PodChats for FutureCIO: The future of custom applications

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For decades custom applications were the norm. It allowed organisations to create applications that were designed to the very minute requirements of the business. Of course, the downside is that these applications require more time to build, most likely more expensive to maintain, have questionable transparency practices being applied, and someday run the risk of the original developers no longer being around to maintain them.

With the growing popularity of citizen developers using low-code or no-code platforms, is there a value for custom applications?

Joining us today on PodChats for FutureCIO is Ankit Gupta, practice director at the Everest Group, to shed light on the future of custom applications.

1. Define for us what we mean by custom applications.

2. Custom application/coding has decades of practice, particularly during the heady days of mainframes and monoliths. How has it evolved during the era of SaaS and cloud computing?

3. To what extent do business leaders require IT to continue with custom development (to cater to the perceived uniqueness of business processes) vs using SaaS solutions?

4. How will standardising on SaaS impact the application team?

5. What will the adoption of low-code/no-code – the democratisation of programming – mean for the future of application development?

6. How do you see AI impacting application development?

7. Do we still need custom applications in 2024? What conditions?