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Mendix, announced the general availability of Mendix 10, the latest version of the low-code platform.

Mendix 10 introduces a host of innovations that empower organizations to meet unprecedented demand for software by enabling shifts in enterprise-wide digital solution delivery.

The new ML Kit included in Mendix 10 enables developers to deploy a ML model built using common ML frameworks into the Mendix Runtime. Models trained with various frameworks, from scikit-learn to PyTorch to TensorFlow, can be converted to Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX), an open standard for machine learning models, then directly integrated into Mendix apps, ensuring high performance, data security, and favorable economics.

Upgrades to the Mendix Connect integration suite in Mendix 10 support composability. With enhancements to the data catalog and an expanding set of connectors and services delivered by both Mendix development teams and trusted ecosystem partners, developers operating in a composable environment have easy access to the data and services they need. Further, Mendix 10 introduces support for event-driven architectures, including Business Events and an Event Broker, to ensure developers of all skill sets can create software that promptly responds to typical activities and occurrences.

With Mendix 10, organizations can prioritize, plan, track, and optimize portfolios of applications, much as they would during a consulting engagement, in the platform's new Portfolio Manager. Traditional teams of developers, or more modern fusion teams comprising developers and business technologists, can manage requirements, track progress, and align with Agile methodologies with Mendix Epics. And teams wanting to leverage their existing investments in Jira can track story progress and versions directly from Mendix with the new Jira connector.

Mendix 10 offers an implementation of Webhooks, which enables DevOps professionals to integrate with existing CI/CD pipelines. For organizations looking for a more low-code approach to CI/CD, Mendix Pipelines will debut in beta at the end of the year. Also coming later this year is self-service management of cloud resources, and multi-region cloud failover for applications deployed on Mendix Cloud, which is soon to be available on six continents.

Mendix 10 offers Private Cloud customers a reference deployment and accompanying Terraform module to enable simple configuration of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Kubernetes Clusters. This automates deployment of over 95 AWS services, and can reduce the setup time from 40 hours to 30 minutes.

Mendix 10 also sees the introduction of the Private Mendix Platform. Currently in beta, Private Mendix Platform addresses the unique needs of customers who want the speed and agility of the Mendix platform, but adhere to policies or regulations that require fully self-controlled environments. Private Mendix Platform enables enterprises to deploy Mendix in this capacity, coming out of the box with platform services and connectors to popular software development lifecycle tools (e.g., version control and CI/CD).

With Mendix 10, customers can avail themselves of "bring your own IdP" for this purpose. The new Landscape Overview capability addresses operational risk management for enterprises. This overview will give portfolio owners visibility across their portfolio, complete with application health metrics such as CPU usage or network connectivity. A companion capability in dependency governance addresses security risk management with an accurate inventory of released software components.

Later this year, Mendix 10 will also introduce a beta for a MacOS-based version of the Studio Pro IDE. Also coming is an extensibility framework that enables developers to tailor their Studio Pro experience with plugins, wizards, editors, and third-party product integrations.