New technologies like big data and machine learning are beginning to revolutionize business, but they place increasing demands on the technical expertise needed to exploit them. Development platform Mendix is launching its latest version, Mendix 7, that will allow businesses to build Smart Apps to improve operations, deliver differentiated services and create new business models. Using Mendix's open platform ecosystem, the software provides drag-and-drop connectors to leading IoT, big data and machine learning platforms and services including AWS and IBM Watson. Without writing any code, developers can use these component services to make connected things and insights actionable, and deliver… [Continue Reading]