Posts by Edward Hadley

Posts by Edward Hadley

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  Design Thinking Approach: Think Twice Before Building Throwaway Prototypes

  Prototyping is one of the core principles of the design thinking process and is an important step in involving the business and enabling them to give feedback. Many believe that prototypes serve a temporary purpose and are ultimately meant to be replaced by something better. But what if you didn’t need to throw away your prototype?

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  How Atlas UI Enables Consistent Use of UI Design Best Practices

  If you lack in-house UX resources and your developers don’t possess UI/UX skills themselves, how can you possibly enable your development teams to build engaging user experiences at scale? Discover how to leverage Atlas’ out-of-the-box design language.

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  How the Design Thinking Process Helps Prevent IT Project Failures

  How can IT leaders prevent IT project failures and ensure their teams build applications that fully realize the expected benefits? One approach that has seen a recent surge in popularity is design thinking. Read the full blog to learn how to leverage the design thinking process to ensure successful application outcomes.

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  Applying Design Thinking Methods Across Your App Portfolio

  Beyond the obvious merits for innovation, we believe there’s value in applying design thinking methods across your entire portfolio of application development initiatives. Let’s explore the other use cases for applying design thinking methods.

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  Design Thinking Principles: Empathy as a Path to Mutual Value

  Many IT leaders lack a deeper understanding of design thinking principles and how they impact their IT organization and the business value they create. Learn more about one potentially misunderstood and underestimated principle, empathy.

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  Design Thinking vs. Agile: Combine Problem Finding and Solving for Better Outcomes

  While agile can provide a highly effective way of solving problems, it doesn’t guarantee that you’re solving the right problems in the first place. Learn how a number of enterprise IT organizations have begun leveraging agile in conjunction with design thinking to find the right problems to solve.

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  Do IT Teams Need UX Professionals to Deliver Great User Experiences?

  A user-centric approach to app design and development is crucial to combating app fatigue and realizing apps’ intended business value. But the focus on UX begs the question: as an enterprise IT leader, exactly how many UX professionals does my team need to deliver great experiences consistently and at scale?

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  Is Responsive App Design a Panacea for Enterprise IT Leaders?

  This blog post provides a perspective on both the pros and cons of responsive app design, and provides a solution for how to augment responsive app design with device-specific experiences for the best multi-channel UX.

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  Why Every IT Leader Should Be Concerned with App Fatigue

  To ensure app adoption and success, your development teams must focus on great UX, not just look and feel. Here are three recommendations to ensure your enterprise app users don’t suffer from app fatigue, putting your business initiatives at risk.

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  Progress Acquisition of Kinvey Marks the End of Standalone mBaaS

  Discover what Progress Software’s acquisition means for mobile Backend-as-a-Service (mBaaS) and the broader development platforms market.

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  Low-Code Development Takes the Main Stage at Cloud Foundry Summit

  Mendix hosted a keynote panel at the Cloud Foundry Summit with customers Georgetown University, Solomon Group, and MIT for a discussion on how low-code development enables them to take apps from ideas to production faster than traditional development.

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  Enterprise Architect Role Evolves to Enable Ecosystems, Emerging Tech

  A recap of the main themes of the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit, including the emerging tech on EA agendas.

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  5 Themes from Gartner’s App Strategies & Solutions Summit

  As enterprises build for competitive advantage, demand for apps is growing faster than IT capacity to deliver. High productivity tools promise to help.

• Mendix Launches the Most Resilient and Flexible Low-Code Platform Cloud

  Mendix advanced its multi-cloud strategy with a new release of the Cloud Foundry-based Mendix Cloud and Docker support for virtual private cloud deployment.

• Root Insurance Redefines Auto Insurance with Software & Analytics

  Discover how one Insurtech is putting software at the core of its business to deliver a more personalized product and customer experience.

• Infographic: Building the Digital Insurer

  To become a digital insurer, IT leaders must focus on helping their organizations tackle three key priorities with unprecedented speed.

