Awards for Knowledge Services Excellence
The Knowledge Services group annually enters the Boston Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication’s (STC) Online Communications and Technical Publications competitions.
Entries are judged by volunteer teams of peers in the technical communications field and, if deemed worthy, awarded one of three award levels: Distinction (the highest level), Excellence, and then Merit.
STC Awards Garnered by Progress Software
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2009 – 2010
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International Technical Publications Competition
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- 10.2A OpenEdge Getting Started: Introducing the OE Architect Visual Designer - Adrian Garbacz (primary developer), along with Stephen Spaulding, Audrey Spaulding, Rhonda Fitzgerald, and Linda Miller – MERIT
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International Online Communication Competition
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- Using Web Services in Sonic Applications - Course Developers Kashif Khan and Linda Stinson, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, and Babita Bante, ID Martin Backler , Editor Bryan Davis – EXCELLENCE
- Service Management with Actional Intermediary - Course Developers Elaine Rosenberg and Sai Kumar, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, and Babita Bante, ID Martin Backler, Editor Bryan Davis – EXCELLENCE
- Using Actional to Monitor and Manage Sonic - Course Developer Arjun Sengupta, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, and Babita Bante, ID Martin Backler, Editor Bryan Davis – MERIT
- Progress SonicMQ System Administration - Course Developer Peter Tran and Satyabrata Pati, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, and Babita Bante, ID Martin Backler, Editor Bryan Davis – MERIT
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Online Communications Competition
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- SonicMQ System Administration - Course Developers Peter Tran and Satyabrata Pati, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, Vijay Kondepudi, and Babita Bante - DISTINCTION
- Using Web Services in Sonic Applications - Course Developers Smriti Sharma and Kashif Khan, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, Vijay Kondepudi, and Babita Bante – DISTINCTION
- Using Actional to Monitor and Manage Sonic - Course Developers Amrita Bandyopadhyay and Arjun Sengupta, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, Vijay Kondepudi, and Babita Bante – DISTINCTION
- Service Management with Actional Intermediary - Course Developer Sai Kumar, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, Vijay Kondepudi, and Babita Bante – DISTINCTION
- Active Policy Enforcement with Actional - Course by Elaine Rosenberg, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, Vijay Kondepudi, and Babita Bante – EXCELLENCE
- Accessing Databases - Course Developers Linda Stinson and Arjun Sengupta, Media Developers Viswanatha Rama, Vijay Kondepudi, and Babita Bante – EXCELLENCE
- OpenEdge Architect Visual Designer - Course by Stephen Spaulding – EXCELLENCE
- Defining Workspace Database Connections - Course by John Sadd – MERIT
BEST OF SHOW – Progress won an unprecedented Best of Show award for all of our Distinguished award-winning entries (the award is usually given only to one entry). Competition organizers said a consensus could not be reached on Progress’ entries, so judges awarded the Best of Show honor in recognition of the “overall excellence and consistency” of Progress’ work.
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Technical Publications Competition
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- 10.2A OpenEdge Getting Started: Introducing the OpenEdge Architect Visual Designer - Course by Michael Linnehan/Documentation - DISTINCTION
- Progress SonicMQ System Administration - Course by Peter Tran - EXCELLENCE
- Using Actional to Monitor and Manage Sonic - Course by Arjun Sengupta - MERIT
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2008 - 2009
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International Online Communications Competition
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- Managing Operational Visibility with Actional - Course by Elaine Rosenberg and Utsav Banerjee - EXCELLENCE
- Introduction to the Progress Sonic Workbench Development Environment - Course by Kashif Kahn - EXCELLENCE
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International Technical Publications Competition
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- Advanced Progress SonicMQ System Administration - Course by Peter Tran - MERIT
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Online Communications Competition
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- Managing Operational Visibility with Actional - Course by Elaine Rosenberg and Utsav Banerjee – DISTINCTION – BEST OF SHOW
- Developing Applications with Sonic ESB: Designing ESB Processes - Course by Linda Stinson - EXCELLENCE
- Introduction to the Progress Sonic Workbench Development Environment - Course by Kashif Kahn - EXCELLENCE
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Technical Publications Competition
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- Advanced Progress SonicMQ System Administration - Course by Peter Tran - DISTINCTION
- Designing ESB Processes - Course by Linda Stinson -MERIT
