McLean – October 29, 2026 -- Appian's Appian Defense Cloud (ADC) has received Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization to Operate from the US Department of War (DOW), clearing the platform to handle the department's highest-sensitivity unclassified workloads.

The IL5 designation allows ADC to store and process DOW mission-critical data, controlled unclassified information and unclassified national security systems. ADC builds on Appian's existing IL5 Appian Government Cloud offering.

BERLIN – October 28, 2026 -- Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) and contract research organisation PSI have taken a live AI-powered process orchestration solution for clinical trial site identification and selection into operation, the first joint project between the two companies.

The solution covers therapeutic areas, indications and geographies. It moves previously manual, decentralised steps into a single digital process, from project initiation through the later stages of site selection.

McLean, Virginia – September 20, 2026 -- Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) ranked #1 for the Deterministic Workflow Automation Use Case and the Platform Consolidation Use Case in the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) report. The company was also named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for BOAT, based on its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

Miami – September 11, 2026 -- Nucleus Research has named Appian, Creatio, Infor, Kissflow, Oracle, OutSystems, and Zoho as Leaders in its 2026 Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP) Technology Value Matrix, citing their combined strength in functionality and usability at scale.