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VIF: Adapting to the Cloud with Progress OpenEdge
VIF specializes in ERP systems for agri-food industry clients. Since 1988, VIF has been a Progress Software partner, basing its offerings on the OpenEdge platform. As the company expanded internationally, VIF found the Progress relationship to be useful in adapting to new markets. In Brazil, for example, VIF found that it had to rethink many fundamental aspects of its approach to customer engagement. While VIF’s French clients insisted on on-premise installs due to the intense uptime requirements of food manufacturing, in Brazil, the opposite was true. Progress was able to introduce VIF to the Brazilian approach to ERP, which emphasizes cloud-based computing.VIF has been able to adapt its OpenEdge-based ERP solution successfully to the cloud and won business from new clients in the Brazilian market.
Supercorp: Taking advantage of Progress OpenEdge to bring applications to market quickly
Supercorp has been providing superannuation (pension management) software and related solutions to hundreds of Australian clients for 25 years. From its start, Supercorp has relied on the Progress platform to power its technologies. "We're not spending all of our time chasing up the latest technology changes," said Kurt Groeneveld, CEO. "Progress does that for us. I can effectively outsource my technology R&D to Progress. And we can take advantage of that in bringing applications to the market quickly." Supercorp benefits from Progress' ability to run on many platforms. For example, Supercorp has leveraged the Progress platform to manage the move to the cloud quickly and in ways that extend its solution to achieve first mover advantage. Groeneveld praises the stability and reliability of Progress OpenEdge. "It just works," he said. Progress has also been a valuable business partner for Supercorp. According to Groeneveld, "I think probably one of the first times that I really knew that I was in partnership with Progress was during one of the business empowerment sessions that they ran. I suddenly realized that these guys at Progress can actually help me grow my business. They're not just a piece of technology that I was fortunate enough to come across."
Real-Time Fraud Detection and Prevention from Progress Software
Learn how Progress Software helps Banks detect and prevent fraudulent activity with Complex Event Processing.
B&L Information Systems: Casting the Die for ERP Leadership
B&L Information Systems is the leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for die casters, foundries and other metalwork industry clients. The company's Odyssey software, built on Progress OpenEdge, enables customers to oversee operations from quote-to-cash. Michigan-based B&L has been in business for over thirty years, the last twelve as a Progress Partner. According to Matt Gacek, VP of Business Development, OpenEdge helps B&L develop software more quickly than has been possible with other databases. Then, when B&L decided to introduce a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of its ERP solution, the Progress Empowerment Program facilitated a SaaS release in just three months. It's been a huge success. In its first year, cloud-based Odyssey led to B&L closing 900% more new business than in the previous year. SaaS now represents 25% of total company revenue -- the fastest growth of a new product B&L has ever seen. Gacek says that he has grown to appreciate Progress through the Empowerment Program, noting that Progress has taught B&L a lot about marketing and sales, who to look for, and how to position the company for new revenue. "Their recommendations have been spot on," Gacek said.
Bluebird: "We would not be where we are today without Progress Software."
