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Korea Herald
4 days ago
- Business
- Korea Herald
OutSystems Appoints Sei-joon Ahn as New Country Manager for South Korea
The appointment marks the company's continued expansion in South Korea, with a focus on strengthening domestic channels and partner ecosystem. SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- OutSystems, a leading AI-powered low-code development platform, today announced the appointment of Sei-joon Ahn as the new Country Manager for South Korea. Following the company's expansion into South Korea in September 2024 to meet rising demand for AI solutions, Ahn will spearhead local business development and deepen customer and partner ecosystem ties to accelerate AI-powered low-code digital transformation across various industries. "The strong momentum for low-code and AI adoption in South Korea reflects the increasing pressure organizations are feeling to accelerate innovation and digital transformation. Establishing local operations has allowed us to deliver more tailored, on-the-ground support for our customers, empowering them to respond to business needs with greater agility and speed," said Mark Weaser, Vice President of OutSystems APAC. "Ahn's deep expertise in enterprise software, cloud, and go-to-market execution for AI-powered solutions, together with his knowledge of the local Korean market, positions him to lead our next phase of growth and strengthen our impact in Korea's fast-evolving digital landscape." With over two decades of leadership experience in the IT industry, Ahn brings a proven track record of driving market expansion strategies and building strong channel networks. Prior to joining OutSystems, Ahn held key positions in leading global software and cloud companies, including Splunk, Oracle, Cato Networks, Zinier, TIBCO, GXS, MicroStrategy, and PGi. "South Korea is one of Asia's most dynamic markets for low-code and AI adoption, particularly in sectors like manufacturing, finance, and telecommunications, where rapid, scalable agent and application development is key to driving digital transformation strategies and security and governance are critical," said Ahn. "With Korean enterprises actively seeking more agile and cost-effective approaches to innovation, we remain committed to enabling customers to unlock long-term business value with our AI-powered low-code solutions by investing in local talent, strengthening collaboration with the domestic technology ecosystem, and expanding strategic partnerships with key players. I look forward to working with the team to build a thriving community of Korean developers and system integrators across the country." In July 2025, OutSystems unveiled the Early Access Program for OutSystems Agent Workbench enabling enterprises to create and orchestrate intelligent agents for any use case—and across any department, workflow, or data—with enterprise-grade security and control. OutSystems has also been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP) for the ninth year, paving the way for agentic AI innovation. 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 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 850,000 community members, over 500 partners, and active customers in 75+ countries across 20+ industries. Learn more at
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
OutSystems Appoints Sei-joon Ahn as New Country Manager for South Korea
The appointment marks the company's continued expansion in South Korea, with a focus on strengthening domestic channels and partner ecosystem. SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- OutSystems, a leading AI-powered low-code development platform, today announced the appointment of Sei-joon Ahn as the new Country Manager for South Korea. Following the company's expansion into South Korea in September 2024 to meet rising demand for AI solutions, Ahn will spearhead local business development and deepen customer and partner ecosystem ties to accelerate AI-powered low-code digital transformation across various industries. "The strong momentum for low-code and AI adoption in South Korea reflects the increasing pressure organizations are feeling to accelerate innovation and digital transformation. Establishing local operations has allowed us to deliver more tailored, on-the-ground support for our customers, empowering them to respond to business needs with greater agility and speed," said Mark Weaser, Vice President of OutSystems APAC. "Ahn's deep expertise in enterprise software, cloud, and go-to-market execution for AI-powered solutions, together with his knowledge of the local Korean market, positions him to lead our next phase of growth and strengthen our impact in Korea's fast-evolving digital landscape." With over two decades of leadership experience in the IT industry, Ahn brings a proven track record of driving market expansion strategies and building strong channel networks. Prior to joining OutSystems, Ahn held key positions in leading global software and cloud companies, including Splunk, Oracle, Cato Networks, Zinier, TIBCO, GXS, MicroStrategy, and PGi. "South Korea is one of Asia's most dynamic markets for low-code and AI adoption, particularly in sectors like manufacturing, finance, and telecommunications, where rapid, scalable agent and application development is key to driving digital transformation strategies and security and governance are critical," said Ahn. "With Korean enterprises actively seeking more agile and cost-effective approaches to innovation, we remain committed to enabling customers to unlock long-term business value with our AI-powered low-code solutions by investing in local talent, strengthening collaboration with the domestic technology ecosystem, and expanding strategic partnerships with key players. I look forward to working with the team to build a thriving community of Korean developers and system integrators across the country." In July 2025, OutSystems unveiled the Early Access Program for OutSystems Agent Workbench enabling enterprises to create and orchestrate intelligent agents for any use case—and across any department, workflow, or data—with enterprise-grade security and control. OutSystems has also been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP) for the ninth year, paving the way for agentic AI innovation. 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 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 850,000 community members, over 500 partners, and active customers in 75+ countries across 20+ industries. Learn more at View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE OutSystems
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
Scoop
23-07-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Custom AI Agents Signal Major Workforce And Development Shifts, Says OutSystems Study
