platform as a service cloud computing agile software development enterprise software founded 2005 headquarters boston massachusetts key people derek roos ceo marcel karssen cfo johan den haan cto products mendix platform number of employees approximately 150 2013 website www.mendix.com mendix is a digital transformation company that has developed a platform as a service product . the cloud based platform allows users to build integrate and deploy web and mobile applications . these applications can be built either from the ground up or as a layer on top of existing legacy systems . 1 businesses across the world utilize mendix for rapid application development . customers include the boston globe citation needed dun & bradstreet 2 kpn 3 lv insurance 4 nle 5 and the university of pennsylvania . 6 history edit the company was founded in the netherlands in 2005 7 and moved its headquarters to the united states in early 2008 . 8 in october 2011 mendix raised 13 million with its first round of venture capital funding . the funding was led by prime ventures with additional participation from henq invest which provided an unnamed sum in 2006 . 9 in january 2014 mendix closed a 25 million series b led by battery ventures . according to company officials the new funding will be used for continued global expansion product development and sales efforts . the company also reported triple digit growth for the fifth consecutive year . 10 in 2014 mendix accelerated plans associated with its partner ecosystem . the company announced 20 new partners worldwide including bodhtree ust global pegamento and pariveda solutions . this list complements the company s existing partner network including accenture capgemini and others . 11 subsequent partner additions included mphasis 12 blue box 13 sogeti 14 hp 15 and most recently pivotal . 16 the pivotal partnership is part of the company s strategy around cloud foundry . mendix has also announced its membership in the cloud foundry foundation . the company plans to help evolve the open source standard as well as integrate cloud foundry s platform as a service paas framework with its rapid app platform as a service apaas . 17 already established within the market mendix has received a number of accolades most recently from forbes listing mendix as one of the top ten companies disrupting industries through technology 18 and from always on network including mendix within the top 100 onmobile private companies . 19 product edit the mendix application platform leverages a visual model driven software development approach and has been recognized as a leader in its sector . 20 in december 2014 mendix was cited as a leader in the forrester wave enterprise public cloud platforms for rapid developers q4 2014 report . 21 gartner also listed mendix as a visionary within its 2015 magic quadrant for enterprise application platforms as a service . 22 the rapid app platform as a service apaas offering prioritizes speed and agility and utilizes a no code principle . the use of visual models simplifies app creation and migration and allows business users to more directly participate in the development of applications . the result is a significant reduction in time to market allowing it teams and business leaders to collaborate on building effective applications . 23 an independent benchmark performed by qsm research found that mendix outperforms projects built in a traditional environment delivering on average six times higher productivity than the industry benchmark . 24 starting with version 4 of their platform which was released in the spring of 2012 mendix expanded product capabilities to include project management through the use of fully integrated social collaboration . 25 the company s free edition offers the mendix application development tools to a wider audience ranging from individual developers to small teams to large companies . the company simultaneously announced their new cloud ecosystem allowing teams business analysts and other partners to collaborate and innovate . 26 most recently mendix announced major enhancements to the mendix platform aimed at reducing the time cost and effort for multi channel app development and mobile application development . features of the new mobile release include pre defined layouts for smartphone tablet and desktop user interfaces . 27 the mendix app store also offers new widgets to access native device functions such as contacts camera geolocation and bar code scanner for use even by staffers with no technical knowledge . the company also released the mendix developer app to test mobile apps . with it developers can scan a qr code to pair their target devices with their development environments to test native device functionality . 28 references edit erin kutz five facts about mendix another cloud enterprise app startup xconomy march 2012 curt woodward mendix raises 25m to expand enterprise software platform xconomy january 2014 kpn rapidly builds and future proofs key application supporting its mobile networks vanillaplus magazine october november 2014 charles orton jones achieving business growth using the cloud raconteur october 2014 pan communications energy supplier nle adopts the mendix app platform to fuel innovation businesswire march 2014 dian schaffhauser u penn nanofab lab quickly erects admin app on public cloud platform campus technology august 2014 leena rao mendix helps enterprises streamline application deployment techcrunch april 2009 christopher calnan dutch software firm mendix set to move to cambridge mass high tech december 2007 sean ludwig mendix grabs 13m to fuel fast enterprise app development venturebeat october 2011 natasha lomas mendix an app builder platform for the enterprise closes 25m series b led by battery ventures techcrunch january 2014 mendix announces expanded partner program strong ecosystem growth reuters july 2014 mphasis partners with mendix to rapidly turn industry knowledge into innovative solutions yahoo finance september 2014 blue box brings rapid application development to enterprise cloud foundry and openstack deployments with mendix yahoo finance december 2014 jess lulka sogeti partners with mendix for cloud application delivery desktop engineering october 2014 darryl k. taft mendix teams with hp for no code development on helion eweek december 2014 ben kepes mendix and pivotal partner to enable easier development forbes april 2015 mendix joins new cloud foundry foundation for open paas yahoo finance december 2014 larry myler ten companies that are disrupting their industries through technology forbes october 2014 the 2014 onmobile 100 top private companies alwayson november 2014 mendix private vendor watchlist profile emerging leader in model driven paas marketresearch.com march 2014 reuters mendix named a leader among enterprise public cloud platforms for rapid developers by independent research firm reuters december 2014 reuters mendix named a visionary in gartner 2015 magic quadrant for enterprise application platform as a service worldwide reuters april 2015 erik linask the new world of paas cloud computing magazine june 2014 mendix delivers figures to show it s 6 times faster for application development cloud computing intelligence november 2014 josette rigsby mendix brings social collaboration to project management cmswire may 2011 sara castellanos mendix launches free business app development software for startups small teams the boston business journal april 2014 ian barker new platform speeds up development of multi platform enterprise apps betanews october 2014 david ramel mendix app platform integrates with phonegap for cross platform mobile development adt mag october 2014 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mendix & oldid 723498220 categories cloud computing providerscloud platformshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016 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