From Flea Market to Ecosystem API Transformation with WSO2 | WSO2Con Barcelona 2025
AI Summary
Overview
- Speaker: Pal, Product Lead for API Management, Kunanago.
- Kunanago: A century-old global logistics company with over 80,000 professionals.
API Governance Strategy Shift
- Background: Previous free-market approach led to varied APIs across teams, resulting in duplication and inconsistency.
- New Strategy: Implement a federated governance model to standardize API processes.
Project “Okay”
- Objective: Revamp the IT ecosystem for better data accessibility and standardization.
- Encourage independence in teams with self-service capabilities.
API Management Goals
- Seamless Experience: Provide developers easy access to APIs.
- Focus on API-first and API as a Product principles to allow for meaningful API designs.
API Context Tree
- Innovation: Organize APIs by business capabilities to enhance discoverability.
- Context Branch Owner Role: Business experts oversee API development and align it with business needs.
User and Developer Experience
- WSO2 API Manager: Supports intuitive UI for non-technical users to publish and consume APIs seamlessly.
- Implementation of API Ops: Using GitOps for managing API lifecycle, enhancing developer experience.
- Multiple repositories for different configurations streamline the API deployment pipeline.
Goals and Progress
- Migrate legacy APIs to new platform, enhancing overall API traffic and business opportunities.
- Positive progress toward restructuring API landscape and goals for the future.