Mendix announces plethora of new industry cloud releases with expanded digital ecosystem
Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in low-code application development for the enterprise, is launching a new, expanded digital ecosystem. The announcement was made at Mendix World 2021.
New capabilities within the Mendix platform will enable the 250,000-strong members of the Mendix Maker community to assemble and extend high-value solutions with building blocks, and to also deliver and merchandise these building blocks themselves, creating new business value for their organizations and further enhancing the value of the Mendix Marketplace for the entire community, according to the vendor.
“By harnessing and enhancing the power of Mendix’s ecosystem of digital solutions, there are no barriers to our low-code makers’ ability to innovate and drive the next wave of enterprise acceleration in today’s networked economy,” said Derek Roos, Mendix CEO and co-founder.
Mendix Industry Clouds offer a blueprint for digital transformation across key sectors, from Manufacturing to Financial Services, Public Sector, Retail, and Healthcare.
Beginning with Mendix for Manufacturing Industries and Mendix for Financial Services, each cloud comprises a rich set of curated building blocks and components specific to addressing challenges found in that industry, including connectors to data sources and systems of record, APIs, AppServices, workflows, templates, and adaptive solutions.
Roos also introduced several specific new solution templates at Mendix World. These templated solutions can be easily extended and personalized to build customer experiences that align to each organization’s brand and differentiation.
For the financial industry, Mendix is introducing templated solutions for Credit Rating, Claims Management, and Portfolio Management.
Addressing the needs of manufacturers, Mendix is launching solution templates for Smart Warehousing, Predictive Maintenance, and Smart Workforce Planning to jumpstart the digitization process.
“The adaptive solutions for manufacturing Industries enable our customers to achieve value along the entire digital thread lifecycle of enterprise processes,” said Raffaello Lepratti, vice president of Mendix for manufacturing industries.
Additional vertical Industry Clouds targeting the public sector, education, and healthcare are set to launch next year.
To accelerate the ever-growing scope of the Mendix Marketplace and ensure that ISVs, partners, and best-of-breed service providers can easily merchandise components and solutions, Mendix is introducing several extensions to its platform, including the AppServices Framework and Solutions Platform.
New AppServices Mendix will deliver, including capabilities for automated document processing, cognitive/AI services, and messaging.
For organizations who want to productize their own services as capabilities in the Mendix Marketplace, Mendix announced the AppServices Framework, which includes the provisioning, metering, billing, and security necessary to merchandise seamlessly and safely. In this way, Mendix is fostering a vibrant commercial exchange between enterprise customers and low-code creators.
For ISVs and industry leaders who want to offer adaptive solutions within the Mendix ecosystem, Mendix announced the Solutions Platform.
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