• Mendix Webinar Featuring Celent and LV= to Outline Best Practices for Digital Product Delivery

  Mendix will host an interactive webinar titled “How to Deliver New Products Like an InsurTech,” featuring Craig Beattie, Celent senior analyst and InsurTech top 50 influencer, and Rod Willmott, Fast Track Director at LV= Insurance.

• Mendix Invited to Present at IBM’s Flagship World of Watson Event in Las Vegas

  Mendix was invited to present at IBM World of Watson. The session is titled, “Unleashing Digital Innovation: How Anyone Can Build Smart Experiences Using Watson Services.”

• Mendix Celebrates Largest Quarter Ever with Surge of Adoption by Enterprises

  Mendix announced record quarterly bookings in Q3 2016, including 123 percent year-over-year bookings growth in North America.

• Mendix Named Top-Rated Tech Employer in the Netherlands by Glassdoor

  Mendix was named the top-rated tech employer in the Netherlands for 2016 by Glassdoor.

• Momentum Continues to Accelerate as Mendix Achieves Record H1 Results Driven by Platform Innovation and Customer…

  Mendix announced record first half results, including triple-digit bookings growth in the UK and North America.

• How Solomon Group Quickly Delivered a High-Value IoT Solution

  See how Solomon Group quickly built an IoT solution that helps its clients improve the festival experience and differentiate its services in the process.

• TimeSeries Group Wins Mendix World 2016 Hackathon for Best IoT-enabled Smart App

  Mendix announced that developers from TimeSeries won the Mendix World 2016 Hackathon for building a workplace optimization smart app for ISS in 24 hours.

• Mendix Wins at Computing Magazine’s Vendor Excellence Awards

  Mendix has been named the winner of the prestigious Mobile Application Development award at Computing Magazine’s 2016 Vendor Excellence Awards in London.

• Mendix Named a Visionary for Second Year in a Row in Gartner 2016 Magic Quadrant for…

  Mendix was once again named a Visionary in the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Mobile App Development Platforms” report.

• Mendix 7 Harnesses Open Platform Ecosystem to Ignite Digital Innovation and Enable Rapid Delivery of Smart…

  Mendix unveiled Mendix 7, which provides the fastest and easiest way to build Smart Apps that digitize operations, experiences and business models.

• Mendix World 2016: Record Crowd of 2,700 Convenes to Discover the Future of Digital Innovation

  Mendix announced that a record number of 2,700 CIOs, business leaders and developers are convening at the Van Nelle Fabriek in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for Mendix World 2016.

• Mendix Speeds Up Business Innovation in the Cloud with IBM Bluemix

  Mendix for IBM Bluemix helps enterprises accelerate digital innovation by combining rapid app delivery capabilities with cloud, analytics IoT services.

• Genpact Adds Mendix to its Partner Ecosystem and Launches Innovative Solution to Bring Financial Institutions’ Risk…

  Genpact added Mendix to its partner ecosystem and launched an innovative solution to help financial institutions standardize model risk processes.

• Mendix Announces Premier Sponsors for Mendix World 2016 including Amazon Web Services, IBM and Pivotal

  Mendix announced Premier Sponsors for Mendix World 2016, including AWS, Capgemini, First Consulting, IBM, KPN and Pivotal.

• Mendix to Usher in Smart Apps Era at Mendix World 2016

  Mendix announced it will unveil its vision for rapidly building next generation Smart Apps at Mendix World 2016, June 7-8 in Rotterdam.

• Mendix World 2016 Hackathon Challenges Developers to Build Cutting-Edge IoT Apps in 24 Hours

  The Mendix World 2016 Hackathon challenges teams to build working Internet of Things (IoT) apps in just 24 hours, using Mendix with the KPN LoRa Network.