SaaS Growth with Progress OpenEdge. Bluebird Auto Rental Systems makes the familiar "Driver's license and credit card, please" software that most travelers encounter at the car rental counter. Bluebird's more than 500 worldwide customers range from single operators with ten vehicles to agencies with over 350 users and 16,000 vehicles. All of them have one thing in common: they need ultra-reliable rental software. It's what makes their businesses run smoothly. Even small delays or problems can aggravate renters and counter staff. Bluebird selected Progress OpenEdge as its development platform after being particularly impressed with a demo of a single OpenEdge-based application running on 200 different operating systems. This spoke to Bluebird, which has to support a diverse set of technologies at client sites. The translation manager was also a key feature, given Bluebird's international business. As OpenEdge evolved to SaaS capabilities, Bluebird adapted its rental solutions to browser-based versions. Since 2002, this aspect of Bluebird's business has grown exponentially. "We would not be where we are today without Progress Software," said Angela Margolit, President of Bluebird
Recovering from Disaster to Double in Size Overnight
York Risk Services Group provides services to insurance companies and self-insured businesses and governmental entities. These include claims management, specialized loss adjusting, managed care, loss control and so forth. Searching for software that would enable rapid development of a highly transactional browser-based application, York found that the OpenEdge application development platform was the most efficient and reliable option when compared with Oracle and Microsoft offerings. The SaaS-enabled application is architected for streamlined client integration. OpenEdge has proven its value to York many times over the years. For example, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, York's catastrophe claims management capabilities -- using OpenEdge Replication-- made it possible for the company to jump into action and service 32,000 new property damage assignments. The hurricane also required an equally fast addition of 400 new staff members, doubling of York's Louisiana and Mississippi staff size. The OpenEdge system was able to scale easily, both in terms of new claim volume and users. In addition, York was even able to add new customers because not all competitors in the region had been able to cope in the storm. OpenEdge has given York the ability to add new business without friction.
EVVO Labs - Build and Extend Your Application In the Cloud
EVVO Labs helps ISVs in Singapore, Malaysia and India build and extend their offerings in the cloud and onto mobile platforms. Through its unique Enablement Program, the company ensures that a transformation is straightforward optimal in terms of time and money. In a Sand Box environment, EVVO Labs can provision an image and collaborate with the ISV on building of their ideal cloud or mobile application on a dedicated virtual machine. To develop the solutions, EVVO Labs offers the Progress OpenEdge Application Development platform as the foundation. EVVO Labs selected OpenEdge for their cloud practice because they consider the platform to be "rock solid", so reliable and proven that it allows them to focus on the complexities of launching new offerings in the market, without worrying about the underlying platform. With Progress, EVVO Labs has found a partner for success in the ISV business.
Progress Software - Decision Analytics Solutions
Learn about Decision Analytics Solutions brought to you by Progress Software.
Progress Software: Turning Ideas into Business Reality
At Progress Software, we help our customers and partners turn ideas into business reality. We have a clear vision for the future of technology, and we are executing on it in five distinct areas: cloud, mobile, big data, social and community. We'll help you decide which solutions are right for your business.
Real-time Operational Intelligence
For large operations—operations like global manufacturers—it's a simple truth ...
Customer satisfaction and loyalty have to be earned. Earned through consistently rapid response times ...and top-notch service. How can your organization achieve true excellence in customer service? Progress Apama, Progress Control Tower, and Progress Corticon let you visualize, detect, and address system errors, service delays, and fraudulent activity—while automating and optimizing service delivery Across all transactions, systems, and departments. In real time. The bottom line? Fewer SLA violations. Automatically resolved alerts. Increased productivity. Greater customer retention. And ironclad loyalty to your brand.
Capital Markets 2: Algorithmic Trading & FX eCommerce
As an automated trading specialist ... you know that today's off-the-shelf products rarely tick all the boxes. Few combine an open and flexible platform ... with the rich library of capital markets functionality that your applications need. Of course, you could build your algorithmic trading technology from scratch. Or you can adopt a buy-and-build strategy. With the Progress Apama development toolkit, pre-built trading libraries, and platform-based solutions... you can quickly deploy and extend applications—and keep pace with constantly evolving markets Saving you the time and resources it takes to build trading solutions from the ground up.
Capital Markets 1: Risk & Compliance Monitoring
Rogue traders. Market abuse scandals. Runaway algorithms. And tougher regulatory requirements. The challenges of managing risk and staying compliant can seem overwhelming. In today's markets ... organizations need to remain on guard for a wide range of challenges—while reducing their technology's total cost of ownership.
So how can your organization succeed in a world of constant change and constrained budgets? It takes a flexible, scalable, platform-based solution. A solution that can address multiple business challenges. A solution that can help your organization do more with less. It takes Progress Apama.
