<s>
Appian	B-General_Concept
Corporation	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
McLean	O
,	O
Virginia	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Dulles	O
Technology	O
Corridor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
sells	O
a	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
for	O
building	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
focused	O
on	O
low-code	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
,	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
,	O
business	O
process	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
case	B-Application
management	I-Application
markets	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Europe	O
,	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
and	O
Southeast	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appian	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Michael	O
Beckley	O
,	O
Robert	O
Kramer	O
,	O
Marc	O
Wilson	O
and	O
Matthew	O
Calkins	O
,	O
who	O
serves	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
low-code	B-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Vontobel	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
investment	O
firm	O
,	O
started	O
using	O
Appian	O
's	O
Low-Code	B-Architecture
Platform	I-Architecture
to	O
improve	O
its	O
business	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
updated	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
Artificial	O
intelligence	O
and	O
robotic	B-Application
process	I-Application
automation	I-Application
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
Appian	O
started	O
highlighting	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
low-code	B-Architecture
tools	O
in	O
improving	O
environmental	O
,	O
social	O
&	O
corporate	O
governance	O
(	O
ESG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
lets	O
defense	O
customers	O
use	O
Appian	O
Government	O
Cloud	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Appian	O
Low-Code	B-Architecture
Platform	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
,	O
Horizon	O
Power	O
,	O
a	O
Western	O
Australian	O
energy	O
utility	O
,	O
wanted	O
to	O
transfer	O
from	O
manual	O
process	O
to	O
automation	O
and	O
started	O
using	O
Appian	O
’s	O
low-code	B-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
to	O
improve	O
internal	O
workflows	O
and	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2022	O
,	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
,	O
first	O
available	O
in	O
January	O
,	O
was	O
fully	O
integrated	O
into	O
all	O
Appian	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
,	O
low-code/no	O
-code	O
workflows	O
,	O
and	O
automation	O
working	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Appian	O
started	O
the	O
free	O
#lowcode4all	O
program	O
to	O
help	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
low-code	B-Architecture
education	O
and	O
certification	O
for	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Participants	O
complete	O
a	O
low-code	B-Architecture
curriculum	O
and	O
the	O
Appian	O
Certified	O
Associate	O
Developer	O
exam	O
,	O
receive	O
access	O
to	O
hiring	O
recruiters	O
through	O
Appian	O
’s	O
partner	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
get	O
job	O
search	O
skills	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
7	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Appian	O
announced	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Novayre	O
Solutions	O
SL	O
,	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
Jidoka	O
robotic	B-Application
process	I-Application
automation	I-Application
(	O
RPA	O
)	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
Appian	O
acquired	O
the	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
company	O
Lana	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appian	O
offers	O
a	O
low-code	B-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
with	O
a	O
visual	O
interface	O
and	O
pre-built	O
development	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
pure-play	O
provider	O
of	O
low-code	B-Architecture
software	O
on	O
the	O
stock	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
low-code	B-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
,	O
it	O
enables	O
businesses	O
to	O
create	O
apps	O
and	O
automations	O
using	O
little	O
or	O
no	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appian	O
SAIL	O
technology	O
is	O
a	O
low-code	B-Architecture
method	O
for	O
enterprise	B-Application
applications	I-Application
that	O
works	O
from	O
back-end	O
integration	O
to	O
upper	O
level	O
graphical	O
user	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
designers	O
to	O
use	O
low-code	B-Architecture
to	O
build	O
and	O
manage	O
secure	O
external	O
websites	O
that	O
capture	O
and	O
share	O
data	O
from	O
Appian	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
act	O
of	O
analyzing	O
,	O
improving	O
,	O
and	O
monitoring	O
business	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
was	O
fully	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Appian	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appian	O
includes	O
the	O
Mine	O
Process	O
history	O
plug-in	O
that	O
lets	O
users	O
automatically	O
import	O
process	O
data	O
into	O
the	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
product	O
for	O
further	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
no-code	B-Architecture
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Appian	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
low-code	B-Architecture
data	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
