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The New Stack Article: Platform owners must optimize by addressing inefficiencies, improving automation, and enhancing governance to drive innovation.

DevOps practices are being challenged by the rise of platform-based development. This article explores the unique challenges and opportunities presented by this shift, providing practical strategies for applying DevOps principles in a platform context.

Platforms like ServiceNow and Salesforce (to name a few) were introduced to address and solve the many overwhelmingly burdensome tasks associated with building enterprise-specific applications and keeping companies agile, automated, and scalable. However, to adopt these platforms in the organization and maximize their value, they require development practices, principles, and discipline similar to classic software development.

Here's how low-code/no-code solutions are addressing the developer shortage and transforming application development.

Digital businesses demand faster application delivery. Platform engineering offers a solution by creating self-service platforms that improve developer productivity, security, and time-to-value.

Zurich Insurance has reduced the time it takes to develop and roll out ServiceNow applications from a week and a half to a day and a half through a syncing tool. About a year ago, faced with the end of support of a tool used to sync instances of its ServiceNow platform, Zurich Insurance turned to ServiceNow development partner Xtype for a replacement, which has saved its development team days every time new applications are developed and rolled out.