Mendix Announces Global Reseller Agreement with IBM, Extending Leadership in Low-Code Platforms

Collaboration enables enterprises to leverage Mendix’s low-code platform on the IBM Cloud with native integration to AI, data analytics, and IoT services

BOSTON – January 26, 2018 – Mendix, the fastest and easiest platform to build and continuously improve mobile and web applications, today announced that IBM will resell and support the Mendix platform on the IBM Cloud.

Mendix’s speed and agility will be available on the IBM Cloud with AI, data analytics, and IoT services, and offers IBM developers the flexibility to consume rapid application development tools, cloud services, and cloud runtimes under a single subscription.

“The collaboration between IBM and Mendix will combine the ease of Mendix’s low-code environment with the advanced services available on IBM Cloud, including AI, blockchain, data analytics, mobile and Internet of things (IoT) services,” said Don Boulia, General Manager of Cloud Developer Services, IBM. “This significantly accelerates the speed at which developers from all backgrounds, from highly skilled coders to business users expanding their roles, are positioned to build and deploy cloud-native applications.”

Customers leveraging Mendix on IBM Cloud can benefit from:

• Accelerated time to value, delivering applications up to 10 times faster
• Native integration of IBM Watson IoT and AI services
• Cloud-native architecture supporting out-of-the-box high-availability and scalability
• Flexible cloud deployment across IBM Cloud’s public, private and hybrid options, leveraging Cloud Foundry or Docker / Kubernetes
• Increased collaboration and agility across business and technology teams

“The apps of the future cannot be built with the tools of the past. Businesses across all industries are finding new ways to innovate, and today’s leaders are putting low-code development at the core of their digital strategy,” added Derek Roos, CEO of Mendix.  “Our partnership with IBM can enable enterprises to accelerate the speed at which developers from all backgrounds can build and deploy applications.”

Mendix will be showcasing this joint offering at IBM’s THINK Conference in Las Vegas on March 19-22.

Additional resources:

• Report: Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for High Productivity Application Platform as a Service
• Report: Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Mobile App Development Platforms (MADP)
• Report: The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Development Platforms For AD&D Pros, Q4 2017

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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.