• Mendix Named a Leader Among Low-Code Development Platforms by Independent Research Firm

  Mendix was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for its extensive declarative tooling, openness and Cloud Foundry strategy.

• Mendix Reports Record Q1 Results Fueled by Strategic Platform Adoption

  Mendix announced record Q1 results. This triple-digit growth is being driven by strategic adoption of the Mendix platform, as enterprises around the world look to accelerate their digital transformation.

• Mendix Named a Visionary for Second Year in a Row in Gartner 2016 Magic Quadrant for…

  Mendix was once again named a Visionary in the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service, Worldwide” report (March 2016).

• Kermit Delivers Innovative Analytics Platform on Mendix to Help Hospitals Optimize PPI Spend

  The Kermit analytics platform provides hospitals with greater control over PPI spend, resulting in millions in cost savings and enhanced patient outcomes.

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  How Disney Amplifies Experiences By Merging the Physical and Digital Worlds

  Discover Disney’s secret to merging the physical and digital worlds, and ideas for creating your own digical experiences.

• Mendix Powers Vision Direct Group towards Digital Transformation

  Vision Direct Group has selected the Mendix platform to custom-build an integrated suite of enterprise applications for its business.

• Mendix to Accelerate Enterprise Digital Transformation by Collaborating with Microsoft

  Mendix announced support for Microsoft Azure cloud platform & services, enabling global IT teams to accelerate the delivery of multi-channel applications.

• Algorithmic Business: What Showtime’s Billions Reveals about Digital Innovation

  “Everybody has access to the same information. We just know how to analyze it better.”

  So says Bobby Axelrod, hedge fund manager and lead character in the new Showtime series Billions.

• Legendary Innovation Visionary Geoffrey Moore to Headline Mendix World 2016

  In addition to headlining keynote Geoffrey Moore, Mendix World 2016 speakers include Adrian Cockcroft, Simon Wardley, Kamales Lardi and much more.

• Mendix World 2016 to Inspire Innovation at Historic Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam

  Mendix announced that Mendix World 2016, the company’s premier global conference, will take place June 6-8 at the historic Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

• Mendix Launches Proactive Application Quality Monitoring Service

  Mendix today launched Mendix Application Quality Monitor, a cloud service designed to proactively monitor the maintainability of Mendix applications.

• Mendix Unveils MVP Program to Recognize and Reward Elite Mendix Developers

  The Mendix MVP program recognizes and rewards an elite group of Mendix developers for their exemplary contributions to the Mendix community.

• Mendix to Showcase Digital Innovation Solutions at 2015 Gartner AADI Summit

  Mendix is a Silver Sponsor at the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration (AADI) Summit taking place December 1-3, 2015 in Las Vegas.

• 7 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Implementing Bimodal IT

  Implementing bimodal IT? Avoid these seven common mistakes to ensure you focus on the right outcomes and drive your digital innovation initiatives forward.

• The Matchmaker’s Crucial Role in Identifying and Prioritizing Your Mode 2 Portfolio

  In order to jump-start Mode 2, identify a Matchmaker: someone close to the business that can help identify & prioritize projects. Here are 4 possibilities.

• Insurance for a Digital Age

  The fifth in a five-part series looking at how specific industries are tackling Digital Mastery, this post explores the insurance industry.

• Mendix Enables Springer Healthcare to Enhance Operational Efficiency and Customer Service

  Springer Healthcare is using Mendix to rebuild & modernize a global sales application, providing multi-channel access to client info, quotes and more.

• The Dollars and Cents of Digital Transformation

  The fourth in a five-part series looking at how specific industries are tackling Digital Mastery, this post explores the financial services industry.

• Mendix 6 Ushers in a New Era of Innovation for Today’s Digital Enterprise

  Mendix 6 includes offline mobile support, and a Model API and open source Platform SDK offering enhanced import and export of application models.

• Mendix Ignites Digital Innovation with Integrated Developer Experience on AWS

  Mendix is now available in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, empowering more users to quickly build multi-channel applications on AWS.

