Cyber Magazine January 2023 | Page 7

Executives from Appian , AWS , and Xebia share their collaborative efforts and excitement about their partnership in low-code , cloud , and sustainability .
Technology is instrumental to achieving next-level capabilities across industries . But organizations that want to operate sustainably must choose technology that lets them adhere to strong environmental , social , and governance principles .
Appian Corporation , a process automation leader , is a critical piece of the digital transformation and sustainability puzzle . The enterprise-grade Appian Low-Code Platform is built to simplify today ’ s complex business processes , with process mining , workflow , and automation capabilities .
“ By quickly building apps that streamline and automate workflows , organizations are using Appian to make their processes for monitoring and reporting on ESG initiatives faster , simpler , and more effective ,” says Meryl Gibbs , Emerging Industries Leader at Appian .
“ Both AWS and Appcino are amazing partners of ours ,” says Michael Heffner , VP Solutions and Industry Go To Market at Appian . “ We have an extremely long legacy engagement with AWS as our trusted , go-to-market partner and Appcino builds “ meaningful , business-focused applications on the Appian platform and is amazing in all things ESG .”
Digital transformation in ESG .
As an AWS leader enabling sustainability solutions built on the cloud , Mary Wilson , Global Sustainability Lead at AWS , talks about the partnership with Appian .
“ Our objective is to help our customers achieve sustainability goals across their business operations ,” says Wilson . “[ This means ] looking at data availability , meaning access to more data , and enabling actionable insights . “ Lowcode , cloud-enabled , technologies will allow organizations to build fast , learn fast , iterate , and continue to improve these insights to drive their sustainability outcomes .”
Tarun Khatri , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Appcino ( product part of Xebia ), explains just how critical ESG is in the face of digital transformation . “ The investment community now considers ESG reporting as a major factor for measuring performance ,” says Khatri The collaboration will continually uncover new insights and provides customers the opportunity to accelerate their ESG goals with speed and security .