Custom AI agents are poised to reshape how enterprises build software and structure their workforces, according to new research from OutSystems. The global survey of 550 software executives found that 93% of companies are actively developing or planning to develop their own AI agents, highlighting the fast-growing adoption of so-called 'agentic AI'. The study, created with CIO Dive and KPMG, suggests businesses are embracing AI agents as a strategic response to mounting pressure for digital transformation, faster innovation, and cost-efficient operations. Agentic AI offers a solution by automating complex processes, integrating siloed systems, and enabling personalised digital interactions at scale. 'AI agents are no longer just a concept—they're becoming operational building blocks within organisations,' said Woodson Martin, CEO of OutSystems. 'Soon, they'll function like specialised digital teams, identifying business opportunities and refining solutions without direct human intervention.' Beyond streamlining development cycles, AI agents are altering the makeup of software teams. OutSystems' data shows that nearly 70% of executives expect AI to introduce new, specialised roles such as agent orchestration and oversight positions. Additionally, 63% anticipate significant reskilling of existing staff to manage and work alongside AI tools. AI's business value is also becoming clearer: more than half of respondents cited improved customer experiences, accelerated software development timelines, and the automation of repetitive tasks as key benefits. Customer service leads current AI agent deployment, but executives are eyeing broader use across product development, marketing, and supply chains. However, the study also underscores risks tied to AI proliferation. Governance and compliance concerns top the list, alongside fears over the transparency of AI decision-making and the growing technical debt caused by uncoordinated AI deployments. Michael Harper of KPMG LLP noted, 'Many organisations that began with cautious AI pilots are now seeing tangible productivity and quality gains. This is giving them the confidence to integrate AI more broadly into their operations.' As businesses increasingly lean on AI-powered autonomy to scale and innovate, the emergence of AI agents signals a turning point not just for software development, but for workforce strategy and organisational design.
Techday NZ
21-07-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Most software executives plan custom AI agents to drive change
New research indicates that 93% of software executives are planning to develop or are already developing custom AI agents within their organisations, reflecting a significant shift towards agentic AI adoption across the industry. The report, titled Navigating Agentic AI & Generative AI in Software Development: Human-Agent Collaboration is Here , was commissioned by OutSystems in partnership with CIO Dive and KPMG. Surveying 550 global software executives, it explores how artificial intelligence is affecting the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and the workplace at large. AI changing software development With technology budgets scrutinised and outcomes under pressure, IT leaders are increasingly turning to agentic AI to address operational hurdles such as fragmented toolsets and siloed data. Businesses are reporting that agentic AI enables them to automate key workflows, offer more personalised digital services, and innovate rapidly - all while maintaining compliance, security, and governance standards. Woodson Martin, Chief Executive Officer of OutSystems, commented, "The software development lifecycle is undergoing a significant transformation as organizations increase AI investments to maintain their competitive edge. Blending AI with development tools enables IT leaders to manage this shift effectively and securely. In a near future, AI agents acting as highly specialized teams will continuously monitor business needs, identify opportunities, and proactively refine software solutions, allowing developers and business leaders to play a more creative role and focus on strategic priorities. This report underscores how AI advancements are reshaping traditional roles and unlocking opportunities for innovation and collaboration between humans and technology." Survey respondents highlighted concrete results from AI adoption: more than two thirds reported increased developer productivity and higher-quality software with fewer bugs. Additionally, 62% noted improved scalability in development, while 60% cited greater efficiency in testing and quality assurance (QA). Impacts on the workforce The report projects that experimentation with agentic AI and its uptake over the next 24 months will drive organisational change. According to the survey, 69% of software executives expect AI to introduce new, more specialised roles - including oversight, governance, prompt engineering, agent architecture, and agent orchestration - to adapt to AI's evolving function within companies. Furthermore, 63% of respondents said AI will require considerable upskilling or reskilling of existing teams to meet the skills needed in this new landscape. Where AI is being used Almost half (46%) of executives report their organisations already integrate agentic AI into workflows, with a further 28% in the piloting stage. The most anticipated area for AI agent deployment is customer support, with 49% planning to use AI agents to handle customer inquiries and support functions autonomously. The focus on customer service exceeds other domains such as product development (38%), sales and marketing (32%), supply chain management (28%), human resources (24%), and finance and accounting (23%). Drivers and risks associated with AI The primary goals for AI adoption, as expressed by over half the respondents, include improving customer experience (56%), automating repetitive tasks (55%), accelerating software development (54%), and advancing broader digital transformation objectives (53%). However, the report also identifies significant challenges. 64% of software executives cited risks around governance, security, and compliance with widespread AI adoption. An equal proportion expressed concerns regarding transparency and reliability of AI decisions. The proliferation of disparate AI tools has led to new issues with oversight and increasing technical debt, with 44% identifying AI sprawl as a growing risk. Addressing these burdens will be critical in ensuring AI's long-term value for business. Building confidence in AI tools Michael Harper, Managing Director at KPMG LLP, noted, "A lot of organizations started with pilots a year ago or even prior to that, but now they're starting to see real efficiency gains in areas like code generation and application testing. Those activities are giving organizations more confidence in using these tools and helping them to move forward." The survey covered executives from a range of industries and geographies, including IT consultancy, manufacturing, banking, financial services, and insurance, with data collected across the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Canada, Australia, India, and Germany.
