Todd Wright Progress

Todd Wright

Todd Wright leads Global Product Marketing for OpenEdge and DataDirect solutions from Progress. He works closely with the product management and sales organizations to create and promote materials that are relevant and valuable to Progress customers. He is instrumental in developing customer relationships and creating strategic marketing plans that drive awareness, consideration, education and demand for Progress. 

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Progress DataDirect and its Performance Advantage
The Progress DataDirect SQL Server ODBC driver demonstrates significant performance advantages in data connectivity, especially for large-scale, data-intensive analytics workloads. Rigorous benchmarks against Microsoft’s native driver and FreeTDS reveal substantial speed improvements, highlighting DataDirect’s suitability for enterprise environments demanding high speed and reliability.
Todd Wright August 19, 2025
Progress DataDirect OpenAccess SDK 9.0: A Leap Forward in Secure, Seamless Connectivity
The blog announces the release of OpenAccess SDK 9.0, highlighting its major advancements in secure, high-performance, and standards-compliant data connectivity. Key features include critical security enhancements, streamlined deployment, and support for cross-platform client access. The release focuses on modern encryption standards, deprecating outdated protocols, and simplifying the runtime environment. It also emphasizes ease of upgrade, backward and forward compatibility, and unified deployment across modern platforms. The blog underscores the multi-client support, enabling access for ODBC, JDBC, and ADO.NET environments, promoting a "code once, connect everywhere" model
The Progress Data Platform Summit: Your Opportunity to Become AI-Ready
Join us this September at the 2025 Progress Data Platform Summit in Washington, D.C. to learn how AI, data integration and responsible governance are transforming modern enterprises.
Unlocking the Power of Microsoft Fabric
Discover how Microsoft Fabric's integrated platform and Synapse Endpoint simplify data management and analytics, while Progress DataDirect solutions enhance connectivity and performance.
Zero Trust: What It Is and How It Will Transform Your Business
Progress Data Platform helps safeguard your most valuable assets with Zero Trust capabilities like user access control, continuous security monitoring and more.
Todd Wright March 05, 2025
What Is ETL (Extract, Transform and Load)?
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) enables the seamless flow of data from disparate sources into centralized systems. Here's how DataDirect connectivity solutions support each stage of ETL.
Todd Wright December 18, 2024
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