Workers

Company

Effektif

Activity Workers

Activity Instance

1. Process creates activity instance and waits

2. Activity Worker gets activity instances

3. Activity Worker runs locally

4. Activity Worker sends results and completes activity instance

5. Process continues

Polyglot BPM

Company

Effektif

Activity Workers

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