- Introduction to Progress Sonic Workbench Development - Course by Kashif Kahn – MERIT
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2007 – 2008
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Online Communications Competition
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- OpenEdge 10.1B Product Tour - Course by James Willis – DISTINCTION
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Technical Publications Competition
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- Building EasyAsk Data Search & Query Applications - Course by Peter Tran – EXCELLENCE
- SOAP for OpenEdge Developers - Course by Elaine Rosenberg – EXCELLENCE
- Using JMS in OpenEdge - Course by Elaine Rosenberg - MERIT
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Online Communications Competition
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- OpenEdge 10.1 Tour - Course by James Willis – MERIT
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2005 – 2006
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Online Communication Competition
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- Using ProDataSets(WBT) - Course by Anne Boas – DISTINCTION
- Using ProDataSets(CBT) - Course by Anne Boas – MERIT
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Technical Publications Competition
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- Distributed AppServer Application Development - Course by Stan Swiercz – DISTINCTION
- Understanding the OpenEdge Reference Architecture - Course by Anne Boas and Don Sorcinelli – DISTINCTION
- OpenEdge Development with Sonic ESB - Course by Elaine Rosenberg – EXCELLENCE
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International Competition
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- Using ProDataSets (WBT) - Course by Anne Boas - MERIT
- Understanding the OpenEdge Reference Architecture - Course by Anne Boas and Don Sorcinelli – EXCELLENCE
- Distributed AppServer Application Development - Course by Stan Swiercz – EXCELLENCE
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2004 – 2005
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Online Communications Competition
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- Database Administration(WBT) - Course by Peter Tran – Distinction and BEST OF SHOW
- Dynamic User Interface Object Essentials(CBT) - Course by Stan Swiercz – EXCELLENCE
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Technical Publications Competition
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- Progress Dynamics Application Development 1 - Course by Anne Boas – DISTINCTION
- Consuming WebServices from OpenEdge - Course by Elaine Rosenberg – EXCELLENCE
- Database Administration - Course by Peter Tran – EXCELLENCE
- XML Essentials - Course by Elaine Rosenberg – MERIT
- 4GL Essentials - Course by Judy Kaplan – MERIT
- Progress Dynamics Application Development 2 - Course by Anne Boas – MERIT
- Dynamic UI Object Essentials - Course by Stan Swiercz – MERIT
- Distributed AppServer Application Administration - Course by Stan Swiercz – MERIT
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International Competition
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- Database Administration(WBT) - Course by Peter Tran – EXCELLENCE
- Progress Dynamics Application Development 1 - Course by Anne Boas – MERIT
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2003 – 2004
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Online Communications Competition
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- 4GL Reporting: From the Beginning(CBT) - Course by Dan McFadden and Craig VanDerAa – MERIT
- Dynamic Database Object Essentials (CBT) - Course by Stan Swiercz – EXCELLENCE
- Diagnosing Application Performance Problems Using PROMON – DISTINCTION and tied for a BEST OF SHOW award
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Technical Publications Competition
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- Database Replication with PeerDirect - Course by Peter Tran – EXCELLENCE
- Dynamic Database Object Essentials - Course by Stan Swiercz – MERIT
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International Competition
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- Diagnosing Application Performance Problems Using PROMON (WBT) – EXCELLENCE
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2002 – 2003
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Online Communications Competition
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- DBA Essentials: A Primer for End Users (WBT) – DISTINCTION
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International Competition
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- DBA Essentials: A Primer for End Users (WBT) – EXCELLENCE
and BEST OF SHOW
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Awards represent levels of accomplishment based on STC standards. Three levels of awards are given:
MERIT – Consistently meets high standards in most areas. There may be a number of major or minor flaws, but the entry still exemplifies proficient technical communication.
EXCELLENCE – Consistently meets high standards in all areas. There may be a single major flaw and a few minor flaws. The entry clearly, though slightly imperfectly, exemplifies an exceptional understanding of technical communication principles.
DISTINCTION – Clearly superior in all areas. There are no major flaws, and few, if any, minor flaws. It is an outstanding example of technical communication principles.
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