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Since 2020, as many as 600 people took part in WEBCON Academy trainings in order to become WEBCON BPS experts!

WEBCON Academy is our extensive training program – designed to provide participants with knowledge and skills necessary to effectively implement the WEBCON BPS platform and build process applications in WEBCON BPS Designer Studio. The training courses are run solely by WEBCON experts, based on our best practices, and years of experience in working with WEBCON BPS.

During these last two years, our team of 14 WEBCON experts conducted almost 2,500 hours of courses and trained 600 specialists from around the world – both onsite and online. Our brand new WEBCON BPS specialists rated the courses very highly in the post-training survey, giving us 4.8 out of 5 points!

On this special occasion we would like to thank everyone who took part in our WEBCON Academy trainings – we appreciate your commitment and constant willingness to develop your skills related to WEBCON BPS. It’s been an extremely inspiring time for us, too!

 

Growing community of WEBCON BPS professionals

WEBCON Academy was established in response to the needs of our clients and partners. Facing the growing awareness of the need to develop and implement a digital transformation strategy, many organizations around the world have chosen WEBCON BPS as a key tool for digitization and automation of business processes. But the right tool is not everything – it is just as important to understand how to use its capabilities to achieve the best possible results.

WEBCON Academy courses are conducted in the form of lectures, workshops and supervised work of the participants. Each training course has been designed to convey knowledge and best practices in a way that allows the practical use of acquired skills immediately after completing the training. Participants not only know how the individual elements of the WEBCON BPS platform work, but also when – and why – specific functionalities should be used.

The training program was developed by WEBCON’s experts who help organizations digitize and automate their business processes on a daily basis – therefore, we are sure that it is perfectly adapted to the real needs of companies planning to accelerate their digital transformation. That’s not only our opinion – we have noticed that the number of participants has doubled year-on-year. What is even more important, though, is that over these two years, we not only observed an increase in the number of participants in the basic courses – from 150 in 2020 to almost 250 in 2021 – but also a 100% increase in the number of people taking part in advanced and expert trainings.

The growing interest in courses of various advancement levels proves that there are more and more certified specialists on the market who have the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively implement the WEBCON BPS platform, and run complex projects based on the solution.

Would you like to become WEBCON BPS Expert? Check the upcoming trainings >

 

Reliable, knowledge-based partnership

We have been building an international Channel Partner Network for over a decade. Our goal was to establish partnerships with professional system integrators, who will leverage the WEBCON BPS platform to build complex, scalable and secure solutions for their clients. Our Partners are experts who understand the need for continuous improvement and development – so no wonder that even in the first year of WEBCON Academy, their interest in our offer was surprisingly high, and a year later the number of WEBCON certified Partners increased by nearly 100%. We are sure that we will observe even bigger growth in the number of certified WEBCON BPS Partners in 2022!

 

WEBCON MVP

Our training program is developing as dynamically as we are, as an organization. We are glad that so many professionals trust our experts and participate in WEBCON Academy trainings, gaining knowledge in the field of digitization and automation of business processes using WEBCON BPS.

Many members of the WEBCON community – including participants of our trainings – regularly contribute to spreading product knowledge, support other members of the international community, create inspiring materials and represent WEBCON at international industry events. Our clients and partners are not only experts in their field, but also enthusiasts who perceive digital transformation as a challenge and an opportunity for further development. We want to reward such a proactive approach – that is why this year we launch the brand new program, WEBCON MVP. Find out more about the program on webcon.com/news/webcon-mvp/.

Today’s world is constantly changing – and so is the business, which has to keep up with the newest technologies and innovations. A change-ready, scalable and future-proof tool is a key component of a good digital transformation strategy. That’s why it’s so critical for transformation executives to know how to use new technology in order to bring the best possible results.

Taking place in the city of Berlin from 6-8 April 2022, the European Power Platform Conference brings together the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Communities, for 3 unrivalled days of in-person learning, sharing and networking. Attendees will be given an opportunity to take part in more than 60 sessions – from tutorials, to keynotes – and to learn from world-leading experts across many new technologies out there. They’ll join 500 fellow IT Pros, Developers or Business Decision Makers, to meet the people who can help them take their organizational processes to the next level.

