Marjukka Niinioja

API and Data Strategist, Speaker, Author and Educator

API Economy

Why should you categorize your APIs?

API category cheat sheet helps you pick the right audience, business model and security for your API

November 20, 2018

API Economy

What is an open API?

The definition of an open API is not easy to create, let alone to update. In Finland, we have a thing called "sisu" - the spirit that drives us through rock. So this spring we collected the API and open source and open data folks and started the work.

January 6, 2020

API Economy

What is an API? A product, service, integration, or something else?

API can be any one of these things: Important feature of a tangible product, productized service, part of a digital or real-world service, customer-specific service, interface to resources, interface to platform (boundary resource), part of an integration. Did we forget something?

July 11, 2018

Case study

Osaango & KAVI – innovative, intelligent procurement

The national audiovisual institute KAVI stores huge amounts of data every year and is, among other things, responsible for the preservation of domestic films as well as television and radio programs. Artificial intelligence is a critical part of KAVI's operations. Marjukka Niinioja and Tessa Viitanen from Osaango Ltd sparred KAVI regarding their extensive operational and technological case, and the conversations tapped on e.g. artificial intelligence based solutions, innovative procurement procedures, software development processes and architecture.

May 27, 2021

API Economy

Next career move with Introduction to API Economy - course?

Learn in a few hours what API economy is! Join the free academic online course by Osaango and Tampere University now.

April 5, 2020

API Economy

How to get more API users?

Practical examples on how to get more customers and developers to find and use your API and convert into paying customers.

November 5, 2018

Case study

Customer understanding and innovative transport services — Case: City of Salo

February 17, 2021

Case study

Commercializing technical architecture – case: Digitalia

Technical architecture is not just a way to move information, but it should be an integral part of business strategy.

April 19, 2019

API Economy

A peek into the API Economy 101 book

The first chapter of the API Economy 101 book is available for everyone to read. The first chapter explains why business models are in transition and what is causing the change. We’ll use examples to shed some light on how Application Programming Interfaces, or a lack of them, influence business models. In addition, we justify why interfaces[i] should also be on the agendas of businesses' decision-makers, not just on the IT departments’.

July 15, 2019

API Economy

5 things you need to fix in your API documentation

Developer Experience is not just User Experience, it’s also Customer Experience, again for that specific segment.

September 7, 2019

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