Pega recognises app developers

Hyderabad: American software company, Pegasystems Inc on Thursday announced the winners of its third annual Pega Community Hackathon. The six-week event attracted more than 1,100 app developers from across India. The participants had to use Pega's software to build their solutions.

Pega professionals, students, recent graduates and citizen developers participated in the hackathon. A panel of judges evaluated submissions on the basis of the level of innovation, real-world impact and execution. All the apps were built on Pega Platform, a low-code platform for AI-based decisioning and workflow automation.

A team of developers from IQZ Systems LLC received the 'Best in Show' award for their Heal and Hale entry. The winners shared a prize of $24,500. The Social Impact Award won by Accenture team will have a donation made in their name to a Pega-approved charity of choice.

"The annual Pega Community Hackathon challenges diverse teams to think differently and solve problems in new ways," said Stephanie Louis, senior director, digital client experience, Pega. "We congratulate the winning teams for their hard work and innovation, as well as everyone who submitted entries and took the opportunity to develop skills that will help increase the success of future Pega projects," Louis added.

The other winners included Blue Rose Technologies team for creating TravelGreen solution, Top Student Award to the Chennai Institute of Technology team for their Pre-Cure solution, Social Impact Award to the Accenture team for their Study Assist solution, Best Use of App Studio Award to the Capgemini GmbH team for creating The Crib, Best Use of Business Workflow Application Award to the Aaseya IT Service Pvt Ltd team for their AIMF solution, and Community Choice Award to the Citi team for their Delete Pega Application Wizard solution.