Mendix World 2014: Record Crowd of 1,500 Gathers for aPaaS Industry’s Premier Global Event

Event highlights include expert speakers, 24-hour Hackathon and major product announcements

BOSTON and ROTTERDAM – April 3, 2014 – Mendix, the enterprise app platform as a service company, today announced that a record number of 1,500 are converging at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for Mendix World 2014. Featuring a packed agenda, 24-hour Hackathon and various announcements and product updates from Mendix and its ecosystem of partners, Mendix World has become the go-to event for the latest trends and developments in the growing enterprise application Platform as a Service (aPaaS) market.

The Mendix World 2014 program features a mix of inspiring and practical content, including keynotes from Mendix executives and industry thought leaders; Solution track sessions from customers and partners showcasing business impact and IT management results; Expert sessions delivering best practices, insight and cool new features for enabling successful application delivery projects; a Partner Market; networking and entertainment; and more.

The speaker list includes the following:

  • Alain Bergeron VP, IT solutions & operations, Business Development Bank of Canada
  • Marc Carrel-Billiard, executive partner, Accenture
  • Edward Heijkers, Director of Services, AZL
  • Pierre Hessler, Capgemini Fellow and Chairman’s Delegate
  • David Norton, research director, Gartner, Inc.
  • Wade Sendall, vice president of IT, The Boston Globe
  • Harald Swinkels, CEO & co-founder, NLE
  • Martin Wanschers, process manager, BAM Infratechniek
  • Rod Willmott, Fast Track Director, LV= Insurance

In addition, Mendix World 2014 is hosting a Hackathon with small teams of developers competing over a 24-hour period to create innovative apps that address real needs faced by global humanitarian organization Terre des Hommes. The Mendix World audience will pick the ultimate winner of the Mendix World Hackathon 2014 Award.

Introducing the Mendix AppCloud and Mendix Community Edition

Mendix also today launched the Mendix AppCloud and the Mendix Community Edition – a free, no-strings-attached edition of the company’s enterprise app Platform as a Service (aPaaS) for rapid application delivery and deployment.  The AppCloud is a groundbreaking new service layer on top of the Mendix App Platform, bringing end users, business analysts, developers and ISV partners together in a single cloud environment that fundamentally changes the way modern business apps are built, shared and consumed.

Learn more about the Mendix AppCloud: https://www.mendix.com/press/new-mendix-appcloud

Learn more about the Mendix Community Edition: https://www.mendix.com/press/mendix-launches-community-edition

“This year’s line-up of expert speakers, thought-provoking sessions and exciting special events is shaping up as the best Mendix World yet,” said Derek Roos, CEO and co-founder of Mendix. “We are really looking forward to the opportunity to bring users, customers, partners and executives together to share amazing success stories, swap best practices and think about app development on a whole new level.”

Platinum Sponsors of Mendix World 2014 are Capgemini and Pink Elephant. Gold Sponsors are Accenture, Bizzomate, CAPE Groep, Dun & Bradstreet, Finaps, FlowFabric, Magnus and Mansystems.

    About Mendix

    Mendix, a Siemens business, is the only low-code platform designed to address the full complexity of enterprise software development challenges. Deploying point solutions to departmental problems solves things at a micro level—but if you want to make a significant impact on your business, you need to go bigger and build powerful portfolios that move the needle sustainably and strategically.

    With Mendix, enterprises can take on more complex, transformational initiatives by engaging everyone in capturing requirements, forming ideas, and embedding value assessment throughout the lifecycle of the software portfolio.

    Focus on the right problems while relying on governance and control to avoid unnecessary risk. Mobilize your organization. Build the change readiness muscle. And when the next big idea drops, turn it into an outcome quicker.

    More than 4,000 organizations in 46 countries use the Mendix low-code platform. An active community of over 300,000 developers has created over 950,000 applications – and counting.