Real-time Customer Experience Management
Whether a large telco, retailer, or bank, the challenges are as big as your organization:
Creating more compelling offers. Engaging your customers. And staying one-up on rivals nipping at your heels. That's why the ability to send highly personalized offers... offers based on location and behavior ... is critical to maintaining customer loyalty. And increasing market share. With Progress Apama, it's all about getting interactive with your customers. Engaging them as they go about their lives. Delivering focused, meaningful offers that resonate. And doing it all in real time. The payoff? Campaign cycle times slashed from weeks to hours. Up to a 10-fold spike in response rates. And a big boost in revenue and customer retention.
Health & Human Services
For a government agency—faced with managing program rules ... regulations ... and requirements—paper-based records and manual processes just aren't going to cut it.
It takes automated, regulated, rules-driven processes to serve millions of constituents in a timely and accurate manner. With Progress Corticon business rules management ... your agency can improve customer service ... enhance system security ... automate reporting ... and stay compliant with government regulations. Make bogged-down customer service ... sluggish operations ... and slow decision-making a thing of the past. Make the move to Progress Corticon.
Introduction to Decision Analytics
External events. Changing initiatives. Today’s volatile economy poses daunting challenges for your organization. So how—in this economic landscape—can you keep your business competitive … relevant … and growing? How can you manage the sheer volume of blinding fast events … transactions … and scenarios that impact your organization? In short … how can you make the right decisions? Decisions that turn today’s challenges into revenue opportunities.Click on the module that maps to your organization’s decision-making challenges. And see how Progress Software can boost your bottom line.
Progress Software's Gary Calcott on CNBC's Investing Edge
Gary Calcott discusses the risk businesses face if they don't harness the power of mobile apps to help create revenue, drive customer engagement and identify trends in real-time. Gary emphasized the importance of mobile app development and how easy it is to do. Stating that there are software platforms available today that help developers to do this, that there are tools to help carve out new user interfaces and that it is pretty easy. He emphasized the need for end-to-end security. He also said that lots of European businesses know that it's important but only a quarter have a mobile strategy in place. He stated that it's an explosive area in terms of innovation and how we can help firms to realize the benefit in that space.
It's a Mobile World
Mobility is no longer a trend. It's the world we live in, with mobile devices becoming cheaper and more powerful every day. Watch this video and learn more.
OpenEdge TechTip 4 - Service-enabling the backend
Learn how to develop a service interface from an existing data model in OpenEdge. Generate CRUD services for a mobile resource in a single click.
OpenEdge TechTip 6 - A closer look at JavaScript Data Objects
A review of the OpenEdge Mobile end2end Architecture together with a closer look at JSDO. Explore options to debug REST calls and better understand what’s happening in the browser.
OpenEdge TechTip 3 - Using the Mobile App Builder to craft your UI
Getting started with the Mobile App Builder. Crafting a simple mobile UI using the JQuery Mobile controls available in Mobile App Builder. Also, learn how to test your first Mobile App ! We also take a look at deployment options for your Mobile app
TechTip 1 - Tour of a mobile app built with OpenEdge Mobile
In this short video, we take a brief tour of a mobile app designed to give you a heads up on the weather for a zip code. The app is built completely with the mobile app tooling available in OpenEdge 11.2.
OpenEdge TechTip 5- Binding data to your mobile UI
Developing a mobile UI to access your backend services in OpenEdge. Mapping UI elements to backend service calls and leveraging the power of JavaScript Data Objects (JSDO). Running your Mobile app as an HTML5 webapp and exploring options to run your app as a native app on iOS or Android.
OpenEdge TechTip 2 - Getting started creating your first OpenEdge Mobile Project in Progress Developer Studio
Create your first mobile project by using the Project wizard and look at both the generated artifacts and the layout of your Eclipse project.
OpenEdge: Made for Mobility
Did you know that two out of three people use at least one of their personal mobile devices for work. The mobile revolution is here!! Watch the video to find out more…
Progress Application Partners On Mobility
See how Progress Partners are maximizing their businesses and improving their customers experience with the delivery of mobilized solutions and applications.
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