• Mendix Congratulates BDC on Winning Prestigious OCTAS Innovation Award for Business Transformation

  BDC won a prestigious 2015 OCTAS Award for a business transformation project that harnessed the Mendix platform and agile development methodology.

• The Digital Value Chain

  The third post in a five-part series looking at how specific industries are tackling Digital Mastery. Here, we explore the manufacturing industry.

• Is the Telecommunications Industry Embracing Digital Fast Enough?

  How can telecommunications companies make the leap from fashionistas to digital masters? By retooling the inside to realize gains on the outside.

• Mendix on Tour Hits the Road This Fall to Showcase Digital Innovation Success Stories

  Mendix kicked off its Mendix on Tour events series, designed to help IT, innovation and digital leaders accelerate their organization’s digital journey.

• The Digital Face of Tomorrow’s Healthcare

  This post illustrates the urgent need for digitization in healthcare and paints a picture of what the digital future might look like.

• Mendix Helps Saga Quickly Innovate New Application for Home Healthcare

  Saga Healthcare is using Mendix to implement an innovative digital business model for delivering key aspects of its private healthcare at home service.

• Mendix Named a Visionary in Gartner 2015 Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms

  Mendix was named a “Visionary” in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms.” Rapidly build responsive, multi-channel apps.

• Mendix Helps Enterprises Drive Digital Innovation with New Platform Release

  The Mendix Digital Experience Release Includes Free Full-Function Platform, Responsive UI Templates, OData Support, and Developer Productivity Enhancements

• Mendix Enables Solomon Group to Build Logistics Application for Upcoming 2015 ESSENCE Festival

  Solomon Group is using a custom application created via the Mendix platform to manage logistics for its production of the upcoming ESSENCE Festival.

• MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: Bimodal IT, Agile and Speed

  The discussion focused on how leading organizations are accelerating the results of their digital transformation projects through bimodal IT strategies.

• MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: Blurring the Lines Between IT and Business

  In this MIT Sloan CIO Symposium recap, we share how the CIO role is evolving to better lead digital transformation, including enabling business users.

• MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: From Digitally Disrupted to Digital Master

  At the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium yesterday, the themes of digital disruption and digital transformation were front and center.

  According to Jennifer S. Banner, CEO of Schaad Companies LLC, and a board member of BB&T Corp.

• Mendix CEO Derek Roos to Discuss Strategies for Harnessing Digital Innovation at MIT Sloan CIO Symposium

  Mendix CEO Derek Roos will participate in a panel, “The Board, CEO and CIO Roles in Dealing with Digital Disruption” at the 2015 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

• Mendix Customer LV= Insurance to Present its Fast-Track Innovation Approach at Gartner AADI Summit

  Mendix customer LV= Insurance will speak at the Gartner AADI Summit, delivering a presentation entitled “Rapid Application Delivery in a Bimodal World.”

• Mendix to Demonstrate Rapid Application Development Capabilities at Cloud Foundry Summit

  Mendix will showcase its open-standards, model-driven rapid application development capabilities at the 2015 Cloud Foundry Summit, May 11-12, 2015 in Santa Clara, Calif.

• John Hancock First to Market with Tech-Fueled Insurance Product Innovation

  The race is on to bring innovative new insurance products to market. The latest example is John Hancock, which is offering policyholders discounts for wearing Fitbit wristbands.

• Mendix Customer LV= Insurance Wins 2015 Celent Model Insurer Award for Innovative Use of Technology

  Mendix congratulates customer LV= Insurance on winning the Celent 2015 Model Insurer Award.

• Mendix and Pivotal Partner to Power Modern Application Development for Agile Enterprises

  Mendix and Pivotal partnered to bring Mendix’s no-code, rapid application development capabilities to Pivotal Cloud Foundry.

• Mendix Named a Visionary in Gartner 2015 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service,…

  Mendix was named a “Visionary” in the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service, Worldwide.” Download the report.

