1、1 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now LASTING AGILITY The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now A 20202021 Outlook An IDC InfoBrief Sponsored by Published date: AUGUST 2020 2 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low

2、-Code Development Platforms Now Fueled by shortened software development cycles, disruptive market conditions and increasingly demanding customers, enterprises need to create better software faster. Low-code development platforms can help Asia-Pacific enterprises turn into the digital innovation fac

3、tories they need to be to survive and thrivenow. The New Reality This IDC InfoBrief takes a closer look at what the landscape looks like. 2 3 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now In three to five years, every enterprise isgoing to have to be a digi

4、tal innovation factory just tocompete. Software isnt just eating the world anymore Source: The Future of Digital Innovation: Becoming a High-Performance Software Producer and theFuture of Digital Innovation, IDC. #US46058620 75% By 2024, three quarters of the G2000 will be high-performance, large-sc

5、ale producers of software-powered innovation. 3 “Software is eating the world, in all sectors. In the future, every company will become asoftware company.” Mark Andreessen, Netscape cofounder August 2011 Jamie Dimon Chairman, JP Morgan Chase “Silicon Valley is coming, and if banks dont up their game

6、, tech companies will take over the industrys business. There are hundreds of startups with a lot of brains and money working on various alternatives to traditionalbanking.” 4 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now New market realities, increasingly

7、demanding customers and the ever-present threat of digital disruption mean it is no longer enough to merely speed software development cycles. Software needs to deliver lasting business value. That entails a whole new set of challenges: Enterprises need the agility to adapt to market changes on a di

8、me. The ability to pivot has never been more critical Organizations need to modernize legacy systems to achieve the agility they need to compete Hiring and training issues are ever-worsening problems for enterprises Enterprises need to address current audiences and to develop new ones through the cr

9、eation of evocative omni-channel experiences Post-COVID-19, these challenges are compounded. Low-code development platforms let even non-developers create prototypes and collaborate with IT to build complex software rapidly. Just one problemold software methodologies cant keep pace 5 An IDC InfoBrie

10、fLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now Low-code platforms give organizations a way to design and develop software applications fast and with minimal hand-coding. It enables skilled people to deliver value quickly andreliably. Using visual modeling in a graphical in

11、terface to assemble and configure applications, low-code developers skip all the infrastructure and re-implementation of patterns that typically burden software development teams. Security and compliance adherence are simplified, which amounts to fewer repeated tech problems across the board Faster

12、time to market, whether for internal applications or customer-targeted experiences Increased cost and time efficiency Increased business agility in the face ofrapid-fire change Enter: The low-code solution Benefits: 6 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platfor

13、ms Now Enterprises all over the world are increasingly relying on Low-code, no-code and other visual development tools. 39% of Asia-Pacific IT leaders surveyed are using low-code development tools 39% of Asia-Pacific enterprises rely onvisually- guided development tools 47% of Asia-Pacific enterpris

14、e leaders rely on various model-driven development tools By the numbers Source: IDC PaaSView for the Developer Low-code rising: By the numbers 7 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now Almost half of Asia-Pacific organizations surveyed use low-code to

15、ols because they believe it is the future. Q. What are the top three reasons your organization uses low-code and other visually guided tools? To simplify the developer experience To accelerate software development For a more intuitive developer experience To improve staff retention To address staffi

16、ng shortages Because it is the future 46%43% 35% 42% 32%38% Source: IDC PaaSView for the Developer Low-code is the future An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 8 Asia-Pacific tech leaders are largely using low-code development platforms for prototyp

17、es and internal-facing applications, but external, customer-facing applications are catching up, too. Enterprise applications made simple Q. What kinds of applications are Asia-Pacific enterprises building with low-code development platforms? Application protypes for development andtesting Customer-

18、facing applications that are not mission- critical Internal-facing applications Customer-facing applications that are mission- critical 50%42%41%42% Source: IDC Asia-Pacific Software Survey 9 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 9 Simplified softwa

