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SoSafe, Europe’s major vendor for security awareness and training announced the appointment of Gonçalo Gaiolas, former C-level executive and leader of the product organisation at OutSystems, as Chief Product Officer (CPO).   Gaiolas will lead SoSafe’s entire product organisation and will further drive product innovation and strengthen the company’s global product leadership. Rise in cybercrimes Niklas Hellemann, Co-Founder and SoSafe CEO, "At SoSafe, we are on a mission to support organisations in leveraging their employees as an active asset of cyber defence."   Niklas Hellemann adds, "Cybercrime has been professionalising for years but with the rise of AI-powered Large Language Models, this is taking on new dimensions due to its massively increased scaling and threat potential. This development confirms our product strategy of constantly weaving new developments and technologies such as Generative AI into product innovations." Developing security awareness solution Gonçalo brings extensive experience, especially in customer-oriented product development" Niklas Hellemann continues, "With Gonçalo, we have found the perfect Chief Product Officer to double down on this and we are very pleased to welcome him on board. Gonçalo brings extensive experience as a fast-scaling category leader, especially in hands-on customer-oriented product development."   He said, "We trust him to grow, coach, and develop the whole product team and operations to the next level to further strengthen the core of our value creation, our security awareness solution." Gaiolas' work experience  Gaiolas – a computer science postgrad with more than 15 years of professional B2B SaaS management experience worked at OutSystems for more than 10 years. He has been responsible for Customer Success, Customer Experience, and Product, most recently as CPO.    In this position, Gaiolas oversaw product and platform strategy and execution, drove the cross-company product-led strategy, and was leading developer and community relations. Customer-centric Gonçalo Gaiolas, CPO at SoSafe, said “SoSafe has a leading value proposition in the market. I am impressed by the deeply rooted customer-centricity of not only the product but the whole organisation."   Gonçalo Gaiolas adds, "The integration of behavioural science and data insights is something that sets SoSafe apart from its competitors. With cybersecurity being the most pressing threat for businesses today, I am looking forward to working on a purpose-driven solution and taking product innovation at SoSafe to the next level.” Cybersecurity training and awareness SoSafe is uniquely positioned to create continuous awareness programmes that drive behavioural change Since its foundation in 2018, SoSafe has been revolutionising the way organisations approach cybersecurity training and awareness. Driven by a product team with diverse backgrounds in social sciences and learning psychology, SoSafe is uniquely positioned to create continuous awareness programmes that drive genuine behavioural change.    Committed to innovation and rapid adaptation, SoSafe constantly evolves its product offerings to meet industry requirements and customer demands. Leveraging Generative AI The company is at the forefront of developing emerging capabilities for next-generation platforms, incorporating multi-factor human risk reporting, personalised learning paths, and automated multichannel rapid awareness tools.    Gaiolas will play a key role in driving these advancements, leveraging the potential of Generative AI for product innovation, and enhancing the efficacy of their overall cybersecurity training and awareness programme.

OutSystems, a pioneer in high-performance application development, announces it has once again been named by Gartner, Inc. as a Leader in the January 2023 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP). In its sixth consecutive time as a Leader, OutSystems was positioned highest on the vertical axis for ‘ability to execute’ based on its product/service, sales execution/pricing, customer experience, market responsiveness/record, overall viability, marketing execution and operations. High adoption growth Low-code development continues to see high adoption growth due to demands for greater velocity in application delivery across large and midsize organisations with extreme engineering efficiency, continued scarcity of tech talent, and growing hybrid or borderless workforces. “LCAP continues to be the largest segment of low-code and is expected to reach $18.2 billion by 2026 at a CAGR of 23.6% from 2021 through 2026.” LCAP continues to be the largest segment of low-code and is expected to reach $18.2 billion by 2026" “The demand continues to intensify for new and superior apps that drive efficient operations and improve the bottom line. Faced with complex legacy systems and limited resources, development teams need an open platform that helps accelerate their pace of innovation for new customer experiences, services, and integrations,” said Paulo Rosado, Founder and CEO of OutSystems. High-performance application Paulo Rosado adds, “OutSystems is changing the way software is built through high-performance application development. Along with our platform, we’ve built one of the industry’s most robust ecosystems of low-code-specific app components to help all teams build exactly what their business needs now, with the power to rapidly evolve and innovate for the future.” Unlike other vendors in the market, OutSystems enables a high-performance software development approach, which elevates the performance and productivity of development teams so they can build