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Business Wire
30-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
OutSystems Named a Leader for the Ninth Year in Gartner ® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Paving the Way for Agentic AI Innovation
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OutSystems, a leading AI-powered low-code development platform, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP) for the ninth consecutive year. 'Right now, we're at a critical inflection point where every company is trying to become an AI-powered, agentic enterprise,' said Woodson Martin, CEO of OutSystems. 'OutSystems is the platform enabling this transformation, offering what the market desperately needs: a secure, scalable foundation to move from AI chaos to AI impact. We are focused on empowering IT teams to securely build and evolve business applications, agents, and core systems so that our customers can launch new apps in weeks, gain greater agility, and evolve as business needs change. In our opinion, today's recognition from Gartner further validates our long-term strategy and vision, and the work we're doing with customers and partners to help them navigate the shift into an agentic future.' In OutSystems opinion, the company believes Gartner recognized the company for continued industry leadership in enterprise low-code application platforms for its strengths across ability to execute and completeness of vision. A modern platform, built for scale: OutSystems Developer Cloud is designed to support complex, high-scale enterprise needs, accelerating innovation and empowering organizations to grow with confidence. As such, OutSystems is a trusted long-term partner for organizations requiring scalable, enterprise-grade support. Ready for an AI-driven future: Backed by a well-articulated vision that aligns with the future of enterprise application development, including support for distributed architectures, multiexperience, and agentic AI, OutSystems Developer Cloud is designed to evolve with agentic AI, enabling app and agent development and helping organizations future-proof their tech stacks. Powering custom apps and agents: The OutSystems platform simplifies complex development work through the entire software development lifecycle, so IT teams can create apps and agents that deliver on precise business needs and use cases. Global growth, with local expertise: OutSystems continued investment in international expansion provides strong regional support across EMEA, North America, and Asia Pacific (APAC). Customers benefit from regional go-to-market execution and robust multilingual capabilities, reinforcing OutSystems commitment to delivering global scale with local impact. 'For the development work that we do at UCLA Anderson School of Management, we're seeing declining resources, the need for speed and time to market, reducing technical debt and legacy systems - when you add that all together, it makes perfect sense to be using a platform that is low code and AI,' said Howard Miller, CIO at UCLA Anderson School of Management. 'That is where development is in 2025, and companies like us need a partner that offers modern architecture and is future-ready.' With OutSystems, organizations can leverage the combined power of low-code speed with enterprise-grade power and AI capabilities, via OutSystems Mentor and Agent Workbench. This empowers customers to move beyond MVP demos and gain the ability to generate secure, governed mission-critical agents, applications, and systems in production. 'OutSystems AI capabilities can significantly accelerate the modernization of legacy applications while helping to reduce the risk of new technical debt,' said Rajkiran Vajreshwari, Senior Manager, Application Development at Thermo Fisher Scientific. 'The ramp-up with OutSystems is fast, which will empower our talent pool to quickly adopt the platform and accelerate the digitization of our processes and organization.' To view the full 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, click here. The report was titled as 'Magic Quadrant for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service' from 2017-2018. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner and Magic Quadrant is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About OutSystems OutSystems is a leading AI-powered low-code development platform, empowering IT leaders with a better way to build the software that matters most. The OutSystems platform helps companies develop, deploy, and maintain mission-critical applications by unifying and automating the entire software lifecycle. With OutSystems, organizations leverage gen AI to deliver software instantaneously, adapt faster to changing requirements, and reduce technical debt by building on a future-proof platform. Helping customers achieve their business goals by addressing key strategic initiatives, OutSystems delivers production software up to 10x faster than traditional development. Recognized as a leader by analysts, IT executives, business leaders, and developers around the world, global brands trust OutSystems to tackle their impossible projects and turn their big ideas into software that moves their business, people, and the world forward. Founded in 2001, the company's network spans more than 800,000 community members, over 500 partners, and active customers in 75+ countries across 21 industries. Learn more at
Business Wire
24-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Nokod Security Mentioned in 2025 Gartner® Research on Citizen Application Development Platforms
