IT backlogs have been growing for years, and the stress of recent global events has only exacerbated the situation. Many low-code platforms promote the idea of relieving overburdened professional developers with citizen developers. In fact, some platforms even promote having a citizen developer program. The idea is to shift a large portion of application development … …
Continue readingFuture Proofing Application Modernization with Low-Code
Oftentimes when we are tasked with choosing the right platform to transition our software and services from point A to point B, our goal is to examine ease of use, scalability of solutions created, ownership of code, and stability. We find a solution that fits our immediate needs, and we are able to modernize programs … …
Continue readingHow Red Frog Events Increased On-Site Event Revenue by 200%
One of the favorite aspects of my job is talking to customers about how and why they chose LANSA. Even more thrilling is when I’m a user of the customer’s technology and get to experience the evolution of their product. Before I had the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Kita, lead software engineer at … …
Continue readingWhy Don’t Users Ever Know What They Want?
We’ve all been there. In the heat of an IT project – be it greenfield, modernization or just a little “tweak” – users provide you with their requirements. Everything seems to be so clear and obvious that you write up the specifications for the user, and they say it looks great. The project continues, and … …
Continue readingEvaluating Your Technology Investment
At some point in your career, you may have encountered one or more of the following scenarios: Your CIO reads about a new industry solution that she feels will be a game changer and recommends that your company should be an early adopter so you are ahead of your competitors. You attend a presentation and … …
Continue readingHow to Prepare for GDSN Maintenance Releases
The Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) has been operating for over 13 years and provides support for a wide range of trading partners and industry channels. In May 2016, Major Release 3 (MjR3) was deployed, which increased efficiency, brought about greater flexibility across various industry verticals / business sectors and provided better support to regulatory … …
Continue readingWhy Attend GS1 Connect 2017?
With spring in the air, it is time to start finalizing plans to ensure your attendance at the most important annual GDSN community gathering, GS1 Connect 2017. The focus of this event is for industry leaders to learn how to better meet today’s business challenges and position their organizations to unlock tomorrow’s opportunities. Over this three-day … …
Continue readingThe Code Generation Dilemma
“That’s great, but what do you generate?” We hear this a lot at LANSA from prospects. Companies are scared to death to move to something which doesn’t generate C#, or PHP, or even RPG. Here’s the problem: they’re looking in the wrong direction. I’ve seen advertisements for ‘low-code’ development environments. One vendor even espoused that … …
Continue reading8 Principles of the Innovator’s Way
Evolving From the IT Cost Center to the IT Innovator (The original article appears in IBM System Magazine Power Systems) While attending a conference, I engaged with attendees of an IT management track session. The exchange quickly turned interesting when we discussed a few key questions that most of us responsible for IT systems should … …
Continue readingSeven pitfalls to avoid when you have to offer data exchange via FTP
(note: abbreviations are explained towards the bottom of this article) Most will agree that web services and EDIINT data exchanges are architecturally more elegant than FTP. However, when you have business partners that cannot handle those protocols, that ideological stand is not helpful and you simply may have to send and receive files via FTP. … …
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