December 2021CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM 19Laura Pratt, Application Developer, Crowd Machine. Though the platform is capable of building an entire enterprise application from the ground up, providing all the necessary components in a secure and scalable environment to meet all the business objectives, it also enables Crowd Machine developers to add a single element as well. "We allow them to just develop or update single component of the applications that the business lines want to put together," says Laura. Crowd Machine developers can show a working prototype of an app to the business line and obtain immediate feedback to quickly move the app to staging and into production during the development process. Meaning, IT teams have complete control over the formation of the microservices and components within the platform that business lines want in an application during the development process. Clients just need to piece together various different components and communicate to various ERP and CRM systems. In other words, the platform allows businesses to bring capabilities from Oracle Cloud, Azure, and Salesforce into a single app and collect data from disparate sources into one unified repository. For example, clients can pull data out of Salesforce, edit it, and redefine it according to their rules, and update it in NetSuite simultaneously. Businesses can also convert their existing applications and other third-party software into Gadgets and integrate them with other systems to create applications according to their needs. In a nutshell, this collaboration between IT and business lines leads to faster and better results. Intriguing Instances of Client SuccessWith such a comprehensive offering, Crowd Machine has gleaned a plethora of clients over the years. In one such instance, a client who handles asset management essentially in elevators and escalators space approached Crowd Machine to digitally transform their business. The client wanted to be able to quickly create apps to address their business-specific needs. Crowd Machine assisted the client to create their first app which allows performance surveys to be taken on site and provide instant results for their customers. The company didn't just deliver the product to the client but also made their team more efficient through continuous training. This helped the client architect their own applications. "It is a great success story as business analysts are now developing all their solutions using Crowd Machine in extremely short timeframe and continually scaling their business," prides Pinkerton. Backed by the prowess of many such instances of client success, Crowd Machine continues to evolve its platform and add additional features based on the existing clients' feedback. This will help clients build their gadgets suite more robustly while designing constructible applications for the business line. "We are currently working with three of our clients to build out applications using our latest version and put those into production within the next six months. Later, we will launch it to a wider range of customers that would enable us to gain more insights and accordingly enhance the capability of the entire platform and gadget suite library," says Pinkerton. In a nutshell, the power of Crowd Machine Go is that traditional developers can place their APIs into the Go Gadget library for their internal users. The gadget library essentially allows users to consume those APIs within Crowd Machine and combine them together in any way they wish. "We are not trying to tear apart the IT but work in consultation with them to bring IT to the business lines. Crowd Machine Go really empowers business users to self-service their applications easily and quickly," concludes Pinkerton. Crowd Machine Go really empowers business users to self-service their applications easily and quicklyLaura Pratt, Application Developer
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