19、re set for growth ahead Low-code tools are set to gain critical mass adoption in 2021. More than half of Asia-Pacific decision makers say their organizations will rely on low-code platforms for at least aquarter of all planned projects. Almost 30% expect low-code programming to be a key foundation f

20、or more than half of their projects. 76% No Plans Q. What percentage of your projects will rely on low-code tools over the next 18 months? 29% 33% 22% 7% 9% Source: IDC Asia-Pacific Software Survey An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 10 DEEP DIVE

21、Hong Kong and China Enterprise tech leaders in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan are under pressure tosupport business expansion plans thanks to rising customer expectations and ever-shorter development cycles. More than ever, security is at apremium, and compliance is a major concern. of enterprise lead

22、ers say their main priority for 2021 is to improve customer feedback for faster fixes Enterprise tech leaders in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan are under pressure to support business expansion plans, thanks to rising customer expectations and ever-shorter development cycles. More than ever, security i

23、s at a premium, and compliance is a major concern Whats NEXT Top Challenges Business PrioritiesDevelopment PrioritiesIT Priorities 24% Rising customer expectations 46% Earlier security focus in DevOps 45% Educating leadership about DevOps processes 44% 14% 17% 24% Modernize Legacy Secure Planning Op

24、en Source plan to adopt low-code tools 20% 14% 13% 13% Source: IDC Asia-Pacific Software Survey (n=200) Security Training Cost of IT An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 11 DEEP DIVE Southeast Asia Southeast Asian organizations still struggle to ad

25、opt agile and DevOps processes and practices across the software development life cycle. In Singapore and Indonesia, where efforts are more advanced, the emphasis is on finetuning DevOps teams and securing those processes. of Southeast Asia enterprise leaders want to find ways to provide faster rele

26、ases and fixes for customers Blockchain, AR/VR and AI/Big Data are the leading directions for tech leaders in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. Looking at 2022 and beyond, 52% tell IDC they believe cloud-native app development will be the overriding focus Whats N

27、EXT Top Challenges Business PrioritiesDevelopment PrioritiesIT Priorities 25% Security and development integration 58% Creating multidisciplinary teams 48% Convincing leadership on the value of DevOps 47% 16% 17% 27% plan to adopt low-code tools 29% Source: IDC Asia-Pacific Software Survey (n=390) 1

28、6% 16% 15% Integration Open source management OSS tool sourcing Recruitment Security Modernizing An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 12 DEEP DIVE India Indian developers remain under intense pressure to deliver software at lightning speed. DevOps

29、practices are well-entrenched, with the focus turning to secure DevOps (DevSecOps) and enterprise-wide data integration. of enterprise leaders in India list faster integration of customer feedback to speed software releases asthe main business goal Applications that rely on speech recognition and vo

30、ice synthesis will dominate in the future, say Indian tech leaders, as will software thats based onblockchain and AI technology. And fully 60% said serverless computing will be a mainstay in 2022 and beyond Whats NEXT Top Challenges Business PrioritiesDevelopment PrioritiesIT Priorities 28% Educate

31、leadership about secure DevOps 58% Secure the DevOps process 56% Making sure DevOps teams are multidisciplinary 53% 14% 24% 29% plan to adopt low-code tools 23% 16% 16% 15% Security Integrating data silos Training/hiring 20% 17% 15% Shift security left Open source management OSS tool sourcing Source

32、: IDC Asia-Pacific Software Survey (n=109) An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 13 DEEP DIVE Australia and New Zealand Australian and New Zealand enterprises are well along their DevOps journey and are now securing the process with acustomer experi

33、ence (CX) focus. of ANZ enterprise leaders are focusing on creating evocative customer experiences. About the same percentage (19%) ranked increasing employee satisfaction through software as their chief concern ANZ leaders are emphasizing new cloud-native apps, PaaS platforms and external APIs movi

