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There's a number of automation tools and it's important to use the right tool for the right automation project. Just like with a vacation, there’s a distinct benefit to having access to the right tools to ensure you have the time of your life. For now, you can think of it as an all-inclusive resort.

Appian announced that the Municipality of Milan has deployed the Appian Low-Code Platform to automate and digitize key processes as part of a broader plan to transform citizen experience and innovate service delivery. As the second-largest region by population in Italy, the Municipality of Milan serves more than one million inhabitants and is considered a leader in innovation and excellence for Italy.

When your tools are intuitive, when they feel like a seamless extension of your capabilities, then your power to create is unlimited. Appian 22.2 delivers new features that continue to make development an intuitive experience, empowering you to build everything more quickly and efficiently.

There is a considerable range of approaches—both in terms of methodology, and technology—that can enable complete automation. Even with the best tools in place, however, nearly every company can benefit from a business unit devoted to overseeing, championing, and supporting the goal of automation. This is where automation centers of excellence come in.

Beyond the claims of what low-code development platforms can do, here are the top five things low-code can do for you to create real value for your organization...

What is low-code? Low-code allows you to program a machine through a visual interface, such as by drawing a workflow diagram. As the name suggests, low-code is a way to develop software using little to no coding. Instead of writing tons of lines of code using a computer language, such as Python, Java, or .NET, low-code allows developers to build business applications with the help of simple visual interfaces, similar to creating a flowchart or designing a website using pre-built components. This makes it a much more intuitive and human way of interacting with a machine than coding.

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today reveals that global leaders in financial services and insurance (FSI) believe that legacy IT infrastructure and applications are holding back their business transformation aspirations and automation objectives. These are the findings of a new report, "Financiers ridden with technical debt," from The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU), supported by Appian.

The insurance industry is undergoing massive modernization to improve outdated processes and enhance policyholder experiences. Delivering a connected insurance experience has become critical for insurers to stay competitive as the marketplace digitizes and insurtechs emerge, bringing new challenges to more established providers.

The financial services industry, like so many others, has undergone long-lasting changes in recent years. With the emergence of new technologies, new regulations, and unprecedented market changes, institutions have had to contend with unpredictability and rising consumer expectations. To effectively manage constant change, financial firms have to find a way to balance innovation and efficient process execution with risk. The following three shifts have made it even more difficult to navigate an already highly regulated industry.

The company's latest release features Appian Portals, technology designed to provide a straightforward way to expand the reach of Appian-built applications to external users. With Appian Portals, designers use low-code to quickly build and manage secure external websites that capture and expose (i.e. 'expose' in the sense of share, or offer out) data from Appian applications.