• AuraQ Partners with Mendix to Combine Process Management Expertise with Rapid App Delivery

  AuraQ, a professional services provider specialising in business performance optimisation, has partnered with Mendix to rapidly deliver integrated web and mobile applications.

• Mendix Webinar Featuring Research Analyst John Rymer to Provide a Blueprint for Rapid App Delivery Success

  On April 2nd, Mendix will host a webinar “Meeting Extreme Demands: Your Blueprint for Rapid App Delivery Success” featuring Forrester Analyst John Rymer.

• Code Share without the Code: Mendix Model Share Delivers Major Breakthrough for Rapid Developers

  Mendix launched Mendix Model Share, which allows rapid developers to share fully functional application models with just one click, enhancing their ability to collaborate with each other and save time by instantly re-using app components.

• EPI-USE Partners with Mendix to Extend SAP with Rapid Application Development Capabilities

  EPI-USE is partnering with Mendix to more quickly and flexibly extend SAP with multi-channel apps, plus build standalone solutions that meet unique business needs.

• The Simple Truth Behind Capital One’s Acquisition of Level Money

  This week, Capital One acquired money management app Level Money. Why? Read this post for the Simple answer. Hint: it’s reinventing itself as a software company.

• Mendix Named a Leader among Enterprise Public Cloud Platforms for Rapid Developers by Independent Research Firm

  Analysts recognize Mendix for being focused solely on providing rapid developers with a time- and effort-saving alternative to conventional development platforms
  BOSTON – December 29, 2014 – Mendix, the enterprise app platform as a service (aPaaS) company, today announced its position as a “L…

• Blue Box Brings Rapid Application Development to Enterprise Cloud Foundry and OpenStack Deployments with Mendix

  Boston, MA and Seattle, WA – December 11, 2014 – Mendix and Blue Box today announced a partnership to provide enterprises with next-generation hybrid cloud platforms powered by Cloud Foundry® and OpenStack®.

• Bringing Together Cloud Advancements to Power Modern Application Delivery

  The partnership with Mendix and Blue Box shows how the advancements of IaaS, PaaS and aPaaS come together, providing one of the fastest paths to delivering cloud-native applications.

• Mendix Joins New Cloud Foundry Foundation for Open PaaS

  Mendix’s membership in the Cloud Foundry Foundation helps deliver an open, flexible platform that supports multi-cloud deployment.

• Mendix to Showcase Rapid Application Delivery Capabilities at Gartner ADI Summit

  Mendix announced it is a Silver Sponsor at the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit. The conference is taking place in Las Vegas from Dec. 8-10, 2014.

• Survey Reveals ‘App Delivery Chasm’ as Demands for Mobile, Customer-Facing Apps Surge

  Nearly three quarters of IT organizations aren’t equipped to handle the increasing business demand for custom applications, according to a survey of 470 global IT and business professionals released today. This “app delivery chasm” will get worse as businesses look to compete with apps and IT struggles to keep up using outdated approaches.

• Mendix Attains ISAE 3402 Type II Certification for Internal Controls

  Mendix has achieved International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3402 Type II certification, confirming that the delivery of operations and IT services for Mendix customers adheres to the most stringent security and controls.

• Independent Benchmark Study: Mendix Delivers 6 Times Higher App Development Productivity

  An independent benchmark study concluded that complex business applications built on the Mendix platform can be delivered in a significantly shorter timeframe, at lower costs and with smaller teams, compared to traditional application development approaches.

• Mendix Webinar Featuring Thought Leader Michael Krigsman Will Focus on Driving IT Innovation in the Enterprise

  Mendix announced an interactive executive IT webinar featuring thought leader and ZDNetcolumnist Michael Krigsman. The webinar, “What’s Your Innovation Agenda? Driving IT Innovation in the Enterprise,” is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 30, at 11 a.m. EDT.

