No-code Platforms Set To Accelerate Data, AI Adoption

Talk of low-code, no-code platforms have been making the rounds of late, with Goldman Sacks injecting USD90 million into low-code software maker WSO2, while data automation platform Cascade Labs last week raised USD5.3 million. And as observed in a Washington Post report this month, the rapid rise of low-code has allowed non-computer scientists to create digital applications that were previously the domain of computer science graduates, while simultaneously opening the door to deliver fast and meaningful impact to organizations. But what exactly is a low-code, and what implications does it have on building a vibrant data culture or developing data-centric and AI applications? At its heart, low-code is essentially a development environment for creating application software by leveraging scripting and a graphical user interface (GUI). The ability to visually configure applications significantly speeds development over traditional programming languages such as C or Python.