ServiceNow Adds Low-Code Tool to Platform
ServiceNow today made available an update, dubbed Quebec, to its Now platform that adds a set of low-code application development tools. Marcus Torres, general manager for IntegrationHub and vice president of platform product management at ServiceNow, said the Creator Workflows tool leverages existing App Engine and IntegrationHub capabilities in the platform to make it possible […]
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 […]
Kong Integrates Service Mesh with OPA
Kong, Inc. today announced an update to Kong Mesh, built on top of open source Kuma service mesh, that adds support for Open Policy Agent (OPA) software that enables DevOps teams to manage compliance as code. Kuma and OPA are both being developed under the auspices of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Kuma, unlike […]
Could No-Code Enable Everything Ops?
It feels like DevOps principles are permeating every discipline, creating new buzzwords by the minute. DevSecOps. DatabaseOps. SalesOps. FinOps. MarketingOps. This “JargonOps” is clearly encouraged by marketing campaigns (and bloggers, wink, wink). Yet, the phrases do depict a real trend: all industries are getting an efficiency overhaul in the wake of increased automation. As I’ve covered […]
Top Misconceptions About Low-Code Development
Accelerating the pace of development has become one of the biggest goals in DevOps. After all, having teams speed the creation and modification of applications is supposed to be one of the primary advantages of DevOps pipelines. Yet, far too many DevOps teams run into speed bumps that can derail the process. For some, turning […]
Applause Automates App Testing via SaaS Platform
Applause today unfurled a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that makes it easier to automatically create test automation scripts without having to write code. At the same time, the company is adding support for an application programming interface (API) through which DevOps teams can send new features to be tested by the Applause platform. Both offerings are […]
Mabl Adds Beta of Desktop Continuous Testing Tool
Mabl today announced availability of a beta version of a desktop tool for creating tests that can be applied to browsers and application programming interfaces (APIs) using a low-code tool. Dan Belcher, co-founder of Mabl, said the goal is to make it simpler to streamline testing processes as responsibility for application quality assurance (QA) continues […]
Top 4 Challenges for Developer Teams in 2021
As remote work continues into 2021, developer teams are still navigating the new landscape for working across distributed teams and how this new way of working affects product delivery. In particular, there are several key challenges that every developer must face this year, including adapting to new tools and workflows internally, balancing the prioritization of […]
Citizen Development Program: Enabling Citizen Developers
In part one of this series, we made the case for embracing citizen developers to close the developer demand-supply gap while delivering true business agility. We outlined the foundational elements that are consistent across successful citizen development programs: 1) adopting a low-code application platform, 2) embracing the citizen development journey and 3) marketing (internally) citizen […]
Dual-Track and Low-Code’s Excellent Adventure
Digital transformation can be a bogus journey. Here’s how low-code and dual-track transformation efforts can help. Large-scale enterprise digital transformation can take a while. Transformation initiatives like cloud migration, mainframe upgrades or refactoring monolithic systems could easily take five to seven years. Yet, this slow pace is at direct odds with today’s digital innovation standards […]
Survey: DevOps Growing Pains in Salesforce Environments
IT organizations that have adopted software-as-a-service (SaaS) application platforms from Salesforce in part to jumpstart their digital business transformation initiatives are experiencing some DevOps growing pains. A survey published this week of 230 executives, managers, and members of Salesforce delivery teams conducted by Beagle Research on behalf of Copado, a DevOps platform for IT teams […]
Sauce Labs Acquires AutonomIQ to Advance App Testing
Sauce Labs is acquiring AutonomIQ, a provider of a scriptless test automation platform based on machine learning (ML) algorithms. Matt Wyman, chief product officer for Sauce Labs, said the acquisition of AutonomIQ will play a critical role in enabling Sauce Labs to push testing further left toward developers and, ultimately, “citizen testers” that are becoming […]
Hybrid Low-Code: The Next Step in App Development
The promise of low-code development has long been the ability to develop business-critical applications by humans with little programming experience. In fact, over the past year or two, the lines between low-code and no-code have become increasingly blurred. Low-code platforms have incorporated more and more functional no-code features to increase the efficiency of the developer […]
CloudBolt Software Aims to Bridge DevOps and IT Divide
CloudBolt Software today released a Winter update to its cloud management platform that aims to bridge the divide between DevOps teams and traditional IT administrators. IT administrators can now employ the CloudBolt platform to invoke the open source Ansible framework for automating IT processes and workflows using a graphical user interface (GUI) surfaced via a […]
Using Automation to go All-Digital, Fast
Before the pandemic, digital transformation was a five-year plan for many companies — or in some cases, a distant vision that kept getting kicked down the road. Now, companies in every industry face an urgent imperative to adapt to an increasingly online-first world: If you don’t go digital, fast, you’re simply out of the game. […]
The No-Code Revolution: 5 Industries That Will Win Big
The year 2020 tested the mettle of countless businesses and industries, but those who were able to stay afloat had one thing in common: the ability to adapt to an increasingly digitized world by embracing future-facing technology. For companies already steeped in the tech world, these changes came more naturally, but not all industries were […]
Citizen Development Program: Selecting the Right Use Cases
The COVID-19 pandemic forced us into new ways of working that demanded a truly digital enterprise. Digital enterprises require we deliver applications for our everyday tasks and processes with unprecedented speed. Our traditional development resources – our professional developers – and traditional, professional code development environments simply cannot meet the demands from our lines of […]
Internal Makes On-Premises Edition of No-Code Tool Available
Internal today launched an on-premises edition of its eponymous no-code development platform that promises to simplify application development backlog reduction for enterprise IT organizations. Arisa Amano, CEO of Internal, said many professional developers regularly find themselves building simple applications that, if given access to the right tools, could be built instead by end users. Internal […]
DARPA Enlists GrammaTech to Apply AI to Reverse Engineer Code
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a research contract to GrammaTech for low code technology that will make it possible for end users to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) without requiring intervention from the original software developer. GrammaTech’s AI tool, dubbed ReMath, aims to ease application updates by automatically inferring high-level mathematical representations […]
Low-Code Opens API Integration Potential for Citizen Developers
APIs have an accessibility problem. Could a low-code API approach make them more inclusive and accessible for citizen developers? Most software today integrates with third-party SaaS. TomTom for geolocation. Stripe for payment. Twilio for SMS. Kairos for facial recognition. AWS for NLP … the list goes on. Whatever function you’re looking for, there’s probably an […]
Demystifying the Low-Code Category
The low-code category is estimated to grow substantially in the coming years. By 2024, Gartner projects 75% of large enterprises will have adopted four low-code or no-code tools for both IT application and citizen development needs. But what exactly is low-code, and what are the scenarios in which it is needed? Low-code, like so much […]