The business benefits of using a low-code development platform are many and varied, from faster development times to an increased involvement of business stakeholders in the development process – meaning a better alignment between desired outcomes and the emerging software.

In this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast, we talk about low-code, and focus on the insurance sector, detailing where and how insurers get maximum value from enterprise apps that are fast to emerge and quickly iterated on.

With increasing governance and statutory guidelines for the financial industry, low-code can help bring data policy in line with legislation, too, plus create a data fabric that’s fit for the future.

It turns out that many of the pre-requisites of an effective low-code environment are the same as those needed for a meaningful implementation of AI. With Luke Thomas (Area Vice President – Asia Pacific and Japan, Appian) and Dean McIntosh (Enterprise Account Executive – Insurance), we chat about AI’s use in low-code and in the wider enterprise, too.

Appian’s website:
https://appian.com

Appian’s solutions specifically for Insurers:
https://appian.com/industries/insurance/overview

Luke Thomas on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeathomas/

Dean McIntosh on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-mcintosh-921b8815/

Host, Joe Green on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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The Zoom platform is synonymous with video calling, but it has evolved significantly since it became a household word from 2019. In this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast, we explore its UCaaS (unified communications as a service), including Zoom Phone. Nathan Guy, Head of UCaaS APAC at Zoom, sheds light on how Zoom’s UCaaS streamlines communication, mobilizes teams, and ensures business continuity. We also discuss Zoom Phone, a tool seamlessly transitioning calls across devices and enabling chat and video meetings from anywhere.

Joined by Anthony Feher, Engineering Team Lead at IRESS, whose company adopted Zoom in pre-COVID days, we explore how IRESS continues to integrate more and more functionality from the Zoom UCaaS platform.

We talk about how IRESS’s customer support and telephony functions have been transformed, creating huge improvements in both customer and employee experiences. Zoom’s technical and consultative abilities are helping this producer of fintech software to bring together remote desktop, Jira integration, telephony, meetings and messaging, ensuring IRESS stays at the cutting edge of what’s possible with UCaaS.

Zoom consolidates phone, team chat, whiteboard, meetings, and third-party integrations, streamlining your user experience and saving time and money. Unlock cost savings, enhance productivity, and optimize your communications, regardless of location or method.

While Zoom is a household name, the extent of its offerings for organizations on digital transformation journeys might surprise you. Join us to explore how Zoom’s familiar interface elevates communication and collaboration to new heights.

Learn about Zoom’s UCaaS platform here:
https://www.zoom.com/en/products/collaboration-tools/features/unified-communications/

And Zoom Phone:
https://www.zoom.com/en/products/voip-phone/

Subscribe to Zoom’s YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@Zoom

IRESS’s software solutions:
https://www.iress.com/

Anthony Feher from IRESS:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-feher-040a7533/

Nathan Guy from Zoom on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-guy-4717a58/

TMB Host, Joe Green on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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Software not only has to work as it was designed, it has to be designed so it works as users want it to. User acceptance testing is that critical part of software development that ensures a solution (or an update or addition to an application) becomes a powerful tool for the end-users: functional, easy-to-use, and (hopefully) bug-free.

Our guests today on the Tech Means Business podcast are Original Software, a company that makes market-leading software testing solutions, and NFI, a supplier that specializes in providing powerful software to logistics organizations worldwide.

With Jenny Wilson, VP of Automation Support at NFI, and Colin Armitage, CEO of Original Software, we talk about automation, building test libraries, picking the right user testers, and some of the intricacies of UAT – user acceptance testing.

Although the presence of cloud computing platforms suggests that user testing is somehow standardized, the truth is that uses of any piece of software are so different, every change, every feature, and every application needs to be tested in the right way by the right people – and at a resource cost that won’t alarm the Finance Department.

You can find out more about Original Software’s test suites here:
https://originalsoftware.com/

NFI, suppliers of technology to supply chain and logistics companies, is here:
https://www.nfiindustries.com/

Colin Armitage is on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinarmitage/

Jenny Wilson:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-wilson-25842a173/

And Joe Green (v2.13rc4) is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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Getting hands-on with some of the most practical and impactful technology available today is what’s on offer from BMC Software’s “BMC Connect Singapore” event, November 2nd 2023.

Ahead of the event, we discuss with Brenton Smith and Gunal Kannan from BMC what’s on the agenda, who the event’s designed for, and what attendees might learn and experience.

The challenge facing many organisations in the APAC isn’t the understanding of or realisation of the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence; rather, it’s how the technology can be put into effect to give the best business outcomes. It’s here that a company like BMC helps.

With use-case examples, keynote and inspirational speakers, workshops and demonstrations, join BMC, its customers and prospects, for a day exploring the possibilities that machine learning offers business operations.

Gunal Kannan is from the technical side of the tracks, while Brenton is more business-oriented. Together, in conversation with our host, Joe Green, we go through both the detail of the event (and others on the company’s ‘world tour’) and discuss many of the issues surrounding the emerging technology of AI in the workplace.

REGISTER HERE

Learn more about BMC Connect, Singapore, November 2nd, 2023:
https://bmcconnect.bmc.com/connectsingapore/

Worldwide events where you can pick the team’s brains:
https://www.bmc.com/events.html

Brenton Smith, VP Software, Asia Pacific and Japan’s LinkedIn profile is here:
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/smithbrenton

Gunal Kannan, Associate VP, Technology Strategy and Advocacy’s page is here:
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/gunalkanna

Joe Green is here:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen

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Robotics and automated systems are no strangers to industry, especially in areas like engineering, manufacturing and logistics. Yet investing in automated systems at any scale seems daunting, potentially very disruptive, and hugely costly.

Not so, says our guest on this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast. Neil Mead, Head of Regional Marketing for EMEA & LATAM at KUKA joins us to talk about how automated systems and hardware can be deployed in many facilities without all those risks.

Thanks to a number of factors (digital twins, VR models, piecemeal integration and security consciousness), companies can and are installing robots and automated machines at small and large scales. Return on investment is pretty quick, and digital twins of new systems or entire operations help stakeholder buy-in and change management alike.

KUKA celebrates 125 years in industry this year, from its small beginnings as a welding workshop to the global automation giant it is today.

Read more about KUKA here:

iiQKA software is here (“IQ-kah”):

Connect with Neil Mead of KUKA here:

Joe Green, your all-digital host is here:

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With the pressure on teams of developers to iterate quickly and bring projects to production status, low-code frameworks can be the difference between success and failure.

In this episode of Tech Means Business, we talk to Richard Davies, Director, Strategic Customers (APAC) of OutSystems, about how dev teams in the region can use low-code to produce secure and governance-compliant code that’s up and running faster than using traditional tooling.

We cover different use cases for low-code, too, like updating legacy code, recreating more scalable extant applications, and creating scalability in what might be seemingly immovable, business-critical systems.

If your organization is looking at low-code, there are ways to test the water, like day-long jump start sessions, plus multiple online resources to absorb information and see what’s possible.

Get started with OutSystems in the cloud or on-premise, beginning here:
https://www.outsystems.com/

Jump start sessions for mixed teams of developers and stakeholders here:
https://www.outsystems.com/events/jump-start/

Other resources, media, and reading:
https://www.outsystems.com/learn/

Richard Davies is on LinkedIn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richdavies1/

Joe “Hello World” Green is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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