“It used to take weeks or months to get an application from UAT intro production because our in-house IT provider used to have to sign off on the architecture, which cost us a lot of time and money. We’ve taken control of the infrastructure in that process, so that now …

“We are engaging best-in-class partners in these areas. Everything that we are doing here is very intentional. We are trying to build back dignity and respect for people. To do that we need to deliver best-in-class service, from our housing to our data to our systems.”

“Each client has unique requirements and historically this has been very challenging to automate.”

"We are really lucky to have Mendix enabling us to deliver and actually surprise people [by developing] something within a few days and then really make a difference in our daily work.”

"Our company will change from a company run by people, supported by computers, to a company run by computers, supported by people.”

“Mendix is very exciting. It is an end-to-end platform, from coding to getting requirements through deployment, it is a fully integrated platform.”

"Regulation is increasing tremendously. Depending on the market, the possibilities to define your product in the way you would like are limited. These days, how can you really differentiate yourself from another bank only by having better interest rates?”

"The foundation is our core banking system—that needs to be robust and very solid and not necessarily so fast and so flexible. On top of that we have our CRM and analytics systems, and then the third layer was the presentation layer.”

“Internally, people were afraid that we needed to really show the customer already a done product or a done service and really have something to offer, but that is not the case."

“The ability for the Mendix platform to solve such a challenging build as our first application is remarkable. The platform held up to the promise. We are impressed at how fast you can prototype.”

“We started with simple applications, Then we got another project, and then we got many projects. Then it got so we needed another developer. We now have over 70 applications running with a footprint across all Hydro business areas.”

“At Hydro, we have a broad range of application suites and solutions that can facilitate certain processes. It’s not simply about picking a tool because it can do the job, but about the process ­– what tool best fits the process, or what tools even, because sometimes it’s more than …

“What Mendix gave us was a fast track for development of the smaller demands, or the things that can be done in an agile way with rapid prototyping.”

“What we saw was that various departments would go to an outside agency. That was becoming the trend, and from our point of view in the Information Management department, that was very undesirable because there were major considerations around who owns the data and security measures. The business didn’t care …

"As a small team, we were able to grow without being formed by management. We basically started from bottom up and that gave us a lot of freedom.”