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“ OUR RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE TELLS US THAT BOTH METHODS HAVE IMMENSE VALUE IF IMPLEMENTED FOR THE RIGHT REASONS ”
JEFF DEVERTER
one dominating the other , our research and experience tells us that both methods have immense value if implemented for the right reasons .”
Strategic approaches The research revealed tech decision makers don ’ t plan to move strictly away from build towards buy , or vice versa , but rather there is a shift in strategically choosing when to build , and when to buy . For example , 72 % respondents prioritise building customised applications for customer-facing purposes , because it creates differentiation . With hiring and training skilled workers among the greatest business challenges today , it is
essential that valuable developer hours be used to build applications that customers will notice and that will eventually impact revenue . In fact , 67 % of those surveyed agreed that digital transformation and the need for differentiation is actually driving the need to build applications in-house .
Low-code / no-code solutions Organisations choosing to build will increase their adoption of these such solutions and will also continue the trend of ‘ working smarter ’, democratising application development and allowing organisations to leverage user-friendly build tools to bridge the gap in developer skill sets . 72 % of participants said their organisations use lowcode / no-code platforms for this purpose and a massive 86 % said they are satisfied , or even extremely satisfied with the low-code / no-code developments .
Increased adoption of SaaS in buying option SaaS products are rising in favour as they continue to become more robust in their capabilities , highly customisable and also
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