TEL AVIV--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nokod Security, the security company for citizen application development platforms, today announced it was mentioned in the June 2025 Gartner report 'CADP Providers Threatened by Unexpected Market Entrants' as a security-specific provider that can help organizations minimize threat exposure, protect sensitive data and comply with regulatory standards. According to Gartner: CPOs should advance their application security program, either through in-product capabilities or by establishing partnerships with security-specific providers… to minimize threat exposure Share According to the Gartner report, 'The growth of the CADP market will be powered by the contributions of citizen developers to digital initiatives which are expected to quadruple over the next three years, rising from 10% in 2025 to 40% in 2028.' 'In the 2024 Gartner Democratized Delivery Insights Survey, an inability to establish effective governance practices (lack of clear roles, responsibilities or processes) is the No. 1 barrier to implementing democratized digital delivery, followed by data security concerns and skills gaps. To grow revenue, CPOs should prioritize capabilities relating to governance and security to help customers overcome these barriers.' The report also states that: 'One gap in LCAP (low-code application platform) governance capabilities that can have an impact on security is that LCAP providers often focus only on managing and governing their own solutions, lacking broader support for multivendor environments.' And CPOs should: 'Advance their application security program, either through in-product capabilities or by establishing partnerships with security-specific providers… to minimize threat exposure, protect sensitive data and comply with regulatory standards.' 'We believe being recognized by Gartner in this report for the fast-evolving CADP market reflects the growing importance of addressing security and governance gaps in citizen development initiatives,' said Yair Finzi, CEO of Nokod Security. 'As citizen development scales, security teams are being left behind. Nokod helps organizations catch up by discovering all citizen developed applications, detecting vulnerabilities and malicious activities, and remediating and mitigating risks across multivendor CADP environments.' Gartner Attribution and Disclaimer Gartner, CADP Providers Threatened by Unexpected Market Entrants, by Kelli Smith, Molly Beams, 20 June 2025. Gartner is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About Nokod Security Nokod Security is the security company for no-code development. The Nokod Security Platform protects enterprises from security risks introduced by no-code, RPA (robotic process automation) and AI Agent development created in a wide range of platforms, including Microsoft Power Platform, UiPath, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and more. The company's management team were founders of Imperva and SecuredTouch (now Ping Identity). Nokod has received investments from Acrew Capital, Meron Capital, and Flint Capital. For more information about Nokod, follow us X and LinkedIn. To schedule a demo, visit or contact us at info@
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
LPGA launches new college program that provides direct route to Epson Tour
There's now an easier way for the best collegiate players to enter the professional game. On Wednesday, the LPGA rolled out its new LPGA Collegiate Advancement Pathway (LCAP), a program that creates a direct route to the Epson Tour. The top 10 players in the new LCAP rankings – which will include Division I college tournaments as well as non-collegiate events recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking – will receive Epson Tour status as well as exemptions through the tour's LPGA Qualifying series. The new system will save players thousands in LPGA Q-School fees and could encourage some to stay in school longer. Advertisement The new program places an emphasis on academic requirements. To be eligible for LCAP, players must meet one of the following criteria: Option A: Exhaust four seasons of competition as defined by NCAA B: Complete four years of collegiate academics, including a minimum of two seasons C: Provide documented intent and evidence of early graduation, including a minimum of twoseasons of competition. Tommy Tangtiphaiboontana, the LPGA's SVP of tour operations, said that in creating the new program, the tour analyzed the makeup of the Epson Tour and found that 82 percent of the top 80 over the past four years played college golf. And of those 82 percent, they averaged 3.79 years at school. The new LCAP ranking system will debut sometime later this year, and the top 10 will be determined following the conclusion of the 2026 NCAA Championship. Players who wish to be eligible for the LCAP must submit an application by July 22 at noon ET. The tour outlined the following benefits for those who finish in the top 10:No. 1• Epson Tour Priority List status in Category D for the remainder of the 2026 season and the following season (2027).• Exemption to Final Qualifying Stage of the 2026 LPGA Q-Series, providing the opportunity to improve Advertisement Nos. 2–5• Epson Tour Priority List status in Category D for the remainder of the 2026 season and the following season (2027).• Exemption to Qualifying Stage (formerly Stage 2) of 2026 LPGA Q-Series. Nos. 6–10• Epson Tour Priority List status in Category L for the remainder of the 2026 season and the following season (2027).• Exemption to Qualifying Stage of 2026 LPGA Q-Series. Tangtiphaiboontana said that Category D and Category L status for this year would've gotten players into all remaining priority events of the season (10 events) following NCAAs, excluding the last three tournaments of the season, which are filled via the Race for the Card points system. Players could be eligible for those events as well, based on performance. Last fall, the tour launched its LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway (LEAP) program, which provides top amateur female golfers a way to get on the LPGA starting in 2025. No. 1-ranked Lottie Woad is well on her way to becoming the first to earn a card. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: LPGA launches college program that provides direct route to Epson Tour
NBC Sports
02-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
With LCAP, college seniors will have another pathway to pro status, just not LPGA yet
