Industry context

Low-code and no-code platforms in energy and utilities

We set up low-code and no-code platforms so business teams can build applications quickly, inside rules IT can support.

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Low-code work is about governed citizen development: environments, data access, review steps and support once an application is in use. We set up the platform and its rules, build the first applications with your teams and train the people who will build the next ones.

Energy and utility companies run long-lived assets where reliability and safety come first, and their control systems fall under OT security requirements. Field crews, control room operators and asset managers need changes scheduled within approved shutdowns and maintenance seasons, under HSE rules. Applications built by business teams still handle personal and government data, so data residency, the UAE PDPL, the Saudi PDPL and the security controls your regulator expects apply to them as to any other system.

After stabilisation we hand over to your teams or keep running the service with you.

Alongside sector regulation, we often map delivery evidence to cross-industry baselines such as the UAE Information Assurance Regulation issued by TDRA, the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls in Saudi Arabia and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which many risk reviewers already use.

What the work covers

We design, deliver and stay until operation is stable, with evidence your procurement and risk teams can rely on.

  • Platform governance

    Separate environments, data policies and a review step before any application reaches production.

  • First applications

    A first set of applications built with business teams on real processes.

  • Builder enablement

    Training, templates and a support model for staff who build applications outside IT.

  • OT security and sector rules

    We design around OT security requirements such as the UAE Information Assurance Regulation and the Dubai Electronic Security Center's standards, or NCA OTCC in Saudi Arabia, with IEC 62443 for control systems, and keep the compliance evidence your regulator and HSE function review.

  • Application lifecycle

    Versioning, testing and promotion between environments, so changes made by business teams can be traced.

  • Integration and data access

    Approved connectors to core systems, with data access granted by role rather than by builder.

Signs you are ready to start

A low-code programme is ready to start when IT and the business agree who may build, and there is a backlog of small processes waiting for an application.

  • Operations has agreed the planned shutdown and maintenance windows available for changes.
  • IT and the business have agreed who may build applications and which data they may use.
  • A first list of processes to build has been drawn up with business owners.

Plan low-code and no-code platforms in energy and utilities

Tell us where you are today and which dates matter. We will propose a first phase with scope, owners and an itemised quotation.

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