5. Amazon
→ All teams will expose their data and functionality
through API.
→ There will be no other form of interprocess
communication [..]
→ Anyone who doesn't do this will be fired.
Amazon policy set by Jeff Bezos in 2003
http://apievangelist.com/2012/01/12/the-secret-to-amazons-success-internal-apis/
6. API centric architecture
→ Internal use
→ Apps
→ Clients
→ Partners
Data
API
Functionality
app
partners
services