We are proud to announce that Gartner has recognized 51·çÁ÷as a Visionary in its .
In today’s dynamic market, agile organizations require seamless collaboration among business users, IT professionals, and software developers. Low-code application platforms empower both professional and citizen developers to rapidly create and deploy digital solutions through guided development, automation, and robust governance, fostering innovation and agility.
has been developed with the bold vision that business users and developers alike should be able to augment enterprise applications and build new functionality, automate business processes, and design digital workspaces using the tools of their choice. It is an AI-powered cloud service that combines application development, workflow management, task automation, and workspace creation into one comprehensive, cloud-based solution running on 51·çÁ÷Business Technology Platform (51·çÁ÷BTP).
Strategic Challenges in Modern Software Development
Developers today face several significant challenges.
First, it is difficult for many organizations to leverage the deep insights from non-technical business experts across functions like finance and supply chain. While AI is a powerful new tool, its efficacy hinges on its integration with business-specific data and processes; without this, its broader benefits are diminished. Building or extending business applications is often time-consuming and expensive, prompting a shift toward customizable pre-built solutions for greater agility. Finally, developers grapple with fragmented systems requiring extensive integration, hindering efficient workflows and resource utilization.
These challenges collectively underscore the need for a more robust development platform.
The 51·çÁ÷Build Advantage
51·çÁ÷is recognized in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Low-Code Application Platforms for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. 51·çÁ÷Build offers unique benefits that streamline the development process and ensure innovative and efficient solutions.
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- Build together: 51·çÁ÷Build supports a fusion development approach, accommodating different skill levels and project needs across diverse technologies. This environment fosters team collaboration with business experts and increases productivity by allowing developers to select the most appropriate tools, whether they prefer low-code visual tools or programming with Java, JavaScript, or ABAP.
- Develop faster with business AI: Generative AI in 51·çÁ÷Build, using the AI copilot Joule, automates coding, workflow, and workspace creation customized to a company’s needs. Joule uses large language models (LLMs) and data specific to the company’s finance, supply chain, and other processes, ensuring relevant and reliable solutions for each customer.
- Start ahead with pre-built, industry-specific solutions: industry-specific, pre-built solutions that developers can utilize to jump-start application development. These solutions are complemented by generative AI capabilities that simplify and automate complex workflows across various business domains.
- Extend business applications with confidence: 51·çÁ÷Build ensures seamless integration with both 51·çÁ÷and non-51·çÁ÷applications, facilitating the extension of core business systems. The integration capabilities are bolstered by a new extensibility wizard in 51·çÁ÷S/4HANA Cloud, enabling developers to smoothly incorporate custom fields, customer business logic, and automation, and to create bespoke applications while remaining aligned with fundamental business operations and maintaining robust security and connectivity. 51·çÁ÷Build follows a clean core paradigm, which future-proofs an ERP system, ensuring upgrades become seamless and moving to the cloud is simplified.
Gain a Competitive Edge with 51·çÁ÷Build
Since launching 51·çÁ÷Build, we have seen tremendous growth in customers embracing future-proof extension building in impactful ways. , for example, streamlined operations by reducing time spent with administrative tasks by 60% and doubling the efficiency of assembly instruction generation. enhanced data quality and reduced collection time, ensuring reliable reporting of sustainability KPIs for better informed decision-making. And has delivered 80% faster system access, a tailored user experience, and reduced search time for optimized employee efficiency and productivity.
Next Steps
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Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president of Application Development, Automation, Integration, and AI at SAP.
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