The shortage of specialists available in the labor market, due to the age-old problem of Italian skill mismatch, or the lack of time or resources to devote to training should not be an obstacle to innovation and the possibility of truly simplifying workflows. The priority is to choose a cloud-based platform that enables the development of desired business applications in an easy way, even without the need to know how to code.
Digitalization | Growing demand for software and cloud market
It's a good season for software and IT services; a forecast by Forrester Research notes that there is worldwide growth in spending in the information technology and software sector.
Specifically, there is a +6 percent increase over the value that emerged in 2021 and will see the same pattern of increase for the year 2023, with a focus on cloud software, both multi-tenant software-as-as-service and single hosts; the cloud, in fact, continues to expand its market share with spending even projected to double by 2025.
The IT sector in Italy is also experiencing significant growth accelerated, evidently, by government support and funds put in place with the Pnrr.
University of Turin and Openwork, together to build the new professionalism of the Citizen Developer
University of Turin, Department of Management, with the collaboration of theAssociation of Technologies for Accounting and Accountability Aps and the company Openwork, recently signed an agreement aimed at the study, dissemination and application of emerging technologies for the growth and development of companies and professional firms from the perspective of accounting and accountability.
The focus of common interest, study, research, education and application on no-code technologies for software development without using programming languages; an emerging plus in digitalization for small, medium and large organizations that want to embark on a rapid digital transformation path.
An approach, the no-code approach, that enables the emergence of a new profession: the Citizen Developer. Individuals who are experts in business application domains but lack advanced IT skills can bring business applications to life and help organizations on digital transformation paths using centralized development environments and under the governance and control of the organization's IT.
The synergistic work between theUniversity of Turin and Openwork includes not only teaching, courses and research on no-code technologies applied to business processes, but also events, conferences, round tables and collaborations with national and international bodies.
A framework agreement that adds to the efforts already made in recent years by Openwork through collaborative projects with the Polytechnic University of Bari.
