Custom System Development

Custom System Development Is Imperative for Competitive Enterprises

Enterprises today must compete on a number of levels, and technology is certainly key among them. Organizations that are able to quickly develop and deploy applications to solve critical business needs are more likely to have a competitive advantage. From customer-facing applications to internal programs that drive business processes and systems, the faster a company can technologically adapt to swiftly changing requirements, the better chance it has of winning market share. Consequently, custom system development is frequently cited as a critical function for competitive enterprises. Custom tools allow enterprises to create applications with greater efficiency and specificity, automating complex code generation and streamlining the development process. In many leading enterprises in a wide array of industries, developers charged with creating world-class business applications are choosing Progress® OpenEdge® for custom system development.

Progress OpenEdge® Provides Top Platform for Custom System Development

Progress Software Corporation delivers application infrastructure software that allows enterprises to speed and simplify the deployment and management of the world's best business applications. A suite of OpenEdge products provides a system for the swift integration of applications, as well as a custom system development environment that offers greater productivity and flexibility. Built around the Progress 4GL development system, OpenEdge offers superior development tools to enhance productivity, and advanced functionality to increase flexibility. Developers can work with standard interfaces such as .NET, Java, Java messaging, XML and Web services, all without leaving the OpenEdge environment. For jobs that require specialized or custom code, Progress 4GL includes adaptive syntax that developers can use to write specific code.

Development of Superior Systems Aided by Custom Tools

The OpenEdge custom development system offers a variety of components that deliver remarkable functionality. The OpenEdge® Architect workspace is fully configurable and includes a palette of task-appropriate development tools that include a rich code editor, integrated debugger, template-driven code generation, impact analysis tool, a cataloging mechanism and much more. OpenEdge® Studio offers tools for the range of today's business applications—from client-server models, to transaction processing deployed over the Internet, to custom interfaces built according to user or corporate specifications. WebSpeed® Workshop lets developers build multi-page Internet Transaction Processing systems without the need to write much code. And Roundtable® TSMS provides a productivity tools for managing all of the tasks, timelines and talent needed to complete complex application projects.

Progress also offers solutions for services oriented architecture deployment, webclient solutions, and more.

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