AutomatePro: ServiceNow Partner of the Year Automates & Accelerates Software Development

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I share insights from Chris Pope on
how automation can boost morale, reduce costs, and accelerate
delivery.


Highlights


00:02 — Today's episode is brought to you by
AutomatePro, a ServiceNow partner. They want to talk about a new
product they have that is helping to change the software
development lifecycle. AutomatePro Chief Product Officer Chris
Pope recently spoke with my colleague Kieron Allen, and I wanted
to highlight some of the key parts of that.


00:43 — They said they try to automate some of
this drudgery and the mundane work. That’s in areas like testing,
documentation. It’s not stuff that talented developers want to be
doing — though it’s a central part of the process. So when
AutomatePro steps in and says, “Hey, we can take care of that for
you,” it allows those highly skilled developers to move on to
more meaningful work.


01:18 — The benefits of what AutomatePro does in
working with the ServiceNow platform: they accelerate the
process, they boost employee morale — which is so important today
— and especially this ability to lower cost. It was a key point
that Chris made a number of times in the conversation with
Kieron: AutomatePro helps to augment humans, not replace them.


02:10 — So, he said, "We meet people where
they're already working." He said that could be in a native
state, through a portal, or through any other part of the
process. Ultimately, what that allows is — he said, “Wherever the
developers are working, we’re there — where the developer already
is and is already working.”


03:06 — This reflects the powerful ecosystem
that ServiceNow has been intent on building for the last several
years. So we see these Cloud Wars Top 10 companies, like
ServiceNow, have an enormous range of capability. But, as each
frequently says, “We can't do everything,” and we're counting on
partners like AutomatePro to step in and be able to add
significant value.


03:34 — One: it lowers costs. Two: it
accelerates software development. Three: it improves morale. And
it does so while augmenting what humans do — rather than
replacing humans. Very interesting.


Check out the full interview between Kieron Allen and Chris
Pope.



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