Jitterbit
announced the results of its "
2023 State of Automation: How Low-Code Application
Platforms Disrupt the IT Status Quo and Ignite Digital Growth" survey. Available now,
the report reveals a business landscape in which organizations are facing
mounting pressure to drive digital transformation and achieve greater
efficiency, yet often lack the tech resources to execute digital strategies
effectively. To move the needle on digital innovation, businesses are
increasingly turning to low-code application platforms (LCAPs), enabling non-IT
and IT executives alike to build business apps without coding experience.
Based
on responses from IT, marketing and human resources executives from more than
100 U.S.-based companies with 100 or more employees, the survey uncovered
several key findings about the adoption and prioritization of LCAP solutions. According
to 85% of survey respondents, building low-code applications is a top
organizational priority.
This
focus on LCAP is driven by several different factors, including a strong need
for effective automation, concerns around the rise of unauthorized applications
across devices and a real desire to address organizational challenges without
extensive IT involvement.
Some
of the other key findings uncovered include:
- IT executives
are largely supportive of non-IT built applications and data flows, but
share concerns about solving key business challenges. Most IT respondents feel very or
extremely at ease with non-IT employees utilizing low-code platforms for
building applications. However, their level of comfort is noticeably lower
compared to executives in other departments.
- HR and Marketing
stand to benefit from LCAP as they obtain autonomy over IT decisions. According to respondents, marketing
and HR executives place a higher priority on building, deploying, or
maintaining low-code applications to help accelerate key
initiatives.
"Low-code
application platforms are becoming increasingly vital to accelerate automation
initiatives and keep up with the rapid pace of business. To stay competitive,
executives recognize the need to prioritize LCAPs, however, they still remain
cautious about the security, accessibility of data, and overall success of
low-code applications," said Vito Salvaggio, senior vice president, product
management, at Jitterbit. "Robust LCAP solutions must address these concerns
while meeting organizations' needs for easy maintenance and deployment,
simplicity of use, reduction of manual labor and lowered costs. When
organizations can leverage LCAP solutions with confidence, their ability to
drive digital innovation will be unmatched."
To
gain insights from the complete survey findings, download the survey results at
https://www.jitterbit.com/ebook/2023-state-of-automation.