34、ng forward. Beyond 2022, enterprise leaders expect augmented, mixed and virtual reality applications to reign, as well as AI and cognitive computing Whats NEXT Top Challenges Business Priorities Development PrioritiesIT Priorities 20% Uniting business with DevOps 59% Ensuring security by design 53%

35、Managing interdisciplinary DevOps teams 52% 19% 20% 22% plan to adopt low-code tools 24 % 16% 16% 15% Cloud-native development Security & compliance Training/hiring 18% 17% 15% Shift security left More automation Open source tool sourcing Source: IDC Asia-Pacific Software Survey (n=170) An IDC InfoB

36、riefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 14 DEEP DIVE Japan Japanese enterprises are moving from waterfall to DevOps for DX success. They are focusing on customer experience by increasing collaboration between ITteams and LOBs and improving application productivit

37、y. of Japanese enterprise leaders want to improve the customer experience (CX) through Agile and DevOps. Also, 30% of them want to reduce the application release time 52.9% of Japanese enterprises will prioritize the adoption of cloud native technologies (containers, serverless and microservices) in

38、 their IT strategies. Beyond 2020, Japanese enterprises will accelerate the development of AI-implemented applications through DevOps and cloud native technologies Whats NEXT Top Challenges Business PrioritiesDevelopment PrioritiesIT Priorities 34% Collaborate between IT team and LOB with DevOps 45%

39、 Reduce application lifecycle costs by DevOps 41% Improve application quality byDevOps 38% 24% 26% 34% Source: IDC Japan DevOps Survey 36% 35% 32% Test Platform Project Management Collaboration Training/hiring In-house development DevSecOps plan to adopt low-code tools 24 % 15 An IDC InfoBriefLastin

40、g Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now After the crisis To ensure agility post-COVID-19 and beyond Innovation first Innovative customer experiences fuel the creation of new markets and new audiences Risk-taking, data analysis and the continuing incorporation ofcustomer fe

41、edback will drive new ideas on new platforms RISING CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS 2 Plan for it now Start recruitment planning before you need to fill the post Build apps for upskilling and continuous education Let business developers work side-by-side with IT to address development shortfalls THE COMING HI

42、RING CRUNCH 3 FASTER CYCLES 1 Security is the watchword IDC expects software development lifecycles to continue to shorten in the foreseeable future. Enterprises should take care to integrate security into planning phases if they want to proceed apace and stay ahead of change 15 An IDC InfoBriefLast

43、ing Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now 16 An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now Use Cases Along with speeding development, establishing governance to manage its application lifecycle helps fuel Schneider Electrics digit

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45、om IDC. For more information, visit: www.ap.idc.asia or email: AP_P Low codes high reusability factor lets Randstad dramatically shorten development time and scale innovation across the organization. As part of its charitable Rapid Relief Team, UBT Australia is leveraging low-code technology to get

46、food boxes to COVID-19 affected families across New South Wales. “Establishing strong and robust governance was key to the solid foundation of our low- code digital factory. With OutSystems and architectural and management tools like 4LC, Discovery and Lifetime, maintaining and improving the quality

47、 of apps now is easy and efficient.” “OutSystems lets us develop ideas, tools and systems with an efficiency that wasnt possible before. Weve set up this modular, scalable platform in nearly a dozen countries. Now we can share design, branding, layouts or even apps with other markets. Its all pre-pa

48、ckaged and ready to go. So much isreusable and no longer do we have to doeverything from scratch.” “OutSystems low-code technology sped up our development process and opened the door for new projects to come to life. It let us take a tailored approach to build our app, which is helping people in nee

49、d first-hand.” Ravi Joshi RAD owner Schneider Electric Richard Tanaka Chief Technology Innovation Officer Randstad Japan Brittney Chalmers Global Communications Manager Rapid Relief Team, Australia Harnessing runaway processesAccelerating developmentInnovation at speed and scale Sponsored by An IDC InfoBriefLasting Agility The Business Case for Low-Code Development Platforms Now