- By 2025, 70% of new applications developed by enterprises will use low-code or no-code technologies, up from less than 25% in 2020.
- Low-code application platforms have moved from "early adopters" to "early majority" on their technology adoption curve; and low-code is "a powerful best-in-class application delivery tool for mainstream business use cases, sometimes enabling some organizations to Get rid of the need for advanced control frameworks and platforms completely.
Editor | Song Hui
Contributed | Mendix
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Mendix, a global leader in enterprise low-code application development, a Siemens business was recently rated as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms by Gartner. Mendix ranks highest in vision integrity. This is also the third year in a row that Mendix has been named a Leader and is at the forefront of Vision Integrity.
Figure: Gartner 2021 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms
The sudden acceleration of the digitization process caused by the epidemic has also promoted the rapid development of low-code. Mendix has been leading the low-code market and promoting the formation of the low-code market. With the urgent need for businesses to digitize operations and user interactions and support remote and hybrid work models, low-code has become the development technology of choice. By adopting advanced low-code platforms, including Mendix, enterprise digital initiatives redefine how businesses are digital now and in the future.
Gartner states in the preface to its Magic Quadrant report: " By 2025, 70 percent of new applications developed by enterprises will use low-code or no-code technologies, up from less than 25 percent in 2020. " In addition, An earlier Gartner report stated: " Low-code application platforms have moved from 'early adopters' to 'early majority' on their technology adoption curve; and low-code is a "robust best fit for mainstream business use cases" Application delivery tools can sometimes free some organizations from the need for advanced control frameworks and platforms. "
Derek Roos, founder and CEO of Mendix, said: "Being recognized as a leader by Gartner is a testament to our company philosophy and our digital strategy with our customers. Mendix's vision goes well beyond application development. We build digital with low code. ecosystem, applying our core principles of abstraction, automation, collaboration and community engagement to all aspects of the digital enterprise. At the just-concluded Mendix World conference, we launched the expansive Mendix Marketplace, where Mendix and its partners are Packaged functional services, modular solutions, and custom components are available on the Marketplace for a platform economy. These modules enable developers to build solutions in a fraction of the time.”
Mendix earns top marks for 'Collaborative App Development' use case
As part of this report, Gartner evaluated low-code vendors on a number of key use cases. Mendix stands out among all vendors in Gartner's 2021 Report on Critical Capabilities of Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, earning top marks in "Collaborative Application Development" and in "Custom Business Applications" and "Business Workflow Automation" Outstanding.
Collaborative application development: The underlying principle of the Mendix platform is to ensure smooth collaboration between business and IT. Ensuring this collaboration during development is also a core value point of enabling low-code, which is delivering better software faster.
Mendix's emphasis on collaboration is reflected in its unique platform architecture consisting of two IDEs: Mendix Studio is designed for business experts and citizen developers who lack technical expertise, and users can use it to build their own applications or for more complex applications. applications to increase the content of their business areas. Mendix Studio Pro enables professional developers to create highly complex enterprise-level solutions. The two IDEs share a common model language and can synchronize in both directions, so even development teams with different skill sets or using different IDEs are always in sync. The platform features an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, AI tools to aid development, real-time communication between developers, and version control capabilities that enhance collaboration on the platform.
Take VGZ, the second-largest health insurance company in the Netherlands, which used Mendix's collaborative development environment to build a mobile application that better serves customers. Originally designed to simplify the insurance claims process by using OCR to scan invoices and automate invoice processing, the app has since grown to support all tasks and answer all customer policy questions.
Rob Polman, Head of Product at VGZ, said: “Mendix helps bring early-stage, single-task mobile apps to market quickly. Over the next few years, we use the Mendix platform to upgrade it into a feature-rich full-fledged mobile app product, and now it supports over one million customer sessions per month. Throughout the process, from the earliest iterations, the Mendix platform has provided our business and IT teams with a fully collaborative BizDevOps process.”
Nearly 75,000 reviewers gave the app high scores of 4.5 and 4.6 in both the Android and Apple App Stores, and customers using the app had significantly improved NPS scores, both testament to the app's success.
Custom business applications: More and more users are using Mendix to create large-scale enterprise applications from scratch. As the speed of enterprise digitization increases, limited customization in off-the-shelf software solutions has been unable to help enterprises respond to changing market conditions and the rapid introduction of new technologies in a timely manner. Traditional models of custom software development are often not budget-friendly and not agile enough to deliver the latest experience end users expect.
With the Mendix low-code platform, businesses can easily incorporate numerous technologies including AI, AR and IoT into their solutions. Mendix Data Hub ensures that users have timely access to enterprise data sources. At the same time, the functionality of Data Hub's cross-platform experience and smooth and modern UI interface can provide an excellent user experience, and supports conversational interfaces, native mobile and progressive web applications.
Mitsubishi Elevator Europe used Mendix to create a range of purpose-built applications, including field service applications and IoT-driven monitoring systems, and then integrated them into a unified overall maintenance solution. Evert Visser, General Manager of Mitsubishi Elevator Europe, said: "Our vision is clear: we want to adopt new technologies in a fast and sustainable manner. Our number one goal is customer satisfaction. Mendix enables us to make the most of our existing assets and Add new capabilities and create solutions that bring technological advantages to customers.”
Business Workflow Automation: Mendix Workflow enables citizens and professional developers to automate processes across the enterprise. Workflow Editor provides administrative access to enterprise data through Data Hub and integrates seamlessly with enterprise applications and human touchpoints to create truly intelligent automation solutions—not just individual workflows, but fully functional, adaptive applications.
Reflecting on his recent work on digitizing complex compliance processes for major brands such as Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, Jonathan Lamb, project leader at Kinetech, said: "With the Mendix Workflow platform, we were able to quickly adapt to complex changes in supplier compliance processes, enabling us to Brand owners are able to profit from the introduction of new products, new components and new ingredients.”