Sync Records Smart Service now available in Appian 22.2 release Data is the most important part of your business. It drives your business processes, as well as your customer and employee journeys. And with data being collected and stored in various systems, it can easily become outdated and lead to inaccurate business decisions. Though 91% of businesses say data-driven decision making is important to their success, only 57% of businesses are successfully implementing this.

As gas prices soar due to restrictions on both domestic oil and imports from oil-producing countries, we’ve shifted our collective focus to the energy sector. It’s increasingly apparent that the global oil and natural gas supply chain sits in a delicate balance—supply chain disruptions in one country can affect gas and oil prices around the world. If a top oil-producing nation ramps down natural gas production or distribution, additional supply must come from another nation.

Extreme makeover: Low-code edition Instagram did it in 2016, and again, in 2020. LinkedIn did it in 2018. And in 2022, it’s Appian’s turn to do it. Do what, you ask? Get a product makeover in time for the summer. A makeover is a pivotal moment in a product’s lifecycle, a sign of evolution to take the product experience to the next level. When iOS switched to its now-popular flat design from the older one, favored by Steve Jobs himself, it was a monumental shift in look and feel.

Supply chain shocks have wracked organizations across the globe, and healthcare and life sciences companies aren’t immune. News headlines were focused on personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages early in the pandemic, and more recently hospitals have faced shortages of much-needed medical supplies like crutches, gauze, and medications.

Bring your people, processes, and data together seamlessly and rapidly launch mobile-ready applications with the Appian Low-Code Platform. And with Appian Academy, you’ll feel empowered to get the most out of your investment. The Appian Academy helps get technical and non-technical users up to speed quickly, incorporate Appian into business operations, and recognize future opportunities with the right low-code mindset.

Recent years have brought no shortage of change to the insurance industry. Among those changes is a rise in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements. Effective in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became the first major regulation to focus on protecting consumer data. Its implementation coupled with a global pandemic has kickstarted a rush to enact more laws surrounding data privacy.

The move to digital technologies has been taking place at a meteoric pace. Many businesses are forced into a position, where they must either deploy new solutions they may not be ready for or risk falling behind the competition. In their efforts to rapidly improve customer experience, enhance internal processes, capitalize on market opportunities, or optimize other operational processes, they often end up taking a more makeshift approach to digital transformation.

Given the array of ongoing challenges businesses face, including those posed by hybrid work and COVID-19, business automation is more important than ever. In large organizations, many business units have long been using robotic process automation (RPA) to automate simple manual tasks such as copying and pasting data. While RPA can address local needs quickly and easily, it can’t scale to deliver the complete end-to-end automation, also called hyperautomation, that modern companies need.

Cloud-to-cloud migration can be an expensive, cumbersome, and overwhelming process with no guarantee of success. Yet, moving data from cloud to cloud is becoming more and more common in the public sector as operations are being migrated to the cloud more completely. Factors like complexities in environments, sheer volume of historical data, and application nuances can greatly impact the success or failure of a cloud migration effort.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is a framework used by businesses, investors, and consumers to determine how conscious an entity is with respect to those three concepts. Consumer awareness paired with an increase in government regulation have shifted businesses’ priorities. For many large corporations, ESG now tops the list. Today’s consumers want to know where their products and services come from and that the companies behind them operate with ESG factors in mind.