Application Transformation at Work

IT organizations know they need to go mobile.  But historically, you’ve had limited options to support enterprise mobility. Option #1 is custom coding which is expensive with costs starting at $500,000. Plus, it can take up to a year to…

Breaking the Rules in BRMS Technology

As innovation in application development continues, Business Rules Engines have become the “go-to” solution in industries where applications rely on complex rules, policy or regulations: case management, complicated pricing structures, insu…

Four Myths of High-Productivity App Dev Debunked

David Norfolk of Bloor Research International discusses research that compares two high-productivity Platform as a Service (PaaS) development platforms: OutSystems Platform and Force.com from Salesforce.com (now re-branded as Salesforce1 Platform). In …

Is It Time to Drop Box?

So can the public cloud providers do it profitably at a price companies are willing to pay? Based on recent Box financials and an analysis by Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures, the answer would appear to be a resounding “no”. In addition to losing an astonishing $168 million on $124 million in revenue, Box does not seem to be performing well when compared to 40 publicly traded SaaS peers nine years after they were founded:

  • Box’s profitability in year 9 of its life is -136%. No other comparable company comes close with Rally in second place at -53%.
  • Box’s burn rate is twice as large as the next comparable firm and nearly 10x the average.
  • Box spends about 137% of their revenue on sales and marketing which is 3x the average across all other publicly traded SaaS companies.

Transporter Offers What IT Needs and Users Want.

You can download the full white paper of the Top 12 Key Advantages of Transporter over Box, but here are a few highlights:

  • Transporter is built on a financially sustainable architecture.
  • Transporter delivers the Dropbox experience users want.
  • Transporter offers complete data privacy.
  • Transporter has no recurring monthly fees.

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11 Usability Rules for IT

There are some usability principles all developers need to know in order to understand what makes an app great! To deliver Great Enterprise Applications, IT needs to deliver great User Experience (UX).

The goal of “UX for IT” is to:

  • Help you understand what UX is, and why it’s so important;
  • Give you the tools to create applications with great UX;
  • Show you how to determine when your app has reached great UX.

In short, OutSystems wants to spread the word about UX, so you and your IT department can build great enterprise apps today!

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