Enterprises are constantly seeking to raise speed and agility through software. This requires IT to address complex business requirements with an eye for customer experience and mobility. Until now, these builds meant long and expensive development cycles, on-site maintenance and updates. In short, these builds lack the flexibility required for today’s business environment. Not anymore. With the advent of low-code platforms, the time, skills, and resources required for building custom applications that meet complex business requirements have been dramatically reduced.

1. Shrinking the Custom Application Development
Cycle with Low-Code Platforms
Wednesday,19 October 1PM EST

2. Traditional app. development challenges
Highly centralized Responding to
market demands
Slow to develop Multitude of
technologies

3. Managing IT infrastructure not easy
Infrastructure
Setup
Server
Maintenance
Security Scalability

4. While information expected on the go
Mobility Fragmented
device landscape
Tech-savvy
users
Real-time
information

5. Business users left waiting
Leading to rising demands on IT
Running enterprise applications Scarce and costly resources
Consumerization of ITNew application backlog

6. Solving Business User Challenge
Go back to IT DIY
Wait in line e.g. Access, Excel

7. DIY: Stopgap approaches
Local sharing
of data
Cloud-based
sharing of data

8. DIY have their limitations
No single
point of truth
Difficult to
administer
Challenging
to collaborate
Tough to
integrate

9. Cloud-based sharing can be complex
Access
Controls
Security
Challenges
Managing
User Base
Spiraling
Data Volume

10. Align scarce skilled IT resources on mission critical apps
Quickly build solutions through increased collaboration with business
Improve speed of delivery & cost of app development & maintenance
Why should you consider a low-code platform?

11. Equal
Partnership
otherwise it
will be
Shadow IT
Going mainstream with low-code
Governance
Low-code
Developers
Professional
Developers
Citizen
Developers

12. Scenarios
Managing Shareholder
Communications
Coordinating Store
Tasks Nationwide
Organization M&A Player Large retailer
Need Tracking communications Assigning tasks to 100s of
stores nationwide
Previous Solution Excel spreadsheets to track
shareholder actions
Excel spreadsheets used to
send task lists
Low-Code Solution Real-time workflow
application
Global task manager
application
Result Visibility, efficiency, in real-
time
Visibility, efficiency,
transparency

13. About Marlabs
Marlabs, Inc.
One Corporate Place South
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Voice 732.694.1000
Fax 732.465.1000
sales@marlabs.com
Marlabs provides innovative technology services that improve operational efficiency and help customers gain
competitive advantage. As a trusted partner, Marlabs has consistently delivered winning results for clients,
which has led to exponential growth and multiple accolades. The company has been repeatedly recognized by
Deloitte & Touche in their Fast 50 and Fast 500 programs. After being named to the prestigious Inc. 500 list for
five consecutive years, Marlabs was the sole inductee into the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame in 2006. Marlabs has
been featured as one of the “best places to work in NJ” among large firms. For more information, visit
www.marlabs.com.
Thank You!

14. • Help customers align & unify their IT & Business
• 12 years in Tech – FinTech, CMS, & Low-code
• Worked @ Stock-Trak, Percussion, Acquia, & Intuit
• Engineering, Professional Services, Product Management
Ankit Shah

15. “By 2020, 60% of all fast-mode
application delivery projects will be done
outside of formal IT teams.”

16. QuickBase Digital Transformation Survey in Feb-Mar 2016 captured the sentiments of 301 senior IT & Ops professionals about digital transformation within their
org
Digital Transformation Survey

17. (F) = Forrester forecast Note: The figure for 2015 is estimated.
Sources: 1. Forrester’s Q4 2015 Global Low-Code Platforms Vendor Landscape
Online Survey.
$1.73
$2.55
$3.88
$6.13
$10.30
$15.45
2015 2016 (F) 2017 (F) 2018 (F) 2019 (F) 2020 (F)
Low-code platforms forecast,
2015-2020
(US$ billions)1
Low-code market

