Solving SaaS Sprawl: Why the Future of Planning is Custom, Connected, and Powered by Acterys

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At Acterys we’re seeing a growing trend towards the adoption of customizable applications developed to meet specific business requirements. Recent market analysis from Grand View Research echoes this, suggesting that the global custom software development market is set to grow at a CAGR of 22.6% from now until 2030, with business intelligence, machine learning and AI cited as key factors behind this growth.

That’s certainly the feedback we’re getting at Acterys, with more and more customers creating configurable solutions based on our technology platform to solve domain-specific needs. Recent application examples include asset lifecycle management, emergency response planning, procurement planning, machine utilization, downtime analysis, and vendor management. And of course all these Acterys-based apps can be easily customized for specific use cases across any industry.

The good news is that, with our foundation in Power BI and Excel, organizations can take advantage of their existing technology investments – enhancing collaboration and workflow management by getting users to input and update data directly within their preferred tools.

With a standard Power BI architecture, the data traditionally only flows one way with disparate feeds into a centralized data warehouse or reporting environment. However, with Acterys the architecture transforms, and our platform serves as a launchpad for your tailored business applications. AI-supported write-back and workflow capabilities supercharge the environment, turning Power BI into a two-way street – unlocking structured flexibility across your entire organization.

By introducing write-back versioned tables into the staging layer and enabling write-back visuals directly within Power BI, Acterys creates a unified, dynamic environment that connects operations, strategy and execution like never before.

And building your apps couldn’t be any easier, with a visual, drag-and-drop interface for managing models, Acterys can also be deployed quickly, often within weeks, compared to other solutions that may require months or years of setup and configuration.

This isn’t just software, it’s the answer to decades of SaaS sprawl. With a data-driven, iterative approach powered by Power BI, we’re enabling organizations to build smarter solutions faster – revolutionizing how customers make decisions and take action.