In the 21st century it is a given that all businesses will require IT and therefore some applications to help them operate.

Due to operational pressures, in 2005, I created a "shadow IT department" in a central government department.  I was a civil servant on the receiving end of a Ministerial request for urgent data.  We didn't collect the data that had been requested by the Minister at that time, so I had to develop a means to collect it from mutilple offices distributed around the country, quickly.

kinodb, our development and deployment platform, is used very productively by some business users, but it isn't specifically targeted at 'citizen developers’.

As one of the three founders of datb, Martin has been delivering solutions for our customers for almost 20 years. Here Martin discusses rapidly translating requirements into an application that delivers the benefits that our clients are looking for.

I feel very fortunate that I get to lead the development, support and maintenance of an industry-leading off-the-shelf low-code development package. 

I have been turning requirements into solutions for datb’s clients for many years now. I find that having all of the detailed technical “grunt work” done behind the scenes as you build the application is fantastic.