Jessica (Malakian) Newton
Jessica (Malakian) Newton is a Senior Product Marketing Specialist at Progress, focused on the Progress OpenEdge, Progress DataDirect and Progress Corticon products. Jessica started her career at Progress as an intern in 2020 and has since developed into a full-time marketer, dedicated to guiding customers on how to maximize the value of their Progress solutions. Outside of work, Jessica enjoys reading and writing.
Articles by the Author
When Decision Automation Belongs to the Business—Not the Codebase
The post explains that decision automation scales best when decision logic is separated from application code and managed as a transparent, governable business asset.
OpenEdge as the Foundation for Operational AI: Lessons from a Real‑World Coffee Buying Agent
This blog argues that OpenEdge can serve as the trusted operational backbone for production AI by securely integrating an AI “coffee‑buying” agent with live ERP data (via PAS for OpenEdge) and captured human expertise to deliver fast, controlled, actionable decisions without replacing core systems.
Real Life Stories from the OpenEdge Managed Database Administration Team
The blog recaps a webinar showing how Progress’s OpenEdge Managed Database Administration team uses proactive monitoring and deep OpenEdge expertise to quickly resolve hidden performance issues, guide PAS for OpenEdge transitions, and execute low‑downtime database/platform migrations.
This Hackathon Team Used AI and OpenEdge to Reduce Manual Data Anonymization Effort
A hackathon team enhanced Wayfare’s OpenEdge-based Deblur tool by using Progress Agentic RAG to suggest which database fields should be anonymized from GDPR guidance, cutting manual effort while keeping humans in control for compliance.
OpenEdge 13.0: What This Innovation Release Really Delivers
OpenEdge 13.0 is an innovation release that helps teams modernize OpenEdge applications to be more secure and AI-ready by boosting developer productivity (ABL and IDE upgrades), improving DBA operations (faster backups/diagnostics), and strengthening compliance-focused security controls (including FIPS 140-3 support).
Migrating to PAS for OpenEdge: What “Best Practices” Really Mean
The blog explains that migrating from Classic AppServer/WebSpeed to PAS for OpenEdge is a fundamentally different, HTTP/Tomcat-based operating model that succeeds only with deliberate architecture planning, new tooling/operations readiness, rigorous performance testing, and security-first configuration.
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