Podcasts
The Changes in Dynamics of Underwriting in the Insurance Industry
Presented by Cindy Maike
Cindy Maike talks about the capabilities and techniques to optimize risk selection process and increase the overall profitability of underwriting.
Improve Visibility and Achieve Real-time Decision Making
Presented by James Taylor
To remain competitive, today’s business must deliver services faster and more efficiently. In this podcast, part 1 of our 4 part series, industry analyst James Taylor shares thoughts about the importance of gaining real-time visibility into business processes so that your business can become operationally responsive, and you can make smarter business decisions.
Anticipate Impact and Make More Intelligent Decisions
Presented by James Taylor
It’s the holidays and your customer service department is experiencing higher than normal call volume. Are you currently able to anticipate how a longer hold time may affect your customers? You should. Listen to part 2 of our 4 part podcasts series and hear about the importance of having the ability to anticipate impact, and trends, so that you can make smarter business decisions in real time.
Act Rapidly and Become Operationally Responsive
Presented by James Taylor
When shipments are delayed, can you act fast enough to prevent revenue loss or customer dissatisfaction? In order to retain customers, your enterprise needs to effectively manage the increasing complexity of enterprise operations. In this podcast, part 3 of our 4 part series, industry analyst James Taylor talks about the importance of having the ability to act on complex business events in real-time so that your business can avoid risk and operate more efficiently.
Gain Agility and Build a Responsive Enterprise
Presented by James Taylor
When your supply chain extends product offerings or services, can your enterprise operations quickly adapt to these changes? If not, you need to look for ways to become more agile – agility is key to achieving operational responsiveness. Listen to part 4 of our 4 part podcasts series and get insight into how important agility is to building a truly responsive enterprise.
Contracts And Set-Up Fees: How You Can Profit From The SaaS Business Model?
Presented by Colleen Smith
Progress Software kicks off a three part Q&A podcast series with Colleen Smith, SaaS expert, to address the most frequently asked questions by our application partners as they consider moving their software applications to an On Demand SaaS offering.
Technical Concerns: Does SaaS Involve Reengineering Your Traditional Applications?
Presented by Colleen Smith
Progress Software kicks off a three part Q&A podcast series with Colleen Smith, SaaS expert, to address the most frequently asked questions by our application partners as they consider moving their software applications to an On Demand SaaS offering.
SaaS vs Traditional On-Premise Implementations
Presented by Colleen Smith
Progress Software kicks off a three part Q&A podcast series with Colleen Smith, SaaS expert, to address the most frequently asked questions by our application partners as they consider moving their software applications to an On Demand SaaS offering.
7 Points of SOA Mediation
Presented by Hub Vandervoort
Hub Vandervoort shares the 7 Points of SOA Mediation that will enable companies to achieve better business results, faster. In this podcast, Hub details how transport, semantics, location, sequence, error recovery, quality of service, and interaction will help SOA integrators connect data sources and enhance enterprise application flexibility.
Data Interoperability to Fulfill the Promise of SOA
Presented by John Wilmes , Martin Creaner
SOA relies on standards. To fulfill the promise of SOA, you need data interoperability. It stands to reason then that there need to be standards for data interoperability. Listen as presenters share the good news that the standards are here, and they're ready for prime time.
Event-driven SOA vs CEP. What is the Difference?
Presented by Giles Nelson
Hear examples of event-driven styles of business and what industries would truly benefit from an event-driven SOA infrastructure.
How to Mashup the Cloud Without Glitches
Presented by
In this podcast, you will hear why a stronger focus on business value is essential to successfully manage enterprise mashups, and learn how testing processes have to change to avoid unexpected hitches when mashing up cloud services.
Increasing Business Velocity: Live Podcast With Progress
Presented by
"Faster than a speeding bullet" doesn't just refer to superheroes anymore; it's the velocity businesses need to compete. Financial trade settlement has accelerated from three days to two hours in just a few years. This trend is repeating itself in almost every industry. The result: current systems can't keep up with the ever-increasing velocity of business processes. During the “Faster than a speeding bullet – are Architectures to Enable High-Velocity Business Processing Pipeline?” presentation, Gordon Van Huizen, CTO, Progress Software, explains how to keep up with the increasing velocity of business without getting left behind. He also shares strategies businesses can implement today that will keep systems ahead of the increased business velocity.
The Value of Standards in Telecommunications
Presented by John Wilmes
Reap the benefits of standards when building a common model for your SOA infrastructure or enterprise. Listen to this podcast and hear how you can leverage the knowledge a group of industry experts instead of starting from scratch. You will also hear how Progress DataXtend SI can help extend the model you are working with.
Metadata in Data Integration
Presented by
When we refer to "meta data" when talking about data interoperability, we are talking about data that describe or accompany other data. DataXtend SI uses metadata at design time to describe components of the exchange model. This podcast presents how metadata is used at runtime to configure and manage the operation of data services.
Integration Tax
Presented by
When we talk about data interoperability, many people ask, "What is an Integration Tax?" Well some technologists refer to the cost associated with bringing systems together as an integration tax. Progress Software believes that by deploying a common information model that will mediate data transfers and ensure data consistency across legacy, and new, systems, the enterprise will reduce their integration tax. Learn more...
eWeek Interview
Presented by John Bates
In this eWeek interview, Dr. John Bates introduces CEP and its role within organizations, focusing on how and where CEP and BAM can fit within a broader IT architecture
Data Integration in SOA
Presented by
As we talk to customers and prospects who are beginning to plan or enhance their SOA, we've realized that data is often overlooked in the development of a SOA infrastructure. Some SOA technologists refer to it as the "day 2" problem. Why? Well, we think it might be because application and data architects may have difficulty making informed architectural decisions about it. Listen and hear about the importance of data integration in SOA, why people may forget to plan for it, and some concepts related to smart data mediation.
What is a Common Model?
Presented by
This podcast explains what a common information (or data) model is and how a common model it fits into SOA infrastructure. By adopting common data model architectures and ensuring data interoperability across enterprise systems, companies can avoid challenging, costly and inefficient new service deployments and at the same time maximize the potential of SOA.
Common Models Being Used Today
Presented by
A 5 minute podcast that discusses what common models are being used today, how they fit in, and how Progress’ is helping you realize the value of deploying a common model within your enterprise application infrastructure. For example, one common model being deployed today is TM Forum’s Shared Information/Data (SID) model. By using the SID model, telecommunication companies are reducing costs because they can deploy new services faster and maintain semantic consistency across different services and systems.
ISVs Winning with SaaS
Presented by Colleen Smith
Opportunities abound for independent software vendors (ISVs) that comprise what some term "The Long Tail" of the industry. Colleen Smith discusses trends and best practices for Software as a Service (SaaS) with Interarbor Solutions' president and principal analyst Dana Gardner.
SaaS Heads Toward Vertical Business Networks
Presented by Colleen Smith
Colleen Smith, Vice President of SaaS for Progress Software, recently joined Krissi Danielsson for a discussion on the SaaS trend for vertical business networks.
How Do You Measure SOA Success? Try IT Backlogs
Presented by Hub Vandervoort
Hub Vandervoort discusses a simple, direct way to measure SOA success—check out the level of IT backlogs. Joe McKendrick interviewed Hub prior to the recent InfoWorld Executive Forum. For many companies implementing SOA, the overall backlog of IT requests is shrinking. Companies are seeing drastic reductions in project cycle times and consolidation in purchasing across the enterprise.

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