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OPINION: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Dm<br />
"IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT COMPANIES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE IN<br />
THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL, WHICH MEANS ORGANISATIONS MUST ADAPT<br />
AND INNOVATE TODAY IF THEY STILL WANT TO SURVIVE. THIS, IN TURN,<br />
IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS TO MOVE<br />
QUICKLY: THEY NEED TO FIND WAYS TO DELIVER NEW DIGITAL<br />
CAPABILITIES AND SERVICES IN A MATTER OF WEEKS RATHER THAN<br />
MONTHS OR YEARS. THIS IS WHERE LOW-CODE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS<br />
HAVE PROVED TO BE SO EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF<br />
CONTENT-BASED APPLICATIONS, WHERE LOW-CODE INTRODUCES THE<br />
ABILITY TO CREATE A NEW DIGITAL CUSTOMER OR SUPPLY-CHAIN<br />
EXPERIENCE WITH A VERY RAPID TURNAROUND."<br />
THE VALUE OF LOW-CODE TOOLS<br />
This focus on digital experiences is<br />
illustrated by research Nuxeo<br />
conducted in Q4 2020. It revealed that<br />
for seven in 10 organisations, digital<br />
transformation has become more of a<br />
priority since the threat of COVID-19<br />
first emerged. This in turn had a direct<br />
effect on development teams and what<br />
is expected of them.<br />
37% of software developers<br />
confirmed they were under renewed<br />
pressure to enable more effective<br />
collaboration across their organisations<br />
as people continued to work from<br />
home, while 32% were being called<br />
upon specifically to facilitate more<br />
effective use of content while teams<br />
were dispersed.<br />
The research also revealed the value of<br />
low-code development tools to a<br />
business. The principal benefits included<br />
simplifying the development process<br />
(cited by 35%); accelerating digital<br />
transformation (by 25%) and boosting<br />
innovation (also cited by 25%).<br />
Tools that speed the development process<br />
are hugely impactful in terms of helping<br />
companies transform and innovate, which<br />
has a knock-on effect in improving the<br />
customer experience. This all helps make a<br />
business more competitive - always<br />
important but especially so in this current<br />
period of uncertainty.<br />
A DIGITAL FUTURE<br />
COVID-19 did not create the need for<br />
businesses to digitally transform, it is<br />
just one more contributing factor. But<br />
if it was necessary to be agile, create<br />
new services and experiences to<br />
respond to the market demand quickly<br />
before COVID-19, then it has now<br />
become essential.<br />
The future of business is<br />
undoubtedly digital and low-code<br />
development tools can help hugely in<br />
making this happen. In simple terms,<br />
they accelerate digital transformation<br />
and the value they provide to business<br />
is huge.<br />
More info: www.nuxeo.com<br />
WHAT EXACTLY DO WE MEAN BY 'LOW-CODE'?<br />
The phrase low-code simply refers to a software development approach designed to deliver applications faster and with<br />
much less hand-coding than would traditionally be the case.<br />
A low-code platform comprises a set of tools which make it easy to develop applications visually through the use of<br />
extensive modelling and some form of graphical interface.<br />
In essence then, low-code means that developers no longer need to code line by line, thus facilitating the process of<br />
getting their application into production.<br />
According to Gartner, low-code will be at the heart of over 65% of application development by 2024.<br />
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