Right now, businesses are still running on applications built on a 30+-year-old software development model that depends on an endless cycle of coding, maintenance, patches, and upgrades. IT teams face competing demands to control budgets and compress timelines, yet they end up spending most of their time just keeping the lights on. And every year, they cobble together more solutions on the old software model, which means the problems only get worse.
In a recent study, 70% of CTOs said tech debt is holding back innovation. And globally, IT organizations are struggling under the burden of $1.52 trillion in technical debt, according to reporting in the Wall Street Journal.
No wonder they feel like they’re drowning in quicksand so much of the time!
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The promise of AI hasn’t solved the tech debt and application development challenges
AI seemed to offer a solution to innovation paralysis by massively accelerating the development of code-based applications. But this approach also means exponentially more code to maintain, patch, and upgrade. That begs the question, is that the right use of AI, and the best way to solve the technical debt crisis?
As it turns out, problems with this model are already emerging. Computerworld recently reported on doubts about the ability to test AI-generated code for errors and security holes. And a massive study by GitClear found “disconcerting trends for maintainability” of AI-generated code, evidenced by a large increase in code churn.
What if you could unleash the tremendous potential of AI without the compounding problem of technical debt?
It would be possible with a development model that entirely abstracts code from the equation. Without generating code and the problems that come with it, you could build applications that are self-maintaining at their core.
As a result, these apps could rapidly integrate with powerful AI solutions (and other evolving technologies)—all without the need to rip and replace a single system, without any code or the tech debt that comes with it.
Actually, the new application development model is already here!
Unqork was founded to solve the crushing problem of tech debt that kept getting worse under the old development model. We saw that IT teams were spending 80% of their time on painful maintenance and only 20% of their brilliance and creativity on innovation. We wanted to flip the script and free them up to spend 80%, even 90%, of their time on business innovation.
Unqork’s platform makes this possible by entirely removing code from the development process. As a result, IT teams can devote their time and talent collaborating with business teams to create net-new value instead of struggling to keep the lights on.
In fact, you can disrupt your entire IT stack with Unqork. Easily build connections to any system—legacy or modern technology—without writing code. Modernize at your own pace, because rip-and-replace becomes totally unnecessary. And take full advantage of AI and other emerging technologies in the meantime.
Unlock the promise of AI with Unqork
By abstracting all the technology—and code itself—from application development, Unqork can unlock the power of AI right away to generate value—without compounding the problems created by AI code-generators. More apps no longer mean more maintenance. Unqork takes care of that, so you are free to fully unleash AI to drive innovation, from automated processes to transformative user experiences
To accelerate the process, Unqork’s GenAI Connector simplifies the integration of third-party GenAI tools. You can connect to your preferred solution in a single view. And again, Unqork handles the maintenance, including security, compliance, and upgrades, so you can focus on innovation, delivering 1x+1x=3x (or 5x or 10x) in value.
That’s why, with Unqork, you can simplify, accelerate, and de-risk AI adoption. It provides a simple yet secure environment to tap into its power, even for your most complex use cases, including:
- Customer experiences. Personalize customer journeys with more natural online conversations, enhanced sentiment tracking, and pixel-perfect experiences.
- Claims, fraud & investigations. Improve search, data analysis, fraud identification, and case routing by optimizing and automating manual processes, while providing decisioning assistance.
- Underwriting. Automate the submission process, and equip underwriters with more data and more accurate risk analysis to accelerate time-to-market, improve pricing, and optimize decisioning.
- Compliance. Summarize key data information across complex policies, rules administration, and technology for enhanced decisioning, reporting, and auditability.
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