At a Glance

Progress products and technology are used at over 60,000 organizations in 140 countries including 90% of the Fortune 500. Progress technology provides the infrastructure for applications as diverse as ERP and financial trading, across industries as diverse as retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, and government.

Headquarters

14 Oak Park Drive Bedford, MA 01730 USA
781-280-4000
www.progress.com

Employees

1,600 employees in 90 countries around the globe

Company History

Progress Software, co-founded by Joseph W. Alsop in 1981 as Data Language Corporation, was re-named Progress Software Corporation in 1987. Progress' IPO occurred in 1991, coinciding with the registration of progress.com.

Solutions

Application Platform Products

  • Using an SOA approach, information systems are built from shared components called "services" which automate discrete business functions. A services infrastructure connects, mediates, controls and monitors these services and their communications to support and optimize business processes. Specialized integration capabilities of the services infrastructure enable legacy systems to take part in an SOA environment. Includes: Progress® OpenEdge® & Progress® Apama®

Services Infrastructure Products

  • Progress Application Platform products empower both end-user organizations and independent software vendors and developers to rapidly develop, deploy and manage the sophisticated applications Includes: Progress® Sonic®, Progress® Actional® & DataDirect® Shadow®

Data Infrastructure Products

  • Progress data infrastructure capabilities provide data management, integration, replication, caching, access, and security spanning multiple data stores which can be multi-vendor and in multiple locations including disconnected and mobile data. Data infrastructure enables both database level integration as well as data services support for distributed application services. Includes: DataDirect® Data Connectivity, Progress® EasyAsk®, Progress® DataXtend™ & Progress® ObjectStore®

Executive Team

  • Joseph W. Alsop Co-Founder & CEO
  • James D. Freedman SVP & General Counsel
  • Gordon Van Huizen Vice President, Products
  • Greg O'Connor VP, Corporate Development and Strategy
  • Norman R. Robertson SVP, Finance and Administration & CFO
  • Jeffrey Stamen SVP, Corporate Development and Strategy
  • Joseph A. Andrews VP, Human Resources
  • Larry R. Harris VP & General Manager, EasyAsk Products
  • David Ireland Executive Vice President , Progress Software Corporation
  • Richard R. Reidy Executive Vice President, Progress Software Corporation
  • Peter Sliwkowski Vice President, Product and Support Operations

Partners

Our extensive community of more than 2,500 global partners is critical to building and supporting our customers More than $5 billion of Progress technology, partner applications and services are sold each year to thousands of companies in over 140 countries.