LAS VEGAS, NV β Nov. 15, 2022 β (NYSE: ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄) announced at the ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ TechEd conference the launch of a powerful new offering to drive the next wave of business transformation by unleashing the expertise of those who know best β business users.
Drawing on the unique depth and breadth of the ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Business Technology Platform (BTP), ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build is a low-code solution that puts ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs world-class enterprise technology in the hands of business users, giving them direct, secure access to the end-to-end processes, data, and context they need to make smarter decisions and drive innovation quickly. The offering empowers business users with minimal technical expertise to create and augment enterprise applications, automate processes, and design business sites with drag-and-drop simplicity.
βΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build brings together the worldβs most powerful business applications with a platform thatβs been designed to rapidly unleash business usersβ expertise,β said Juergen Mueller, member of the Executive Board and Chief Technology Officer of ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄. βIn a volatile business landscape, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build and the full suite of innovations weβre launching today β from our new partnership with Coursera to enhancements across our enterprise portfolio β help customers future-proof their business and extract maximum value from their technology investments.β
With ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build, business users have the full power of ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ BTP and business application data from ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ at their fingertips. Users can easily integrate systems; intelligently monitor, analyze, and automate processes; and build applications for the last mile of innovation β all without moving their data into an external system. With ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Signavio solutions natively integrated, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build users also get in-depth visibility into all their processes, so they know where to focus to achieve the greatest impact as they innovate and automate. More than 275,000Β process reference points from 4,000 customers, as well as 1,300 use-case specific workflows andΒ automations, let users instantly tap into the full spectrum of business expertise built into ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs technology.Β ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build also works with non-ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ systems. And the new ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Builders program helps users ramp up quickly and connect with their peers via hands-on sessions and forums for sharing best practices.
βGiven that the demand for contemporary digital solutions is greater than the ability of professional developers to supply them, IDC envisions that business professionals will become increasingly involved in initiatives to create digital solutions to solve pressing business problems,β said Arnal Dayaratna, Research Vice President, Software Development, IDC. βWorldwide, IDC expects more than 100 million business professionals will become involved in the production of digital solutions over the next ten years. ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Buildβs low-code development solutions empower business users to harness their domain expertise to rapidly build and iterate on digital solutions at scale.β
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build is already demonstrating impact. βThanks to ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build we easily built a better experience for our customers while dramatically reducing our development costs by 90%,β said Spencer Cook, XM Advocates Lead at , a leading experience-management company. βI was able to quickly build the application to enhance our customer reference program which is going to catapult customer satisfaction.β
As every company becomes a technology company, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ also recognizes the increasing premium put on the skills and insights only professional developers can deliver. ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ is committed to upskilling two million developers worldwide by 2025 by tripling free learning offerings on the , partnering with world-class learning platform provider Coursera Inc. to help people launch careers within the ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ ecosystem, and empowering underserved audiences in technology.
βIβm happy to announce that today ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ is launching an entry-level professional certificate on Coursera. This certificate is designed for learners of all backgrounds, with no college degree or industry experience required,β said Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera Inc. βIt will prepare learners for entry-level job roles and in some of the most in-demand fields. Weβre honored to partner with ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ to increase access to job-related skills and to expand economic opportunity for everyone.β
These announcements come amid a host of innovations announced at ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ TechEd to help ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ customers and partners continue driving the transformations they need to stay successful. From an all-new native Web entry point for business apps, which increases productivity in the cloud and out of the box, to innovations across intelligent ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ applications, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Digital Supply Chain solutions and ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ solutions for sustainabilityβ at ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ TechEd 2022 weβre unleashing the power of business. Read more in our news guide .
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ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customersβ businesses into intelligent enterprises. ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want β without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ helps the world run better and improve peopleβs lives. For more information, visit .
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