During the event, our expert Michal Rykiert, Head of Business Development EMEA in WEBCON, will held a session on Why It’s Hard for Low-Code to Navigate the Rocky Road to Enterprise-Worthiness. If your with us at EPPC, don’t miss this insightful presentation on Friday, April 8^th at 12:15 pm.

We’d also like to invite you to our booth #7 to talk digital transformation, technology challenges and, of course, opportunities! Our amazing team will look forward to meet you!

Learn more about the event >

The Microsoft 365 Conference’s primary focus is to present the most cutting edge, knowledge and training available. The presenters are the most acclaimed thought leaders, critically engaged MVPs and decision makers at Microsoft that oversee the future of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Power Platform.

The attendees will meet peers from around the world to share knowledge and experience, and will be guided by dozens of Microsoft product team members and industry experts as they learn what they need in order to create the inclusive, hybrid workplace of the future.

If you want to talk about process automation, digital transformation, low-code solutions for enterprise and many more, be sure to join our team at WEBCON’s booth #119.

Learn more about the event >

MR Datentechnik and VSB IT Services are breaking new ground, expanding their respective portfolios and expertise in the field of low-code application development and business process automation.

In February 2022, managing directors Gerhard Reinhardt of MR Datentechnik and Andreas Schmidt of VSB IT Services, WEBCON’s Premium Partner in Germany, met to sign an agreement for strategic partnership that will allow both companies to effectively support their clients in the field of business process digitization and automation.

Founded in 1988, VSB IT Services is an owner-managed IT service company with 20+ employees based in Lichtenfels, Bavaria. Their services include building tailor-made business applications using the WEBCON BPS low-code platform, that help streamline and automate business processes.

VSB IT Services in the only WEBCON Premium Partner in Germany — the relationship between companies started when WEBCON entered the German market in 2016.

Gerhard Reinhardt, Managing Director at MR Datentechnik, is looking forward to the upcoming partnership: “VSB is our strategic partner with vast know-how in the field of process digitization that is going to expand MR’s portfolio and take our services to the next level.”

As both companies are contributing their specific expertise and offerings, the customers will experience a holistic approach to process digitization, high-quality consulting, and best-in-class implementation services. So the partnership truly is a win-win situation.

“We’re thrilled that MR Datentechnik and our premium partner, VSB, are joining forces to help even more German companies to digitize, automate and better control their business processes with our low-code platform, WEBCON BPS” says Łukasz Wróbel, Senior Vice President at WEBCON.

As a result of their strategic partnership, VSB IT Services and MR Datentechnik are taking a big step towards becoming their customers’ one-stop partner for digitization.

Andreas Schmidt, Managing Director at VSB, is also optimistic about the future: “With this partnership, I see a great potential in establishing both companies even more strongly on the market, and offering our customers top notch services, helping them accelerate digital transformation. We have already successfully applied MR’s know-how in the area of ELO and Microsoft 365 in several cases. The portfolios of both companies complement each other ideally.”

Gerhard Reinhardt hopes for a dynamic cooperation leading to a bright future for both companies: “From the very first meetings right through to the contractual finalization of our partnership, a sense of mutual understanding and respect for each other was apparent on both sides. That’s why our partnership brings benefits in all areas.”

In order to thank and recognize the WEBCON community members who passionately share their knowledge, exceptional technical expertise and experiences, we announce the launch of the new WEBCON MVP program.

Its aim is to honor the most prolific WEBCON BPS users who regularly contribute to the development of the WEBCON community, spread product knowledge, support other users of the WEBCON BPS platform, create insightful product-related materials, and represent WEBCON at international events.

WEBCON MVPs will be nominated by WEBCON for a period of one year, based on their activities contributing to the community over the last 12 months. The main criteria which influence the selection of candidates include:

• the quantity & quality of published articles focused on the WEBCON BPS platform,
• the quantity & quality of forum posts on community.webcon.com, that aim to help other WEBCON BPS users,
• hosting sessions directly related to the use of the platform during international events,
• the quantity & quality of projects that directly leverage the platform’s capabilities published on GitHub.

