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Announcement: Volt MX Unleashes Citizen Development

2. Mai 2023 Posted by Andrew Manby

I’m excited to announce that we’re expanding Volt MX, our multiexperience low-code platform, with proven citizen development capabilities. Already recognized by leading analysts for its outstanding low-code support for professional developers, Volt MX is now enabling citizen developers to build apps in minutes alongside IT on a single governed platform.

Unified Development Platform

Volt MX is the industry’s first platform to provide persona-specific, high-fidelity developer experiences – for both no-code and low-code – on a unified development platform with transparent pricing and no hidden costs.

Since business users are experts in their domain, we believe they should be equipped with their own, persona-specific tools to build their own solutions that solve business challenges.

Most solutions in the market today cater exclusively to either the citizen or the professional developer, resulting in poor adoption by citizen developers, and disjointed collaboration leading to additional cost and complexity for IT organizations to maintain.

Without introducing shadow IT, Volt MX makes it possible to:

  • Enable any organization to tackle their application development backlog and solve business problems at the speed their business demands.
  • Empower citizen developers with confidence, without compromising IT standards and best practices.
  • Upscale and enhance citizen-developed apps in minutes without rewrites.

What existing Volt MX customers can expect:

Starting today, Volt MX B2E customers and Volt MX Go customers with active subscriptions will see the HCL Leap download package available in the HCL Software License and Download Portal. Without delay, you’ll be able to deploy HCL Leap and allow citizen developers to start building apps. The Volt MX platform components now include:

  • Leap: IDE for citizen developers of all skillsets to create situational apps in a safe, governed environment using predefined IT resources in Volt Foundry.
  • Volt Iris: IDE for professional developers to create new applications and upscaling existing Leap apps.
  • Volt Foundry: Environment for professional developers to manage backend integration and workflow services for both professional and citizen development.

To learn more about the new Leap entitlement, please click here. Other Volt MX customers, including B2C customers interested in using Leap for external audiences, should contact their HCL sales representative here or business partner.

Get started with Volt MX today

Want to know more? Check out the following links:

  • Read more about the press announcement here
  • Learn more about Volt MX here
  • Contact sales here
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Why Low Code is Key to Digital Transformation

21. April 2023 Posted by Richard Jefts

Why Low Code is Key to Digital Transformation

Low code is revolutionizing the way organizations do business. We all hear, every day, how important speed is or how we need to be moving faster. Low code empowers companies to develop and deploy innovative solutions quickly and efficiently. This translates to faster time-to-market, improved agility, and increased customer satisfaction. Moreover, low-code platforms help bridge the gap between IT and business teams, fostering collaboration and streamlining workflows. This translates to more efficient and effective solutions that align much more closely with business objectives. We see this today with citizen applications being built by anyone at the organization first, after which IT can use what’s been started to build enterprise-grade, low-code applications.

Low-code platforms can be used to develop a wide range of solutions, from simple mobile apps to complex enterprise applications. They offer a range of benefits, including faster development times, reduced costs, improved collaboration, and more efficient workflows. It’s no wonder that they’ve become an increasingly popular choice for businesses looking to accelerate their digital transformation efforts.

According to Gartner, by 2024, low-code application development will be responsible for more than 65% of application development activity. In a survey conducted by Forrester, 23% of respondents said they have already implemented low-code platforms, while another 22% said they plan to do so in the next 12 months. The same Forrester survey found that organizations that use low-code platforms report a sixfold increase in speed of application development. This demonstrates the growing importance of low-code platforms in driving digital transformation across industries. I want to emphasize that 2024 is literally right around the corner.

Low-code platforms enable developers to build applications using a visual drag-and-drop interface, reducing the need for coding expertise and speeding up development times. By eliminating these complexities, low-code platforms empower developers and business users alike to create digital solutions without being hindered by technical limitations.

One of the key advantages of low-code platforms is their ability to improve agility and flexibility in software development. With traditional software development methods, updating a project requires significant effort and time: developers must modify the code, test the changes, and then deploy the updated software. In contrast, low-code platforms make it easier to adapt to changing requirements by enabling users to make changes to applications quickly and efficiently.

In addition to their speed and flexibility, low-code platforms can also help reduce costs by reducing the need for specialized developers and IT personnel. Because low-code platforms don’t require the specialized expertise that traditional software development demands, enterprises can draw on a wider pool of talent to create digital solutions. This can lead to significant cost savings, particularly for smaller businesses or organizations with limited IT resources. It also frees up the best of your IT talent to focus on higher-value initiatives.