applications of any complexity or scale. The company’s evolutionary approach to software development also gives customers the power to continuously evolve, integrate, and extend enterprise-grade applications to address new business demands and opportunities. The company’s high-performance approach also allows users to create a wide variety of strategic, mission-critical apps to address their current and emerging business needs. Mission-critical apps OutSystems was also recognised as the ‘Customers’ Choice’ in the March 2022 Gartner Peer Insights In addition to the January 2023 Magic Quadrant, OutSystems was also recognised as the ‘Customers’ Choice’ in the March 2022 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Enterprise Low-Code Platforms report, based on user reviews and feedback. Since the launch of the Peer Insights platform, users have shared more reviews (more than 700 reviews and counting) of OutSystems than of any other enterprise low-code vendor, with an overall score of 4.5/5 stars as of 11th January 2023. “The role of the IT leader has never been more difficult. The backlog of applications continues to grow and teams simply don’t have the time or resources to keep up,” said Pete Peterson, CTO of Riviera Partners. Extensible solution architecture Pete Peterson adds, “I have used OutSystems at three different organisations, and each time, it was the catalyst for transformation. My teams and I have built strategic apps at a rapid pace while delivering exceptional value and saving millions of dollars in production costs. This is not a regular low-code tool, it's a platform for innovation.” "We live in a world that requires our digital solutions to grow with our mission, to quickly extend value as opportunities arise, and to meet our constituents in a personalised and modern fashion,” said John Rathje, Vice President and CIO, Division of Information Technology, Kent State University, adding “OutSystems provides us the development platform to quickly turn ideas into value, and it meets our goals for a sustainable and extensible solution architecture.”

OutSystems, a globally renowned company in high-performance application development, has announced that it has acquired Ionic, one of the most widely used platforms for building mobile and desktop applications using web technology. Together, OutSystems and Ionic will help IT leaders transform the way they build, deliver, and continuously update business-critical applications with a focus on quality, performance, security, and scale. OutSystems acquires Ionic Customers can choose the tools that best fit their application requirements OutSystems and Ionic cover a range of development approaches – from open source to high-performance low-code – with a focus on enterprise-grade applications with built-in security and scalability. As a result, customers can choose the tools that best fit their application requirements, and their development teams’ expertise and coding preferences. Ionic and its open source products to operate independently Ionic and its open source products will continue to operate independently, supporting and growing its worldwide developer community, and will complement the OutSystems platform, including the OutSystems Cloud and cloud-native development environments. “We founded OutSystems to help customers innovate faster and fundamentally change how enterprise software is developed. Ionic is a continuation and expansion of this vision,” said Paulo Rosado, OutSystems’ Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Redefine the future of software development He adds, “The Ionic team, technology, and community are integral to our strategy, as we redefine the future of software development. Like us, the Ionic team is laser-focused on building the best experience for developers.” Paulo Rosado continues, “Together, we’ll do even more to help enterprise software teams massively improve their performance and deliver strategic applications that were once only achievable for elite development teams with unlimited budgets and resources.” Community-centric approach “I’m extremely proud of what Ionic and our community have accomplished and know that together Ionic and OutSystems will be an unstoppable force in enterprise application development,” said Max Lynch, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ionic. OutSystems shares our community-centric approach and focus on making software development easier" Max Lynch adds, “OutSystems shares our community-centric approach and focus on making software development easier and more accessible, whether you’re a solo developer or a larger business. With OutSystems, we’ll be able to take our vision even further, provide additional value to our customers and community members, and significantly increase our investments in open source product development and R&D.” Ionic is the maker of many popular open source projects, including Ionic Framework, a mobile UI toolkit; Capacitor, a tool for natively deploying web applications; and Stencil, a tool chain for building web component-based design systems. Ionic’s developer-friendly products Ionic’s developer-friendly products empower professional developers and teams to build, secure, and deliver enterprise-grade applications in less time. Its open source and commercial products are widely adopted and used by more than five million developers in over 200 countries, powering more than 15% of all applications in the app stores. Ionic was advised in the transaction by JMP Securities, a Citizens Company, which acted as the sole financial advisor, and Polsinelli PC, which served as legal advisor. Hogan Lovells LLP served as legal advisor to OutSystems in the transaction.