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Enter Layer 7
As envisioned, each partner would typically require only a subset of existing APIs, but that subset may vary for each partner. Obviously, creating multiple subsets or filtered views of Oranges APIs (especially as those APIs changed over time) would quickly become unmanageable.
The key to making APIs useful to partners and manageable for staff was Layer 7. Layer 7 SecureSpan XML Gateway Gate allowed Orange to create a layer of abstraction or indirection between what functionality they published internally and what functionality they exposed to partners. Policy Policy-based controls allowed Orange to define the message, identity and interface level security for the APIs; tracking usage; monitoring interface health; managing, versioning managing and updating APIs, etc. all without breaking client applications. As a core component of both Oranges Nursery and Emerginov, the Layer 7 SecureSpan XML Gateway gives Orange Gatewa visibility into who is using which API, as well as allowing them to extract billing information, validate SLA conformance and track usage for capacity planning.
The Solutions
Since first proposed in December 2009, Emerginov has gained rapid acceptance and now has a number of 09, initiatives to its credit, including: In Mauritius, students have used Emerginov to create a mash up of Google maps and local police traffic mash-up reports. Now, anyone with a GSM GSM-capable phone can access a map of traffic patterns for their area. area Most Senegalese dont have computer access to the information found on typical online discussion forums like Facebook. Using Emerginov, locals have developed a new application called Kisaitoo which allows citizens to post their question to any Facebook forum using their mobile phone. Dialing the service questions phone and talking into their phone causes a speech-to-text engine to convert their query to text , which is then posted to the forum . Replies to t posting are sent back to the original poster as SMS the messages .
The Results
Benefits have been quick to accrue: by providing developers with secure access to telecom service and data APIs ecure via the Nursery, Orange has created a far more agile IT platform on which to develop new offerings faster and at less cost by reusing/recomposing existing services services. Making the Nursery available to local partners in third world countries via Emerginov has resulted in the creation of revenue-generating services designed by the people, for the people. In this way, Orange has overcome many of the barriers that had previously limited their growth in emerging markets.
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