OutSystems, the platform provider for low-code application development, has published its Asia Pacific (APAC)-focused research on the state of application development. The report unveils detailed survey results from over 680 IT professionals from industries and markets across APAC.
“Our 2017 survey reveals that many IT professionals in Asia Pacific are facing significant challenges when it comes to digital transformation and application development,” said Mark Weaser, Asia Pacific VP, OutSystems. “Most organisations struggle with massive backlogs, no time to innovate, scarce resources and complex systems. And this problem only gets worse with more complexities in the business initiatives and demands for mobile and Internet of Things (IoT).”
Key findings include:
● Mobility requirements are soaring. Mobility was the most common business requirement for apps, up from sixth place in the 2015 survey. In addition, 93% of respondents noted that it was either a requirement or very important to incorporate mobile functionality into their current and future applications.
● Development times are very long. Almost seven in 10 (69%) of IT professionals said it takes more than three months, on average, to develop a mobile app. For 8% of respondents, the time required stretches out to over a year. This has led to considerable dissatisfaction, with four in 10 (43%) respondents unhappy with the current progress by their application development team.
● Huge backlogs that slow productivity. Almost half of IT professionals (45%) reported having a backlog of mobile apps, some with more than 10 apps waiting to be developed.
● The skills gap is hampering growth. IT managers named lack of skills, time and budget as the top challenges for mobile development. Although 93% of respondents said that mobile functionality is either a requirement or very important, 42% of organisations also said they are facing a shortage of mobile developers and 53% reported a knowledge gap in the skills needed to undertake mobile work.
● Experimentation is on the rise. Organisations are focused on finding the right technical approach to building their apps, which has led to significant experimentation. In fact, 44% of IT professionals said they are either using, or considering using, low-code or no-code platforms to support their IT strategy. Four in 10 (43%) also said that their organisation is enabling citizen developers to take advantage of this technology.
● Low-code is growing. Companies that have adopted low-code development platforms are seeing improvements in terms of faster mobile app development times.
In early May, OutSystems announced that it is named as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service (hpaPaaS) 2017 report. This category of technologies accelerates application development and digital business transformation.
“Our 2017 survey reveals that many IT professionals in Asia Pacific are facing significant challenges when it comes to digital transformation and application development,” said Mark Weaser, Asia Pacific VP, OutSystems. “Most organisations struggle with massive backlogs, no time to innovate, scarce resources and complex systems. And this problem only gets worse with more complexities in the business initiatives and demands for mobile and Internet of Things (IoT).”
Key findings include:
● Mobility requirements are soaring. Mobility was the most common business requirement for apps, up from sixth place in the 2015 survey. In addition, 93% of respondents noted that it was either a requirement or very important to incorporate mobile functionality into their current and future applications.
● Development times are very long. Almost seven in 10 (69%) of IT professionals said it takes more than three months, on average, to develop a mobile app. For 8% of respondents, the time required stretches out to over a year. This has led to considerable dissatisfaction, with four in 10 (43%) respondents unhappy with the current progress by their application development team.
● Huge backlogs that slow productivity. Almost half of IT professionals (45%) reported having a backlog of mobile apps, some with more than 10 apps waiting to be developed.
● The skills gap is hampering growth. IT managers named lack of skills, time and budget as the top challenges for mobile development. Although 93% of respondents said that mobile functionality is either a requirement or very important, 42% of organisations also said they are facing a shortage of mobile developers and 53% reported a knowledge gap in the skills needed to undertake mobile work.
● Experimentation is on the rise. Organisations are focused on finding the right technical approach to building their apps, which has led to significant experimentation. In fact, 44% of IT professionals said they are either using, or considering using, low-code or no-code platforms to support their IT strategy. Four in 10 (43%) also said that their organisation is enabling citizen developers to take advantage of this technology.
● Low-code is growing. Companies that have adopted low-code development platforms are seeing improvements in terms of faster mobile app development times.
In early May, OutSystems announced that it is named as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service (hpaPaaS) 2017 report. This category of technologies accelerates application development and digital business transformation.
According to Gartner, “high-productivity, or rapid application development and deployment, platform technology in the cloud is growing swiftly as enterprise IT increasingly exploits cloud-based tooling with reduced skill requirements.”
Commenting on the Gartner report Paulo Rosado, CEO of OutSystems said, “IT organisations are demanding faster digital solutions that address multiple use cases, are easy to use, and have broad functional depth. We believe the introduction of a High-Productivity Magic Quadrant is proof that thousands of enterprise customers are experiencing tangible value from low-code development solutions, and we are thrilled to be considered a Leader in this emerging category.”
The OutSystems high-productivity aPaaS is a general-purpose solution that addresses many PaaS use cases including the development of mobile front-end applications, enterprise core systems, and omnichannel business applications. OutSystems provides a low-risk way to get started, immediately cutting app backlog with tremendous development speed.
OutSystems started operations in Asia Pacific in 2013, winning customers such as Atos in Australia, Transnational Diversified Group in the Philippines, and Ricoh in Singapore. The company marked its entry into Japan with a new Tokyo office in mid-May, headed by Arnold Consengco, Senior Director, North Asia, OutSystems APAC and Representative Director for OutSystems Japan. OutSystems has already won over 40 customers in Japan, bringing the total number of customers to 116 within the APAC region. The company’s key clients in Japan include two of the country’s largest car manufacturers as well as some of Japan’s largest retailers and wholesalers.
Interested?
Download a copy of the report on the state of application development in APAC
Read a complimentary copy of the Gartner April 2017 Magic Quadrant for High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service
Start using an OutSystems personal environment free
The OutSystems high-productivity aPaaS is a general-purpose solution that addresses many PaaS use cases including the development of mobile front-end applications, enterprise core systems, and omnichannel business applications. OutSystems provides a low-risk way to get started, immediately cutting app backlog with tremendous development speed.
OutSystems started operations in Asia Pacific in 2013, winning customers such as Atos in Australia, Transnational Diversified Group in the Philippines, and Ricoh in Singapore. The company marked its entry into Japan with a new Tokyo office in mid-May, headed by Arnold Consengco, Senior Director, North Asia, OutSystems APAC and Representative Director for OutSystems Japan. OutSystems has already won over 40 customers in Japan, bringing the total number of customers to 116 within the APAC region. The company’s key clients in Japan include two of the country’s largest car manufacturers as well as some of Japan’s largest retailers and wholesalers.
Interested?
Download a copy of the report on the state of application development in APAC
Read a complimentary copy of the Gartner April 2017 Magic Quadrant for High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service
Start using an OutSystems personal environment free
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