The LPGA is expanding the pathway to the Epson Tour for top college players. The tour announced Wednesday the LPGA Collegiate Advancement Pathway, or LCAP, a program that beginning next summer will award 10 graduating seniors with some form of Epson Tour status and Q-School exemptions. LCAP resembles the regular PGA Tour University program, which doles out varying statuses under the PGA Tour umbrella to 25 graduates. It also comes on the heels of last year's announcement of the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway, which was designed to award LPGA cards to top amateurs who achieve certain benchmarks, like the PGA Tour U's Accelerated program. Florida State senior Lottie Woad is currently at 18 of the required 20 points to become LEAP's first alumnus. As for LCAP, the LPGA's SVP of tour operations, Tommy Tangtiphaiboontana, told that the tour is still finalizing its ranking system, which will include both college and non-college events recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking and feature a two-year cycle concluding with the NCAA Championship of a player's senior year. Without knowing the exact formula, it's tough to project who will debut atop the first points list later this year, though rising seniors Megha Ganne (Stanford), Catherine Park (USC) and Kary Hollenbaugh (Ohio State) should all rank fairly high. The top finisher in LCAP each season will receive full Epson Tour status (Category D) for the remainder of that season and the following season, plus an exemption to the LPGA's final qualifying stage, formerly known as Q-Series. Nos. 2-5 will receive the same Epson perks, though will be exempt into LPGA qualifying, which is now the second stage of the tour's Q-School. Nos. 6-10 will earn a season and a half of Category L status on Epson and an exemption into LPGA qualifying. According to Tangtiphaiboontana, Nos. 6-10 are prioritized below the reshuffle category, though those players should get into all events that pull from the priority list that initial summer. In creating the program, Tangtiphaiboontana said the looked at recent data that showed that while 44% of the top 80 players on the LPGA the past four years played college golf, 82% of the top 80 players on Epson during that time frame were college products. Most of those players stayed four years, too. Most recently, LSU's Ingrid Lindblad, who won 15 times as a Tiger and capped her career by winning the 2024 Annika Award, made nine starts on Epson last summer, winning once and posting four other top-10s to finish sixth in points and earn one of 15 LPGA cards, up from the 10 that were awarded between 2008 and 2023. Lindblad has since won on the LPGA as a rookie. 'We view Epson Tour as the main pathway to the LPGA,' Tangtiphaiboontana said. 'It's gotten stronger and stronger each year due to the good work on the Epson side of increasing purses. We've seen that when players play on Epson, they see sustained success on the LPGA. … This was wanting to create a program for those players who have the body of work to have assurances that when they come on tour, they have a place to play without having to go through Q-School. 'Are players still going to make a decision on their own to leave school early? Absolutely. But having this in place, it gives players an extra option to return to school, develop another year, I can have a guaranteed place to play for a year and a half on the Epson Tour when I finish school.' When PGA Tour U was first rolled out for the 2020-21 season, there were only five Korn Ferry Tour cards handed out. Those benefits have since increased exponentially with the No. 1 player now earning PGA Tour status for a season and a half. Tangtiphaiboontana knows college players and coaches will still be clamoring for at least one LPGA card up for grabs through LCAP, and he wouldn't rule that out down the road, though any such adjustments would need buy-in from LPGA membership, which gave the green light to LEAP last year. 'This is just a foundation for building a pathway, and we want to see how this grows and look at the classes that come out,' he said. 'If it warrants us giving out an LPGA card, we will absolutely do that.'
USA Today
02-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LPGA launches new college program that provides direct route to Epson Tour
There's now an easier way for the best collegiate players to enter the professional game. On Wednesday, the LPGA rolled out its new LPGA Collegiate Advancement Pathway (LCAP), a program that creates a direct route to the Epson Tour. The top 10 players in the new LCAP rankings – which will include Division I college tournaments as well as non-collegiate events recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking – will receive Epson Tour status as well as exemptions through the tour's LPGA Qualifying series. The new system will save players thousands in LPGA Q-School fees and could encourage some to stay in school longer. The new program places an emphasis on academic requirements. To be eligible for LCAP, players must meet one of the following criteria: Option A: Exhaust four seasons of competition as defined by NCAA B: Complete four years of collegiate academics, including a minimum of two seasons C: Provide documented intent and evidence of early graduation, including a minimum of twoseasons of competition. Tommy Tangtiphaiboontana, the LPGA's SVP of tour operations, said that in creating the new program, the tour analyzed the makeup of the Epson Tour and found that 82 percent of the top 80 over the past four years played college golf. And of those 82 percent, they averaged 3.79 years at school. The new LCAP ranking system will debut sometime later this year, and the top 10 will be determined following the conclusion of the 2026 NCAA Championship. Players who wish to be eligible for the LCAP must submit an application by July 22 at noon ET. The tour outlined the following benefits for those who finish in the top 10:No. 1• Epson Tour Priority List status in Category D for the remainder of the 2026 season and the following season (2027).• Exemption to Final Qualifying Stage of the 2026 LPGA Q-Series, providing the opportunity to improve Nos. 2–5• Epson Tour Priority List status in Category D for the remainder of the 2026 season and the following season (2027).• Exemption to Qualifying Stage (formerly Stage 2) of 2026 LPGA Q-Series. Nos. 6–10• Epson Tour Priority List status in Category L for the remainder of the 2026 season and the following season (2027).• Exemption to Qualifying Stage of 2026 LPGA Q-Series. Tangtiphaiboontana said that Category D and Category L status for this year would've gotten players into all remaining priority events of the season (10 events) following NCAAs, excluding the last three tournaments of the season, which are filled via the Race for the Card points system. Players could be eligible for those events as well, based on performance. Last fall, the tour launched its LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway (LEAP) program, which provides top amateur female golfers a way to get on the LPGA starting in 2025. No. 1-ranked Lottie Woad is well on her way to becoming the first to earn a card.