18. IT Busines
s
Identify Pain
Define
Governanc
e
Design App
Develop
App
Test App
Drive App
Adoption
Verify App
Standards
Iterate App
Gather
Requirements
Publish
App
Identify Pain
Manage App
Drive App
Adoption
Verify App
Standards
Iterate App
Gather
Requirements
Publish
App
Define
Governance
Design App
Manage App
Develop App Test App
High Control App Development
High Productivity App Development
Low-code application development

19. Tier 1 Apps: “Run the Business"
Tier 3+ Apps: “Get Work Done”
Tier 2 Apps: “Delight the Customer”
Tiers of applications
Mission Critical/ Pro Developer/ $$$
1
Semi-Mission Critical/Low-code developer/ $$
2
Revenue Independent/ LOB developer/ $
3

20. Spectrum of Developers
No-code LoB Developer
(Citizen Developer)
Closest to Business
Basic to Advanced Spreadsheet
(eg. macros)
Low-code Developer
(BU IT or Central IT)
Closer to Business
Web Scripting
Back-end Scripting
(Javascript, Node JS, Ruby, etc.)
Pro-developer
(Central IT)
Farthest from Business
Object-oriented frameworks
Compiled languages
(C#, Java, .NET, etc.)

21. A low-code application development platform that unifies IT &
Business to quickly & easily build, iterate, and maintain business
productivity applications with right-sized governance & control
Right-sized
Governance
Low-code
Ease & Speed
User Productivity
& Insights
Integration
& Automation
Enterprise-class
Scale & Performance
QuickBase Overview

22. 500,000+
USERS
5.6M
APPS CREATED
6,000+
ORGANIZATIONS
20 apps
ACTIVE PER CUSTOMER
QuickBase delivers tremendous value for the money. We estimate that our
cost savings are in the $100,000-200,000 range.”
ERIK JONTE
Technical Program Manager
QuickBase has increased productivity and capacity in the individual service
lines substantially—due to visibility, collaboration and customizability.
FILIPPO PASSERINI
President, Global Business Services
I have invested in platforms that allow me to go from idea to live in just days.
QuickBase is a master at that.
FRANCOIS TRICOT
CIO
More than half the Fortune 100 use QuickBase

23. Collaboration models using low-code platforms
Business-Led
No-code LoB
Developer
Low-code,
Developer
Build, deploy,
maintain
Provide best
practices
Hybrid
No-code LoB
Developer
Low-code
Developer
&
Work together to prototype, build,
deploy and maintain
IT-Led
Low-code
Developer
No-code LoB
Developer
Build & deploy Maintain

24. “QuickBase has removed
technology as an
obstacle to moving our
business forward.”
MICHAEL WACHT
Vice President of Operations

25. BRUCE SQUIBB
Senior Director of Program
Development
“We don’t have to interrupt our
IT department to build an
application. We just need a
good idea, collaboration from
the end users and some
productive quiet time.”

26. “Our ability to develop and
customize apps quickly makes
it easier for our users to do
their jobs, which ultimately
leads to higher quality service
for our customers.”
JOE LICHTEFELD
Vice President of Application
Delivery

27. $612K Total reduction in
developer costs
96% Reduction in cost to
update an app
The average
reduction in time
to develop an app
-8WEEKS
QuickBase by the Numbers Summary of Benefits
ROI
260%
PAYBACK
6months
Total Economic Impact of QuickBase

28. • Align scarce skilled IT resources on mission-critical apps
• Leverage existing business resources that are closest to the problem
• Create a culture of citizen development with a governance framework
• Deliver solutions to your customers at increasing speed & cost
• Reimagine your digital strategy with a low-code development platform
Key Takeaways

29. Thank You!

30. Shrinking
Custom App
Development
Through low-code
platforms
• Solving business problems
• Quick prototyping
• Building tier 2 and 3 applications
• Increased collaboration between IT & Business
• Raising speed of Dev at lower TCO

31. RESULT: equal partners working together
IT Business
= Value
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