1、 December 2023,IDC#US51431023 White Paper Extending Core Enterprise Systems with Low-Code Application Development Platforms Sponsored by:SAP Michele Rosen December 2023 IDC OPINION It has been 12 years since Marc Andreessen declared that software was eating the world,and theres no sign of it letting

2、 up.IDC projects that 750 million apps will be created globally by 2025(see 750 Million New Logical Applications:More Background,IDC#US48441921,December 2021).The shift to a digital-first world is driving much of this development,with organizations seeking to improve and streamline digital experienc

3、es for customers,partners,and employees,drive internal efficiencies,grow revenue,and innovate for competitive advantage and long-term success.The increasingly urgent demands for new and updated software puts pressure on IT leaders to increase their teams productivity to keep pace with rapidly evolvi

4、ng technology and business conditions.One reason for the proliferation of software is that every organization has unique characteristics and processes that require bespoke digital solutions.As a result,IT leaders have traditionally been forced to choose between tailoring packaged applications with c

5、ustom code or writing applications from scratch.These customizations have often been tightly integrated with core systems to enable the required functionality,making them difficult to update or replace and thereby creating significant technical debt and obstacles to coping with the accelerating pace

6、 of change.During the past few years,organizations have increasingly sought to address these challenges by adopting low-code application development platforms.These platforms provide an accelerated approach to development by facilitating composable development the assembly of prebuilt components to