Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. reinforces its Web Application Firewall with the powerful API Discovery feature, aimed at strengthening organizations’ cloud assets.
We live in an on-demand world. As "new, now, next" becomes the default expectation in every industry, success in the digital era often means disrupt or be disrupted. With the speed of innovation ever on the rise, customers expect the latest, greatest features and updates at their fingertips. That means businesses have to ship and deliver more features and products than ever before, faster than before — making it harder for often-overburdened technical teams to keep up with the rapid pace of change as they innovate and execute.
With developer resources in high demand, no-code, low-code solutions promise to clear up backlogs and spark innovation by building up a citizen developer workforce.
And, it's not just hype; there are real benefits. Right now, research suggests IT teams spend less than half of their time innovating for the business. No-code, low-code enables developers to wire up cloud communications capabilities quickly, and collaborate more efficiently with the non-technical members of a team, which allows them to spend less time and effort on maintenance. That means, instead, they can focus on the deeper work needed to push the business forward.
And, with software engineers listed among the hardest-to-fill-jobs in the world, easing the burden on developers isn't just a staffing issue that's solved by adding headcount, or investing in costly learning and development programs to break through backlogs of IT projects. Instead, businesses are turning to low-code and no-code solutions to bring more people into the world of software development and reskill those who are already in developer roles. Automated flows, via a drag-and-drop interface, make it possible for non-technical teams to try their hands at building their own communications workflows: no coding experience necessary.
Empowering those "citizen developers" via no-code, low-code does more than accelerate app delivery and clear up backlogs at a faster clip; it enables diversity of thought. Besides accelerating app delivery and clearing up backlogs at a faster clip, no-code, low-code enables businesses to broaden out beyond their go-to groups of developers and engineers and pull in creative, thinkers from every corner of the organization.
When users who need a specific type of functionality are the ones who design the workflow that delivers it, creative solutions can be discovered and released more quickly — instead of queuing up and stalling out in the already-overfilled development cycle.
With on-demand communication expected on a multitude of channels anytime, anywhere by more and more consumers, there's no end to the ways low-code, no-code can drive efficiency for modern enterprises — from SMS alerts, to voice and messaging apps. And that's a good thing. After all, the less you need to "ask your developer," the better — because, they have better things to do.
Industry News
NightVision launched a new software testing and security solution that enables developers to identify, locate, and remediate exploitable vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Sonar announced that SonarQube is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, enabling organizations to accelerate DevOps transformations in the cloud, modernize software development workflows, and deliver higher-quality, secure applications.
Progress announced the latest release of Progress Telerik® and Progress Kendo UI, the most powerful .NET and JavaScript UI libraries and tools for application development. Today's release delivers artificial intelligence (AI) prompts to application interfaces, design-to-code productivity, accessibility features and a series of new UI components, including the first-to-market Blazor Spreadsheet component.
JFrog and GitHub announced a new partnership to drive a best of breed, integrated platform solution, allowing joint customers to holistically manage EveryOps for developers, including DevOps, DevSecOps, MLOps and GenAI-powered apps.
Harness entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Split Software, a Feature Management and Experimentation provider.
Sensedia announced the launch of Sensedia AI Copilot, an AI assistant designed to facilitate all steps of API Management, Governance and Application Integrations.
Picus Security announced security validation for Kubernetes.
Kong announced the general availability of Kong Gateway Open Source (OSS) 3.7.
Azul announced the launch of its PartnerConnect training and certification program to empower channel partners to provide advanced Java advisory and delivery services.
Mendix announced a partnership with Snowflake to enable the enterprise to activate and drive maximum value from their data through low-code application development.
LaunchDarkly set the stage for “shipping at the speed of now” with the unveiling of new features, empowering engineering teams to streamline releases and accelerate the pace of innovation.
Tigera launched new features for Calico Enterprise and Calico Cloud, extending the products' Runtime Threat Defense capabilities.
Cirata announced the latest version of Cirata Gerrit MultiSite®.
Puppet by Perforce announced a significant enhancement to the capabilities of its commercial offering with the addition of new security, compliance, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) capabilities.