The Business of APIs Conference

The Business of APIs Conference (BAPI) and API University  season wrapped up in London November 6.  If you were there, you were treated to an explanation how APIs create competitive advantages in business by a number of industry experts.  Here is a look at some of the photos capturing our amazing presenters and those of you who were able to join us. 

While attending my first Business of API’s Conference in New York City, one of the key points that stuck with me was the idea of your API being a Product.

This concept is changing the way companies in all industries think and act. Normally, companies see their API’s as an extension and support for their product, but a new wave of thinking has come about that is rapidly changing the business playing field.

Skip Potter, Senior Director at Capital One Labs recently spoke at the Business of APIs conference in New York  about 3 APIs they have recently release into the Market: Deal API, Rewards API and Identification and Authorization(OAuth) API.

Leading up to the elections, a lot of people have become poll-savvy. They obsess over daily tracking stats on sites like Real Clear Politics. It’s not hard to understand why—even for non-political junkies, it’s fascinating to monitor national trends in real time.

Think Best Buy—a household name by any measure, the specialty retailer has a huge market share in sales of consumer electronics in the U.S., along with a growing presence in such regions as Canada and China. Now switch to Whit.li, a startup with a solution for SMB brand and social media managers to segment and engage social influencers in real time, based on demographics, rare interests, life-stage and personality.