• New Mendix Release Enables No-Code Delivery of Multi-Device Mobile Apps for the Enterprise

  Mendix platform enhancements empower business users and developers to easily build cross-platform mobile apps that provide a rich, native experience.

• Sogeti Partners with Mendix for Rapid Application Delivery in the Cloud

  Sogeti, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capgemini, announced a partnership with Mendix that bolsters its ability to deliver multi-channel applications in a fraction of the time and cost.

• Mendix Customer MassHousing to Speak at NCSHA Housing Conference

  Mendix customer MassHousing will speak at the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) 2014 Annual Conference & Showplace event.

• New Mendix Salesforce.com Connector Enables Lightning-Speed, No-Code Development of Enterprise Apps

  Mendix announced the availability of a Salesforce.com Connector for rapidly extending Salesforce.com with any app using Mendix’s no-code app platform.

• Mendix and Pink Elephant Expand Strategic Partnership

  Pink Elephant is expanding its South African operations with a Mendix Center of Excellence to better support local app delivery needs.

• Mphasis Partners with Mendix to Rapidly Turn Industry Knowledge into Innovative Solutions

  Mphasis (an HP company) announced a global partnership with Mendix to deliver next-generation application development services.

• Mendix Customer The Boston Globe Named a Finalist in Constellation SuperNova Awards for Leaders in Disruptive…

  Constellation Research announced Wade Sendall, Vice President of IT at Mendix customer the Boston Globe, as a finalist in the 2014 SuperNova Awards.

• Mendix Announces Expanded Partner Program, Strong Ecosystem Growth

  Mendix announced an expanded partner program designed to accelerate time to success for its rapidly-growing ecosystem, which includes 20 new partners worldwide.

• University of Pennsylvania Uses Mendix to Build Custom App for Research Lab in a Week

  The University of Pennsylvania’s Quattrone Nanofabrication Lab has adopted the Mendix App Platform to rapidly deliver a new application that streamlines scheduling, billing and analytical processes. The lab’s engineers built the app in less than a week.

• Mendix Launches Online Academy for Rapidly Growing Global Community

  Mendix announced the availability of the Mendix Online Academy, an extensive set of free, self-service training videos to help new users and developers quickly get up to speed on the Mendix App Platform.

• Mendix Announces Cloud Foundry Support

  Mendix will support for the Cloud Foundry™ platform, the open source project that’s becoming the single API standard for inter-cloud application deployment. Mendix will integrate Cloud Foundry’s PaaS framework with Mendix’s high-productivity, model-driven aPaaS, providing greater flexibility across cloud providers.

• Mendix to Showcase Rapid App Delivery for Telecom Companies at TM Forum Live!

  Modern telecommunications companies need to innovate quickly to stay competitive in a rapidly-evolving industry. This theme is front and center at the TM Forum Live! Conference, where Mendix is demonstrating how it helps telcos transform their application delivery approach.

• Aggregate Spend Reporting and Sunshine Act Compliance: Q&A with Alere

  Companies are just waking up to the realities of aggregate spend reporting. This Q&A explores the challenges created by the Sunshine Act and the portal Alere developed with the Mendix App Platform to streamline that process.

• Mendix Expands Global Headquarters in Boston, Aims to Double Local Staff

  Mendix, the enterprise app platform as a service company, announced that it has moved its global headquarters in Boston into a newly-renovated space that will expand Mendix’s local footprint and accommodate an anticipated doubling of its Boston staff in 2014.

• Mendix Announces Winners of Mendix World 2014 Hackathon

  Mendix, the app platform company for the enterprise, announced that teams of developers from Finaps and Saxion Hogeschool were the winners of the Mendix World 2014 Hackathon in the Professional and Student categories respectively.

• 3 Reasons You Should Read Our Latest Case Study

  We’ve published a new case study on AVEBE, a world leader in the production of potato starches used in food, paper, textiles, adhesives, and other applications. This post outlines three interesting angles that make the AVEBE story a must-read.

