turning spreadsheets into apis

Spreadsheet to API

Chris Haddad@cobiacomm

http://www.slideshare.net/cobiacommhttp://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/

Accelerate interactions inside and

outside the organization

Reduce interaction

friction and cost

Increase engagement and

enhance productivity

Sense business activity

and automatically

adapt

API == A More Connected Business

http://wso2.com/landing/enabling-the-connected-business

Situational Context: Traffic Data

{incidents: [ {impacting: false, eventCode: 0, iconURL: "http://...", lat: 38.743999, shortDesc: "Exit ramp closed on I 95...", type: 1, severity: 0, fullDesc: "In NEWINGTON exit ramp closed on I-95 ...", startTime: "2010-02-21T00:14:07", lng: -77.188004, id: "368598263", endTime: "2010-02-27T05:04:19" },

Image source: http://www.directoryofnewyorkcity.com/blog/2009/05/how-to-find-parking-in-new-york-city/Real-time traffic map: http://www.mapquestapi.com/traffic/

Velocity, Acceleration

Rapid Dev Pace

Rapid Data Delivery

Where is your Data?

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Is your Data a Rock Temple?

Monoliths remain

Data at Rest ONLY

Accessibility Challenged

Are you Facing aData Apocalypse

Data to API – Easy Way

Data Connectors

Data Mapping [Schema]

API Publication

Data Query

Data to API – Hard WayData Update and Versioning [w/RESTful

protocol bridges]

Data Synchronization

Linked Data

Data Archiving

APIs Everywhere• Comprehensive and Integrated

platform to• Collect high volume data in

structured and unstructured format• Perform data analysis through real

time and batch processing modes.• Present relevant dashboards to

enable timely operational management and business planning.

• Execute fact-based action (process improvement, hedge transactions, fault remediation)

Combined Power of Scalable Batch and Real-time Event Detection(Lambda Architecture)

Combine power of both delayed batch and real time analysisIdentify trends and incidents

Find complex event sequences with fast, real time performanceDetect anomalous and usual patterns based on action sequence

Trigger adaptive, real-time responsesReplay event combinations and fine-tune prediction rules

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The API to Data Puzzle

Global Customer Success

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