Organizations traditionally have struggled with build-versus-buy decisions when digitizing their internal operations and processes. While the build option offered the benefit of using internal teams or outsourcing to external vendors who could satisfy requirements, the downsides are a long wait, higher costs and the constant change and maintenance applications require. On the other hand, buying […]
Low-Code is Table Stakes for Enterprises
Enterprises across all industries are facing mounting pressure to deliver business value with speed and agility. In the digital age, companies that can’t keep pace often fall to the wayside, especially in light of increasing customer expectations and dynamic regulatory requirements. Speed has become table stakes. And business leaders have risen to the challenge across […]
How Low-Code Makes DevOps Stronger
While its roots can be traced back to rapid-application development (RAD), low-code application development started to gain serious momentum about three years ago. Initially, some in the DevOps community dismissed the trend, even as myriad approaches—from no-code to low-code for professional developers—started to enter the market. At the time, enterprises of all sizes had embraced […]
Is Low-Code Development a Security Risk?
According to Gartner, the worldwide low-code development market is projected to be $13.8 billion in 2021, a whopping increase of 22.6% from 2020. Gartner also predicts that the surge in remote development during COVID-19 will continue to boost low-code adoption, despite budget cuts and efforts to optimize cost. Low-Code’s Popularity Among Professional and Citizen Developers […]
How Low-CodeOps Can Transform DevOps
Over the past year, enterprise adoption of low-code software development platforms surged across the world economy as COVID-19’s economic consequences drove an unprecedented number of digital initiatives. Enterprises are turning to low-code platforms to rapidly build new apps that empower customers, remote workers and external end users conducting business operations or pivoting to new opportunities. […]
Low-Code and DevOps: Friends or Foes?
What does low-code mean, and who is it really for? Over the last few years, I’ve seen many articles associating “low-code” with “citizen developers” or with people who don’t have deep development skills. Users can arrange visual elements, or fill in forms with key information and publish the result as an application. But tools for […]
Manufacturing Workers Eager to Digitally Upskill
Anyone who has worked in machining within the past 70 years knew that the future of machining was automation. In the 1940s, computer pioneer John T. Parsons and engineer Frank L. Stulen invented, via a contract with the U.S. Air Force, numerical control milling machines. The machines were designed to help the Air Force produce […]
Citizen Development Program: Establishing Guardrails
Citizen development is as easy as one, two, three. Select the right use cases Enable the citizen developer(s) And establish the guardrails, which I will cover here. Of course, there is a little more to it than this. Success requires focus, planning and patience. We previously discussed, in parts one and two of the series, […]
How to Mitigate Low-Code Security Risks
Gartner predicts that by the end of 2025, over 65% of development projects will use low-code builders. The field of low-code continues to expand. But what security implications does low-code introduce? Low-code refers to tools that enable application construction using visual programming models. Adopting drag-and-drop components instead of traditional code, no-code and low-code platforms enables […]
No-Code Tech and the Rise of Citizen Developers
In today’s increasingly remote-first work environment, technical frustration affects all levels of an organization. Because of this, IT leadership teams are looking for new ways to empower and streamline their organizations through the use of innovative technologies. And with remote workforces on the rise, it’s an ideal time to implement new solutions that improve how […]