• Mendix Congratulates Customer LV= for Winning Three Prestigious FStech Awards

  Mendix customer LV= received three prestigious FStech 2014 awards, including “Best Use of IT in Insurance” for leveraging the Mendix App Platform to rapidly deliver innovative applications. LV= was also acknowledged with “IT Team of the Year” and “Overall Winner”.

• UST-Global Selects Mendix to Enable Rapid Enterprise Cloud Application Development

  UST Global, a leading IT service provider, today announced a new partnership with Mendix, the Enterprise App Platform as a service company. This relationship provides CIOs a new option for modernizing their IT app development, deployment and management strategy.

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

  A record number of 1,500 are converging at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for Mendix World 2014. Featuring a packed agenda, Hackathon and various product updates, Mendix World has become the go-to event for the growing aPaaS market.

• Mendix Launches New Community Edition: Build and Deploy Enterprise Apps in the Cloud for Free

  Mendix announced the release of 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 announcement was made at Mendix World 2014.

• New Mendix AppCloud Ignites Application Innovation by Connecting All Custom Apps, Developers, Data and Users in…

  Mendix launched the Mendix AppCloud, a new service layer that sits on top of the Mendix App Platform, bringing together data, end users, business analysts, developers and ISV partners in a single cloud environment.

• Mendix World Hackathon: Building Innovative Apps That Help Give Back to Children

  Non-profit organizations of all sizes clearly make the world a better place. The challenge most of them face is that the amount of resources they can call upon are almost by definition limited.

• Mendix Customer LV= Insurance is Big Winner at FSTech Awards

  Mendix congratulates its customer LV= Insurance for winning big last night at the FStech Awards in London. Specifically, LV= brought home awards in the three categories: Best Use of IT in Insurance, IT Team of the Year and Overall Winner.

• 3 Great Customer Stories; 3 Great Mendix World Speakers

  This post summarizes three recent Mendix customer wins: pension fund provider AZL, energy company NLE and newspaper publisher The Boston Globe.

• Boston Globe Standardizes on the Mendix App Platform to Meet Diverse Application Needs Across the Organization

  Newspaper publisher The Boston Globe has adopted the Mendix App Platform to rapidly deliver dozens of new business applications that drive efficiency and innovation across the organization. The first two apps were completed in just weeks, delivering immediate business impact.

• Energy Supplier NLE Adopts the Mendix App Platform to Fuel Innovation

  Dutch energy supplier NLE is rolling out a series of innovative new applications built on the Mendix App Platform. Consolidating all application needs onto a single high-productivity app platform will help NLE more quickly differentiate itself in a competitive market.

• Mendix Announces Hackathon, Expanded Program and Speakers for Mendix World 2014

  Mendix announced a hackathon along with additional speakers to the program for Mendix World 2014, the company’s premier global event for users, customers, partners and IT professionals. The conference is scheduled for April 3-4, 2014 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

• Pension Fund Provider AZL Adopts Mendix App Platform to Accelerate Time-to-Market for Retiree Portal

  Mendix announced that pension fund provider AZL has selected the Mendix App Platform to quickly develop a custom web portal for pension holders. The project is expected to significantly reduce time-to-market for the new portal.

• Mendix Webinar Featuring Research Analyst John Rymer to Focus on ‘Rewriting the App Delivery Playbook for…

  Mendix will host an executive IT webinar, “Rewriting the App Delivery Playbook for the Age of the Customer,” featuring John Rymer, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. It is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 11:00 a.m. EST.

• CIOs: Are You Ready for the Big Game? [eBook]

  Football is like application development: the coach (CIO) implements a system (platform) and set of plays (methodology) to help his team march toward the goal (apps). This playbook is designed to help IT teams execute a winning app delivery strategy.

