PRESS RELEASE: The Netherlands - 21st March, 2018 - Betty Blocks, the leading no-code high productivity aPaaS is excited to announce that John Rymer, Vice President and Principal Analyst for Forrester research, will be featured as the keynote speaker at the world’s first ever no-code event, Betty Blocks On Stage, on April 20th.As Principal Analyst at Forrester, Rymer applies his 20 years of experience as an industry analyst to focus on Application Development and Delivery (AD&D). He is the lead analyst on Forrester’s application development strategy, sourcing, and structure playbook, and also specializes in Forrester’s coverage of cloud platforms. Rymer is a leading authority on the enterprise strategies of IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle, and is an outspoken supporter of the integration of business innovation with IT.
Business innovation is impossible without software or developers, but there are simply not enough skilled coders to go around. Rymer sees low- and no-code platforms as a way to address this shortage by opening the door to become an AD&D professional to a wider audience--one that has some technical ability, but whose real strength is solving business problems. These citizen developers, and their evolving role in both business and IT over the next two years, will be the focus of Rymer’s talk.
In addition to Rymer’s keynote speech, Betty Blocks on Stage will feature a number of workshops designed with different types of citizen developers in mind:
Innovation Street
This workshop is specifically designed for companies that have already started their digital transformation, but want to learn more about combining the powers of business and IT to innovate faster.
Digital Experience (Design Thinking)
This workshop will show you how to use a design thinking strategy to develop solutions for, and with, the customer at the center.
UI Builder
The user interface has the power to make or break your app’s success. This workshop will show you how to rapidly drag and drop any web page into existence with the WYSIWYG editor.
Web Services
Learn from real-life examples how to most effectively integrate tools or apps with different web services in this workshop.
Betty Blocks for Beginner or Advanced Users
Ready to take your Betty Blocks skills to the next level? In this workshop, you can ask questions directly to the experts, and either build your own app or follow an assignment.
To attend one of these workshops and hear more about the future of citizen developers and no-code, register to join Betty Blocks and John Rymer on April 20th for Betty Blocks on Stage.
About Betty Blocks
Betty Blocks is the leading no-code high-productivity aPaaS provider in the world. As the only truly no-code platform based in the cloud, Betty Blocks enables you to build complex, enterprise-grade applications efficiently and effectively. Winner of the Holland Business Award and recognized as a leader in the Netherlands tech scene by G2 Crowd, Betty Blocks is validating its platform in the areas of security and customer satisfaction. As rapid as Betty Blocks makes application development, they are rapidly expanding internationally. They currently have offices in the Netherlands, Germany, US, UK, Japan and South Africa.
