The low-code 'tipping point' is here

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Half of business technologists now produce capabilities for users beyond their own department or enterprise. That's the top finding in a new report from Gartner, which cites "a dramatic growth" in digitalization opportunities and lower barriers to entry, including low-code tools and AI-assisted development, as the core factors enabling this democratization beyond IT professionals. What's more, Gartner reports that 77% of business technologists -- defined as employees who report outside of IT departments and create technology or analytics capabilities -- routinely use a combination of automation, integration, application development, or data science and AI tools in their daily work. "This trend has been unfolding for many years, but we're now seeing a tipping point in which technology management has become a business competency," Raf Gelders, research vice president at Gartner, told VentureBeat.