We are pleased to announce the first WEBCON MVPs for 2022:

Low-code tools certainly have many benefits, however, far too many organizations try to use these platforms expecting magic to occur. Why the disconnect?

The latest article written by our very own Mike Fitmzaurice on “4 Common Reasons Low-code Projects Fail”. The article has been published on InformationWeek.com.

Nowadays, many organizations have begun adopting low-code platforms in response to the assertion that their employees can create applications without having to code like a developer – in the spirit of the so-called Citizen Development approach. At the same time, 64% of IT professionals have also stared leveraging low-code as their go-to, work-around development solution.

However, while low-code tools certainly have many benefits, far too many organizations try to use them expecting magic to happen – and instead meet with mixed results or failure. Check out the latest article written by Mike Fitzmaurice and find out what are the 4 common reasons low-code projects fail.

Read the article: https://www.informationweek.com/software/4-common-reasons-low-code-projects-fail

 

Who benefits the most from low-code: citizen developers or IT specialists? According to our VP North America, Mike Fitzmaurice, it depends on what you think “to benefit” means. Do you think that the most important thing is the delivery time or the usefulness of the delivered application? Or maybe something else?

Truth is, in the times when there is still a shortage of professional developers who would take care of the implementations, delivery and maintenance of IT solutions, low-code is a real lifesaver. But as low-code technology grows in popularity, there’s also a temptation to bypass the IT.

“The world is benefiting more from low-code when it is used by people who know what they’re doing than by people who just experiment.“ – Mike Fitzmaurice

However, being a good citizen developer and building a good, useful, and future-proof application requires more than just a good tool – low code in this case. You need to be able to properly plan management, deployment, user education, IT education, maintenance purposes, security… You get the picture. That’s why in order to become a good citizen developer, you need to think like, well, a developer. Even if you’re not one.

Low-code development is still development. And it’s worth remembering that low-code does not equal citizen development – it is much bigger than that.

Listen to the latest episode of “High Tech – Low Code” podcast in which Tiago Neves, CEO of OutSprint, and host of the podcast, Mário Cunha, talk with our very own Mike Fitzmaurice.

What’s in it for you?

• What the developer mindset is and do we need it when we use low-code…
• What is a “happy path” and why is it not the only one we need?
• Why if something is built with low-code you shouldn’t consider it “one and done”?
• Are low-code platforms the silver bullets for many IT-related issues – or do they just generate more problems?

…and more!

Check out the podcast and listen to the experts. The episode is available on few platforms:

Spotify

Amazon Music

Google Podcasts

Apple Podcasts

 

We’re proud to share that one of the most popular portal for IT professionals in the US, Channel Vision Mag, has published the article about WEBCON BPS’s newest release. Channel Vision is B2B bi-monthly print magazine and digital content properties read and followed by channel partners selling all manner of voice, data, access, IT and managed services — both on-premises and in the cloud.

Channel Vision Mag covered the details about the latest version of our low-code platform, WEBCON BPS 2022 we announced at the beginning of this year. If you want to learn more about how they assess a range of new improvements implemented on the software, be sure to check out the article.

Read the article on Channel Vision >

If you want to dive even more deep in the latest release, read the article and the release note prepared by our team >

Forrester’s VP & Principal Analyst, Rob Koplowitz, and Mike Fitzmaurice, VP North America at WEBCON, held an insightful webinar on low-code technology, and why they think it’s a future of business process applications development.

The main component of digital transformation strategy is being able to build the applications you need when you need them – and to be sure they’ll be useful, quickly delivered, and continuously improved. What’s the best tool then? According to the top-class experts – low-code platform is the best answer.

But not every way of using low-coded works equally well. So how to use them in order to receive the best possible outcome? Rob Koplowitz has spent a lot of time and effort on this topic, and has plenty of suggestions on the subject.

Watch this inspiring conversation and learn more about low-code!