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The partnership agreement between Atos and Mendix expands on the 10+ year strong relationship between Atos and Siemens. The agreement also enables Atos to drive low-code app development for digital transformation projects across the globe.

At launch, the agreement will give Atos the license to sell Mendix low-code platform in multiple regions where Atos has a joint business collaboration with Siemens, including APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. The offering will become available in more and more countries after the initial launch.

Speeding up digitalisation in manufacturing, retail, public sector, telecommunications, and financial services

While enterprises continue to undergo rapid transformation as they digitalise business processes and operations, increasing economic sectors and industries are adopting IT solutions that streamline efficiency, optimise resources, and increase revenue.

Atos will leverage the Mendix low-code platform to offer the broadest range of application modernisation services and to fortify its industrial expertise and capabilities. Through this partnership, Atos will enable organisations to maximise the potential of low-code applications to support new user needs for fast and modern services across the manufacturing, retail, public sector, telecommunications, and financial services industries. With the help of the Mendix low-code platform, Atos customers can now launch complex, business-oriented digital initiatives without prohibitive investment in extensive technological capabilities and expertise.

Accelerating digital decarbonisation

The agreement will also support Atos’ mission to push boundaries of scientific and technological excellence to ensure that its business partners, clients, and the greater society can thrive and function sustainably in a digitally secure information environment.

The Mendix platform integrates with existing components to take a circular economy approach to software development. By enabling organisations to upgrade their services one application at a time, it reduces the need for infrastructure overhauls, effectively enabling organisations to do more with less. The Mendix platform is cloud native and allows for containerised applications. This enables organisations to deploy anywhere and scale their apps to any size without redesign.

With the Mendix low-code platform, Atos can support its customers to develop low-emissions applications and thereby contribute to lowering their carbon footprints.

According to the ‘Exponential Climate Action Roadmap’ laid out by the World Economic Forum, digital technologies could help reduce global carbon emissions by up to 15% – or one-third of the 50% reduction required by 2030 – through digital solutions in energy, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and traffic management. Through the new agreement, Atos and Mendix will provide those industries with solutions that immediately support their needs for decarbonisation.

Atos is already building industry specific solutions based on the Mendix platform to monitor, report, and track real-time energy consumption and carbon emission across 1,800 locations globally.

Using low-code to propel legacy systems into a digital-first economy

“We are pleased to build on Siemens’ long-standing relationship with Atos and create high-value services that will further support hyper-automation and decarbonisation in enterprises. With a strong background in application modernisation, Atos has the expertise to establish a clear roadmap to modernise legacy applications and systems. This is crucial for enterprises seeking to rebuild or replace their legacy systems. Our low-code platform and Atos’ expertise are perfectly suited to accelerating that transformation,” said Tim Srock, CEO, Mendix. “Through this partnership with Mendix, Atos will help organisations streamline processes, reducing the total cost and time required to change or improve their application development systems.”

Speaking about the partnership, Rakesh Khanna, Head of Digital at Atos said, “As we operate within today’s fast-paced digital landscape, this partnership will allow us to capitalise on the Mendix low-code platform to offer unique services that rapidly adapt and respond to our clients’ market changes and opportunities, across all the industries we serve. We are confident this extension to our existing partnership with Siemens will bolster our joint commitment to create innovative solutions for enterprises looking to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives.”

While enterprises continue to undergo rapid transformation as they digitalise business processes and operations, increasing economic sectors and industries are seeking IT solutions to streamline efficiency, optimise resources, and increase revenue. With the help of the Mendix low-code platform, organisations can now launch complex, business-oriented digital initiatives without prohibitive investing in extensive technological capabilities and expertise.