The Heroku cloud platform has long been a popular solution for teams seeking a convenient application hosting solution. Today we’re thrilled to contribute to the Heroku ecosystem with the release of our DreamFactory Heroku Add-on. Heroku users can now launch hosted DreamFactory instances directly from the Heroku dashboard, and easily generate APIs for a wide variety of data sources, including PostgreSQL.

We’re pleased to announce the release of DreamFactory 4.4! Our releases tend to be thematic, and 4.4 focuses on big data. Four new connectors are now available to commercially licensed enterprise users, including: If you’d like to give any of these features a test drive, please contact our sales team at [email protected] to arrange for a free 14 day trial! If you’re an existing client please contact your account executive to make arrangements!

Microapps are small applications designed to perform specific tasks. Many companies have leveraged the benefits of microapps because of the poor user experiences associated with monolithic enterprise apps and their overly burdensome features. As a result, microapps offers a suite of productivity improvements to many organisations and enhance the usability of large enterprise applications.

The amount of knowledge needed for application development has fallen rapidly over the last decade as more companies take advantage of no-code and low-code platforms. Today, citizen developers can build new business applications in graphics-based environments with drag-and-drop functionality. Instead of reaching out to IT professionals to improve functionality and solve business problems, they can use development tools made specifically for non-IT professionals.

Implementing a digital transformation agenda can be a complex activity for many organisations. Balancing risks and opportunities requires effective governance to ensure that digital transformation initiatives are adequately planned, funded and implemented.

Today’s businesses need ways to create software solutions quickly and inexpensively. No-code platforms make it possible for anyone to build a small application that can streamline a business process, add value to data, and automate tasks. In the following article, you will learn more about no-code and why more companies plan to use it.

Did you know that employees spend approximately 20% of their computer time hunting for the data and features they need inside enterprise applications? Rather than working on specific job tasks, they are getting lost in a maze of log-in prompts and dropdown menus — losing a fifth of their productivity in the process. Having a well defined microapp strategy is therefore an important part of increasing your organisation’s productivity.

Low-code tools have become increasingly popular over the last few years as more businesses look for ways to become more competitive without spending a lot of money. You can get great results from applications built with low-code development platforms. The following will help you decide whether you need a low-code tool and which one you should choose. Did you know you can generate a full-featured, documented, and secure REST API in minutes using DreamFactory?

DreamFactory’s Azure AD connector makes it easy to use an Azure Active Directory tenant for API authentication. By using Azure AD Application Roles it is also possible to assign Users and Groups to DreamFactory roles from the Azure Portal. In this example, we will show how to quickly configure DreamFactory with the proper metadata from Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

Every time someone uses an app, information travels from a database to the user via an API. Single instances may not seem very important. As long as they perform the required task, people don’t think too much about how applications work. From a business perspective, though, the big data flowing through APIs could unlock important knowledge that helps tap into emerging trends and target customers better. To get the best results, though, companies need the best big data API management.

No code tools and development platforms are becoming increasingly popular. With the no code development platform market expected to rise to $21.2 billion by 2022, these platforms are here to stay. Whether you’re a developer wanting to streamline development and reduce build times, or you’re a manager looking for a faster, easier way for development, a no code software solution could be just what you need.

Traditional security systems rely on a castle and moat style approach wherein the objective is to protect the perimeter and assumes that anyone inside the network is safe and trustworthy. However, the modern enterprise computing environment has become incompatible with this approach, bringing about the emergence of the ‘zero-trust’ concept.

As organisations adopt increasingly complex digital transformation initiatives, the need for strong organisational leadership from the CIO (Chief Information Officer) has never been more apparent. In particular, the CIO plays a key role in setting the digital transformation agenda for the organisation, sponsoring the delivery of component initiatives and ensuring senior stakeholder buy-in throughout the journey.