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   <p class="inline">All of the major technical industry analysts (Forrester, Gartner, Ovum, and IDC) have reported on low-code for a number of years – following Forrester naming it “low-code” in 2014. Those reports have at times identified up to fifty providers of low-code environments over the past decade. Some of those providers have faded, while three have emerged as the leading providers of very broad low-code solutions</p><p class="highlighted inline mw-collapsible-content"> (A broad solution is one able to interface to many other types of components (both legacy or written in other programming languages), runs on several platforms, is able to produce apps of all types.)</p><p class="inline"> : Mendix (now a part of Siemens), Microsoft (with PowerApps), and OutSystems. The Forrester Wave from March 2019 is shown in Figure 1, while the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant is shown in Figure 2.
 
   <p class="inline">All of the major technical industry analysts (Forrester, Gartner, Ovum, and IDC) have reported on low-code for a number of years – following Forrester naming it “low-code” in 2014. Those reports have at times identified up to fifty providers of low-code environments over the past decade. Some of those providers have faded, while three have emerged as the leading providers of very broad low-code solutions</p><p class="highlighted inline mw-collapsible-content"> (A broad solution is one able to interface to many other types of components (both legacy or written in other programming languages), runs on several platforms, is able to produce apps of all types.)</p><p class="inline"> : Mendix (now a part of Siemens), Microsoft (with PowerApps), and OutSystems. The Forrester Wave from March 2019 is shown in Figure 1, while the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant is shown in Figure 2.
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              <p class="source">Figure 1 The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for AD&D Professionals, Q1 2019. Used without permission.</p>
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        <p class="source">Figure 1 The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for AD&D Professionals, Q1 2019. Used without permission.</p>
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                  <td>Figure 1. Hype Cycle Report for UAVs and Mobile Robots, 2018</td>
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            <td>Challengers</td>
                  <td>Figure 1. Rapport Hype Cycle pour les drones et les robots mobiles, 2018</td>
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            <td>Stronger current offering</td>
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            <td>Weaker current offering</td>
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            <td>Weaker strategy</td>
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            <td>Stratégie plus faible</td>
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            <td>Stronger strategy</td>
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            <td>Market presence</td>
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            <td>OutSystems</td>
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            <td>OutSystems</td>
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            <td>Mendix</td>
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            <td>Kony</td>
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            <td>Kony</td>
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            <td>Microsoft</td>
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            <td>Microsoft</td>
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            <td>Salesforce</td>
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            <td>ServiceNow</td>
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            <td>Progress Software</td>
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            <td>Progress Software</td>
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            <td>WaveMaker</td>
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            <td>Thinkwise</td>
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            <td>Clear Software</td>
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   <p>Among other requirements, the systems featured in the Forrester Wave were chosen because they each:
 
   <p>Among other requirements, the systems featured in the Forrester Wave were chosen because they each:
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   <p>Websites of the low-code tool leaders typically provide reference customers, and these include numerous prominent banks, insurance companies, airlines, government departments, and the US Army – though in most cases no details are given about the precise application domain. Most of the analysts’ reports, as well as self-reporting by OutSystems and Mendix, indicate that 88% of companies are adopting low-code, while 74% of those companies are integrating the business side into low-code development, thereby directly involving the clients who dictate the requirements .</p>
 
   <p>Websites of the low-code tool leaders typically provide reference customers, and these include numerous prominent banks, insurance companies, airlines, government departments, and the US Army – though in most cases no details are given about the precise application domain. Most of the analysts’ reports, as well as self-reporting by OutSystems and Mendix, indicate that 88% of companies are adopting low-code, while 74% of those companies are integrating the business side into low-code development, thereby directly involving the clients who dictate the requirements .</p>
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        <p class="source">Figure 1 The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for AD&D Professionals, Q1 2019. Used without permission.</p>
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            <td>Kony</td>
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            <td>ServiceNow</td>
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            <td>GeneXus</td>
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            <td>GeneXus</td>
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            <td>WaveMaker</td>
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            <td>WaveMaker</td>
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   <h2>Canadian Government Use</h2>
 
   <h2>Canadian Government Use</h2>
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   <p>Analyst group IDG and OutSystems have specifically explored OutSystems for digital government, basing their evaluation on the goals shown in Figure 3, though the conclusions are valid for all low-code systems. In particular, low-code can simultaneously increase quality while decreasing service delivery costs.</p>
 
   <p>Analyst group IDG and OutSystems have specifically explored OutSystems for digital government, basing their evaluation on the goals shown in Figure 3, though the conclusions are valid for all low-code systems. In particular, low-code can simultaneously increase quality while decreasing service delivery costs.</p>
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        <p class="source">Figure 3 Top Goals with Respect to the Digital Experience Provided for Citizens. Used without permission from: Improving Digital Experience for End Users in the Public Sector, IDG Research Services, December 2018.</p>
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            <td>Progress Software</td>
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            <td>WaveMaker</td>
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            <td>WaveMaker</td>
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   <p class="expand mw-collapsible-content">It is worth noting that achieving these goals (likely via low-code) fits into the higher levels of Gartner's Digital Government Maturity Model (such as Level 4 and Level 5).</p>
 
   <p class="expand mw-collapsible-content">It is worth noting that achieving these goals (likely via low-code) fits into the higher levels of Gartner's Digital Government Maturity Model (such as Level 4 and Level 5).</p>