Low Down on Low-Code

In this episode of "Lowdown on Lowcode," hosts Rob Koplowitz and John Rymer delve into the evolving world of low-code platforms with special guest Jithin Bhasker, VP and General Manager of the low-code platform business at ServiceNow. Jithin shares insights into ServiceNow’s approach to low-code, their unique platform strategy, and how AI is integrated into its services to drive business transform...

Welcome to this week's episode of Low Down on Low-Code! 🚀 Join hosts Rob Koplowitz and John Rymer as they dive into an enlightening discussion with Paulo Rosado, CEO of OutSystems. This episode covers Paulo's early struggles in the tech industry, the birth of OutSystems, and the transformative power of low-code development. Listen in as Paulo shares his insights on reducing the cost of change, th...

Welcome to this week's episode of Lowdown on Lowcode! 🚀 Join your host, Rob Koplowitz, as he dives into the fascinating world of low code and digital process automation. In this episode, Rob is joined by industry veteran John Rymer and special guest Ed Jennings, CEO of QuickBase. Ed shares his journey in the tech industry, from his early days at Fujitsu to leading QuickBase through its impressive...

Welcome to this week's episode of Lowdown on Low-Code! 🚀 Join your host, John Rymer, as he dives into the fascinating world of low code and digital process automation. In this episode, John is joined Andy Bartels and Dave Marcus, from Analysis.tech, to discuss the latest trends and insights in low code technology. Andy and Dave share their journeys in the tech industry, discussing their experienc...

Business agility is a journey. In this episode of Low Down on Low-Code, Gustavo Gomez CEO and Founder of Bizagi joins Rob and John to discuss building a platform to enable continuous business improvement. Gustavo takes us through a fascinating history that started with building custom ERP systems for Apple in Colombia through Bizagi's current work on harnessing AI in low-code and DPA.  Takeaways: ...

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code, Dave Marcus and Rob Koplowitz are joined by Don Schuerman of Pegasystems . Don joins right on the heels of PegaWorld Inspire '24 and covers a wide range of topics from the 2024 World Champion Boston Celtics, to how his early days in stand-up comedy helped his career and then deep dives into Pega's AI strategy with particular emphasis on Pega Blueprint. At Analy...

At Analysis.tech we've been exploring low-code's role in driving business optimization. In this week's Low Down on Low-Code we dive into the role of the empowered business user in driving change, And, not all roads lead to the citizen developer. Rob and John dive into a real world case study of an optimization champion driving process effectiveness in marketing, featuring Sarah Koplowitz! 

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code, John Rymer and Andy Bartels welcome Clay Richardson, CEO and Founder of Digital FastForward and co-inventor of the term "Low-Code". They discuss how to accelerate time to value and effectiveness in addition to efficiency. 

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code Rob and Ryan are joined by author Phil Simon. Phil has written extensively on empowering the enterprise user with technology and takes a deep dive into his latest two books, Low-Code/No-Code: Citizen Developers and the Surprising Future of Business Applications and The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace. 

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code podcast, Rob and John welcome Francis Carden (many know him as the Godfather of RPA). Francis was the founder of OpenSpan, an RPA pioneer, which he sold to Pega in 2016. He currently runs Automation Den and brings a deep and insightful perspective as he weaves us through 4GL's to RPA to his current passion, low-code. Francis helps us to understand low-code not a...

In EP14 of Low Down on Low-Code Dave Marcus and Rob are joined by Rudy Kuhn, Lead Transformation Evangelist with Celonis. Rudy dives into the history of process mining and provides great insights into the critical role it plays in driving low-code initiatives. Rudy's history and perspective in this topic are legendary and we're so excited to have him on. 

In EP13 of Low Down on Low-Code, Rob and Ryan welcome Dave Marcus for a conversation on RPA in the enterprise. Dave brings unique insights to RPA, DPA and low-code through his history with Microsoft, K2 and most recently UiPath. The discussion hits on where and when to use RPA versus other tools and where the vendors will go with regard to integrating and extending offerings to create the most com...

