Fast-paced changes in the business landscape demand enterprises to rethink
their existing business models and add innovative capabilities keeping in
mind the new imperatives. One among them is the focus on Digital
transformation. In the retail industry, growth is measured in terms of
increased sales and value addition to existing products while keeping
customer expectations in mind. This is where a digital focus is important to
remain competitive.
Surviving the Competition
Surviving in a highly competitive marketplace needs more than just the
ability to sell; it calls for the evaluation of existing business processes
for identifying bottlenecks/loopholes, the creation of more robust frameworks
for improving operational efficiency, and more importantly convergence of
evolved technologies, processes and enterprise solutions in the system for
delivering transformation... (more)
Gone are the days when application development was the daunting task of the
highly skilled developers backed with strong IT skills, low code application
development has democratized app development and empowered a new generation
of citizen developers.
There was a time when app development was in the domain of people with
complex coding and technical skills. We called these people by various names
like programmers, coders, techies, and they usually worked in a world
oblivious of the everyday priorities of the business world. However, with
the passage of time, this scenario is mu... (more)
Low-Code Platforms in the Era of Automation
From manual human effort the world is slowly paving its way to a new space
where most process are getting replaced with tools and systems to improve
efficiency and bring down operational costs. Automation is the next big thing
and low code platforms are fueling it in a significant way.
The Automation era is here. We are in the fast pace of replacing manual human
efforts with machines and processes. In the world of Information Technology
too, we are linking disparate systems, software and tools to make things
self-sustaining. This is c... (more)
Build or Buy Is Passe - The Low Code Revolution Is Here to Stay
The year 2017 so far has been the year of digital transformation with cloud,
IoT, APIs and low-code application development gaining focus. Companies that
build Low Code Platforms and help organizations build business applications
are beginning to see these technologies scale up. The low-code platform
market is expected to scale up to $20B by the end of the decade, says
Forrester. So since a lot of business enterprises across the globe have
been talking about this low code revolution we will delve deep into the
real... (more)
The Omnipresent World of APIs
These days, APIs have become an integral part of the digital transformation
journey for all enterprises. Every digital innovation story is connected to
APIs . But have you ever pondered over to know what are the source of these
APIs?
Let me explain - APIs sources can be varied, internal or external, solving
different purposes, but mostly categorized into the following two categories:
Data lakes is a term used to represent disconnected but relevant data that
are used by various business units within an enterprise. APIs are created
as the easy access... (more)