Progress partner Jungle Lasers, developers of a suite of apps for municipalities and small businesses, selected the Progress Pacific platform to develop cloud-based apps that help clients get information out to...

Back in 1951 when the sci-fi classic, The Thing, hit the big screen, its hokey but terrifying narrative about a hostile alien put audiences on the edges of their seats and probably made for more than a few sleepless nights.  Now, a new “thing” or “things,” to be precise, is garnering attention...

Applications are steadily becoming the standard unit of software. App development and deployment that will resonate with clients and employees on a Software-as-a-Service model is now a normal way to conduct business, and as these users come to expect this approach, it may grow even further. Now, it’s...

Basic concepts can become complex quickly. The word "agile" is a great example, a simple adjective that is now associated with numerous efforts to smooth the application deployment process. "DevOps" is in a similar boat. You may be asking yourself if processes carried out under this name are real...

To find out what your fellow companies are really interested in this year, it pays to consider who they want to hire. After all, new technology won't use itself, and that means it's time to go out and find the skills. This might be as close as it's possible to get to a real survey of projects under...

Creating new applications at a pace that appeases users can be a challenge today. After all, the acceptance of apps as the building blocks of business has raised standards and created constant calls for new and updated functionality. If you feel like your current development methods simply can't...

The many recent changes in technology mean that companies are finding new ways to deal with everyday operations. If you hesitate or let your business slow down, competitors more adept at understanding the new status quo may pass you. This need for a new outlook represents a big part of the appeal of...

Technology, for all its forward motion, is built on a few stable components. In the past few years, mobile applications have become one of these critical building blocks. If you need to grant new capabilities to your employees, they present an elegant answer to the problem. Application development...

The channel community has it rough. Resellers need to find ways to stand out among their many competitors, while also devoting time to understanding a gauntlet of various vendor products and solutions. The bar for creating value is high, as well as costly and somewhat restrictive. One way that...