In EP12 of Low Down on Low-Code Ryan and Rob welcome Jakob Freund, CEO and co-founder of Camunda. Jakob, Ryan and Rob dive into the critical need for orchestration in driving an enterprise automation strategy and a host of other topics. Jakob brings a unique and deeply knowledgable perspective, not only on process automation and orchestration, but on the automation imperative most organizations cu...

In EP11 Rob Koplowitz and John Rymer are joined by an old friend, Kramer Reeves of Work-Relay. Kramer has an amazing history and perspective on low-code and DPA going back to IBM's entry into the space with WebSphere Process Server, Lombardi, FileNet, iLog and Lotus Notes. Three years ago Kramer joined Work-Relay (later acquired by Neostella) as CEO and has lead them through a journey disrupting t...

In EP10 of Low Down on Low-Code Ryan and Rob welcome Chris Obdam, CEO and co-founder of Betty Blocks. In a lively conversation, the trio discuss low versus no code (is it just marketing speak?), the role of the business user and using low-code for mission-critical applications as well as back-office efficiency. 

Ryan and Rob discuss the broad low-code and DPA landscape ranging from collaborative work management to low-code, DPA as well as the role of process mining, modeling and documentation. 

On EP8 of Low Down on Low-Code Ryan Duguid and John Rymer welcome Nick Ford, Chief Growth Office of Mendix. Nick candidly discusses Mendix’s ideal fit in the market, the future of citizen development and how Mendix plans to leverage AI to make development easier and applications more effective. Nick also shares ChatGPT’s response to “will AI development kill low-code?” Hint: Nope

On this week’s episode of Low Down on Low-Code we begin to focus on important vendor’s in the space. We begin with Malcolm Ross, Senior Vice President of Strategy for Appian. Malcolm has a long and fascinating history in low-code and DPA and brings great perspective and insights. He discusses Appian’s role in helping to define the current low-code market, where Appear thrives and drives the most v...

The Low-Code and DPA markets are growing rapidly. Market dynamics are also changing as behemoth vendors target this increasingly critical segment. In this episode Andy Bartels of Analysis.tech discusses our approach to market sizing as well as strategies for vendors to differentiate, grow and add value to clients in new and powerful ways.  After this episode, Low Down on Low-Code will shift gears...

If you've ever found an application an absolute pleasure to use there's a pretty good chance it was designed using Figma products. In this episode of Low-Down on Low Code we welcome Figma's Head of Insights, Andrew Hogan. Andrew, Ryan Duguid and I discuss how to create great user experiences at low-code scale even with an increasing number of business developers/ designers. The challenge: If a low...

In today's episode, host Ryan Duguid who had the "pleasure" of responding to many, many MQs and Waves from the vendor side turns the tables and grills Merv and co-host Rob Koplowitz (author of approximately 30 Waves in his time at Forrester). The episode covers the ins and outs of how these pieces of evaluative research are produced and how you should use them in evaluating low-code and DPA vendor...

As low-code development takes hold, many organizations struggle with finding this new breed of developer. This new role is different than that of a traditional developer and requires new skills. In this episode we speak with Jessica D'Oliveira, author the newsletter Highering Low-Code about how find and train these critical new resources. 

In this episode we welcome Burley Kawasaki. Burley has a long and deep history in low-code platforms, cutting his teeth on BizTalk Server at Microsoft, he was EVP of Product at Kony and chief product officer at K2 (acquired by Nintex). Burley has spent the last few years focused on low-code adoption and acceleration, culminating in his book The No-Code Playbook (available on Amazon and elsewhere)...

Low-code is not new, but it has now matured to the point where IT needs to begin to make it part of an overall enterprise development strategy. In this episode, we interview John Rymer, former Forrester analyst and inventor of the term "low-code". John discusses the drivers for his investment in low-code research, the origins of the current push toward low-code development, and some of the sea cha...