• Mendix Closes $25 Million Series B Round Led by Battery Ventures to Disrupt Enterprise Application Development

  Mendix announced the closing of a $25 million Series B investment. The round was led by Battery Ventures, with participation from existing investor Prime Ventures. The investment will fuel the company’s continued global expansion, product development and sales efforts.

• Mendix Placed in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platforms as a Service

  Mendix, the app platform company for the enterprise, announced it has been placed in the newly published “2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platforms as a Service (aPaaS)” by research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.

• Partner Spotlight: Q&A with Two-Time FD Golden Gazelle Winner CAPE Groep

  Mendix partner CAPE Groep won the FD Golden Gazelle Award for the second straight year. We caught up with CAPE Groep’s CEO to learn more about the company, its growth, and how partnering with Mendix has contributed to its success.

• Mendix World 2014 Momentum Builds as Initial Keynotes and Sponsors are Unveiled

  Mendix announced growing momentum for Mendix World 2014, with the addition of compelling keynote speakers, including Gartner research director David Norton and a rapidly-filling list of sponsors. Registration is open for the event, which will take place April 3-4, 2014.

• The 5 Most Important Questions to Ask When Evaluating Enterprise App Platforms

  Investing in an enterprise app platform is an important decision for CIOs.

• Communicating IT’s Value to the Business: Mendix Webinar Features Dr. George Westerman of MIT

  CIOs who  communicate value can create more value; interactive webinar will show you how

  BOSTON – December 5, 2013 – Mendix, the app platform company for the enterprise, today announced plans to host an interactive event titled “Communicating IT’s Value to the Business,” featuring Dr.

• Mendix Webinar with Triumph Consultancy Services to Focus on Bringing Simplicity and Efficiency to Life Sciences…

  Attendees will discover a new approach to clinical systems development that drives more value, faster
  BOSTON – December 3, 2013 – Mendix, the app platform company for the enterprise, today announced plans to host a webinar titled “Using Process Automation to Drive Compliance and Reduce Cost o…

• Mendix Drives Application Innovation for Top Insurance Companies

  Growing Number of Insurers Use Mendix to Rapidly Deliver Customer-Facing Applications that Drive Differentiation and Growth

  BOSTON – October 21, 2013 – Faced with mounting competition and customer expectations, global insurance companies face intense pressure to differentiate themselves throu…

• In Pursuit of Intuitive Life Sciences Apps: Q&A with Triumph Consultancy

  Today, we announced a partnership Triumph Consultancy Services, which works with biopharma, CRO, and medical device companies to enhance the quality, experience, and value of clinical trials.

• The Consumer App Craze and Its Profound Impact on Business Applications

  If there was any doubt that we live in an app world, just take a look at Gartner’s recent Mobile App Store Worldwide Forecast.  The analyst firm predicts that annual downloads of mobile apps will increase 59.38% to 102 billion in 2013.  That’s a staggering number.

• What Model-Driven Development Has In Common with Marketing Campaign Management

  I’m Ed Hadley, one of the newest members of the Mendix team.  I spent the last two and a half years at Neolane, a cross-channel campaign management vendor that was recently acquired by Adobe.

• Mendix Announces Mendix World 2014

  Premier global Mendix event to take place April 3-4, 2014, in Rotterdam
  BOSTON and Rotterdam, NL – September 19, 2013 – Mendix, the app platform company for the enterprise, today announced Mendix World 2014, its premier global event for users, customers, partners, and IT professionals.

• Cred-System Fuels Fast-Paced Growth with FICO and the Mendix App Platform

  It’s always great to hear about the many different ways our customers are accelerating their business with the help of Mendix. This week our partner FICO talked about an interesting joint customer story: Cred-System is implementing an account origination solution with FICO and Mendix.

• Mendix Cited by European Commission VP as “Real Success” Story

  This week, Mendix was fortunate to be recognized by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission and multi-time member of Forbes’ list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. In a column in Dutch financial newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad, Ms.