Antoine Rizk
Leveraging APIs to create a digital shopping experience
In order to thrive in an extremely competitive market and have a smooth digital shopping experience, retailers need to make use of new technology...
How to leverage technology for supply chain modernization
It’s no secret that today’s consumers are increasingly relying on e-commerce to order and deliver goods. This trend is also extending to retail stores,...
What are Open APIs? Interview with TM Forum
This week, I would like to welcome Joann O’Brien, VP-Open APIs & Ecosystems with TM Forum, to tell us about Open APIs, their current...
Blockchain APIs for a stronger performance
Blockchain APIs can bring stronger performance. Blockchains use what's known as distributed ledger technology (DLT). This was originally developed as the accounting method for...
Data Management in connected automotive: 3 trends for 2018
Like almost all sectors, the automotive industry is impacted by the proliferation of data, both around its products and its processes. A rapid evolution...
API security breaches: Facebook restricts its Open API
We have recently been witnessing an ever-increasing number of data privacy and security breaches across many industries. API security breaches and open API are now...
Government API to accelerate digital transformation of public sector
Digital transformation of the public sector has a real impact on citizens. Here are three main benefits of API-driven government, aka government API: Digitalized...
What is AS4, the bridge between API and EDI?
How you integrate your applications and data flows with your suppliers, customers, partners, and regulators are more than an IT issue. It's also a...
How API and Artificial Intelligence can be complementary?
API and Artificial Intelligence (Application Programming Interfaces and AI) have only one thing in common. They are both very old technologies that have been...
Why do you need API technology in retail?
Year after year from 2006 to 2016, Amazon grew by 27% on average (1). Its online eCommerce business, per Deloitte, has even seen peaks...
API versus EDI: can APIs replace EDI for B2B communications?
The following table highlights the differences and complements between EDI and API data integration on systems:
EDI
APIs
BUSINESS ATTRIBUTES
Partner-oriented
Application-oriented and user-oriented
Industry standards-based
Technical standards-based
Business application friendly
Mobile device friendly
Medium...
The cost of imperfect order fulfillment
Delayed or incomplete orders affect business revenues in tangible ways and can incur high penalties. Ensuring perfect order fulfillment requires End-to-End Visibility of Supply...
A new API for the airline industry with IATA NDC
The NDC (New Distribution Capability) standard, created by IATA, is a distribution standard in XML format aimed at facilitating the exchange of data between...
Aviation industry: Ready for Customer Experience Networks (CX)
UPDATED 11/14/18
According to the 2017 International Air Transport Association (IATA) figures, commercial airlines posted their strongest financial performance ever in 2016—reporting $35.6 billion in...
IATA NDC: Overview and implementation
The NDC (New Distribution Capability) standard, created by IATA, is a distribution standard in XML format aimed at facilitating the exchange of data between...
Amazon giant: It’s not the fittest who survive
Year after year from 2006 to 2016, Amazon growth grew by 27% on average (1). Its online eCommerce business, per Deloitte, has even seen...