Low-code platforms are not without challenges. As with any new technology, there may be concerns around security and data protection, particularly for enterprises that routinely handle sensitive data. It’s important for organizations to carefully evaluate the security and compliance capabilities of low-code platforms before adopting them. You need to work with proven vendors that have rock-solid solutions.

At HCLSoftware, we’re committed to empowering businesses by providing the tools they need to thrive in today’s competitive market. Our low-code platform offers a powerful yet user-friendly — and secure — environment enabling businesses to develop and deploy solutions quickly and efficiently, without the need for specialized coding skills. By leveraging our low-code platform, businesses can focus on delivering value to their customers, driving innovation, and achieving their digital transformation goals. All with speed!!

Our application development platforms provide more than 10 million applications to enterprises globally to keep their businesses running.

LEARN MORE ABOUT VOLT MX, OUR MULTIEXPERIENCE LOW-CODE PLATFORM

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The Future of App Development: Volt MX v9.5 Release

16. Januar 2023 Posted by Andrew Manby

Tomorrow, HCL Software will be releasing our two-part webinar covering the latest release of Volt MX. You can still pre-register here. There’s something for everyone in our development community in the new v9.5 release.

Get an intro to the powerful capabilities of our platform, or dive right into the latest features and demos. Choose your adventure with our two-part webinar that you can access anytime.

If you’re unfamiliar with Volt MX, it is an industry-leading multiexperience low code platform. We’ve helped organizations across industries build app solutions that solve customer and citizen engagement and employee experience challenges. Some examples include:

  • Powering citizen experience for over 2 million residents of a middle eastern country
  • Helping a top insurance company develop an app to support more than 3,000 agents
  • Partnering with a global consumer goods company to localize their app across 30 countries

Our success stories consistently show how Volt MX helps companies meet their customers where they live digitally and reduce complexity and time to deliver solutions. Volt MX v9.5 delivers the following capabilities.

Super and micro app development: The most notable feature of the new v9.5 release is the support for super and micro app development. Super apps are built as an ecosystem of micro apps that cover a range of uses. Through super apps, businesses create more value and “stickiness” for their end users by providing personalized, seamless, and engaging experiences — all in one, connected digital journey. IT teams also benefit from better use of development resources, less interdependency, and ease of maintenance of mini apps for themselves and working with third parties. HCL is the largest MX Low-code platform vendor to add support super app development.

>> Read our detailed blog post about why super apps matter to your business here.

Automate complex processes: Enhancements to Volt MX workflows enable users to build and automate complex processes easily and visually and support various complex use cases, such as parallel workflows, without constraints. Total workflow automation is supported without needing other business process software, delivering significant time savings for end users and development teams while reducing cost and complexity.

automate complex processes

Let’s see this in a real-world scenario. With Volt MX, a streamlined airline maintenance workflow can use parallel workflows to:

  • trigger multiple actions (i.e., send a notification and assign a task when a report is received)
  • assign tasks to multiple owners (both a janitor and plumber are notified)
  • close a report when all tasks in the parallel sections are complete

Fast and error-free deployment. Volt MX eliminates the need for manual app testing by using built-in automated test processes directly within the developer experience. Begin running automated tests at the start of the app lifecycle rather than at later stages of development. Developer benefits include:

  • Higher quality code, ensuring the best user experience for end users
  • Time and cost savings during the QA and testing process
  • Easier combination into CI/CD processes, preventing bad code from merging into the main code

Increase collaboration between development teams and business units. The Volt MX App Viewer allows development teams to generate previews of apps on mobile and tablet devices and collect feedback from business stakeholders before publishing. This results in faster prototyping, iterations, and deployment, eliminating the need to re-publish through app stores.

Developer teams can generate a code for anyone in the organization (e.g., business users, QA team) to review the app in the Viewer. Team members can leave comments within the app, which developer teams can view directly on Volt Iris IDE.

the future of app development

Additional release features and enhancements:

  • Containers: New deployment options include Kubernetes and Docker containers in AWS, Azure, GCP, and Red Hat OpenShift. Unlike our competitors, HCL offers you the freedom to choose the deployment that meets your needs for data privacy and security.
  • Accessibility support: Widget enhancements to support WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) compliance for Volt MX apps.
  • App rebranding: Enhancements to dynamically change the look of the app, including font and color updates
  • Home screen widgets: Support to add widgets to iOS home screen part of iOS 16
  • Support on the latest hardware and operating system releases:
    • Mobile: iOS 16 and Android 13
    • Windows: Volt Iris is supported on Windows 11
    • Apple: Support for Apple Monterey OS and M Series Macs

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