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Part 1: Getting Started with Progress’ RAG-as-a-Service Platform, Progress Agentic RAG
October 13, 2025
Enterprise knowledge management is broken. Critical insights get buried in email threads, brilliant analysis disappears into network drives and teams unknowingly duplicate work that was completed months earlier. The promise of AI-powered search and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) offers a solution—but how does it work in practice? Read our blog to find out.
Built for Business, Loved by Developers: Progress OpenEdge ABL
October 16, 2025
Progress OpenEdge ABL is a business-focused, fourth-generation language that enables rapid, reliable and scalable development of mission-critical applications, making it a trusted and future-ready choice for organizations and developers.
Introducing Automate MFT: Modern File Transfer Built for Hybrid and Distributed IT Ecosystems
October 08, 2025
We're thrilled to introduce Progress Automate MFT—a first-of-its-kind cloud-native orchestration engine explicitly built for automated, secure file transfer. Is a cloud-native file transfer solution at the top of your wish list? Let’s dive into the details that make Automate MFT the right solution for your enterprise.
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It’s a New Year for DataDirect! Cloud and Hybrid OpenEdge Access is Here
Happy 2014! The best part about the New Year is the exciting changes it brings with it, and here at Progress, we definitely have some big news to share! We mentioned it at Exchange 2013, and now it’s here – Cloud access to OpenEdge data, even on-premises.
Overcoming multi-tenancy challenges can enhance productivity
As a software developer, you may already be well aware of the cloud's strong reputation for improving efficiency and reducing costs. Clients want software delivered on this model, and you want to develop on it. So what's the hold-up? The answer may have to do with the new development needs brought...
The top 5 things you need to know before you implement PaaS
Even the best application development platforms have their limitations. Progress GM and VP of Progress Pacific, Michael Benedict, names the top five things you need to know about successful PaaS implementation. In this...
With Progress Rollbase, everyone's an app developer
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...
Cloud migration ongoing: Be sure you get it right
When an IT trend begins to pick up speed, the window to get your company involved becomes very narrow. If you don't hurry, competitors may reap the benefits while you hurry to catch up. The everyday use of the cloud is reaching this stage, with standard business applications proving far more...
Publishing: Content Regardless of Format?
Publishing is about content, not format. — Wendy Queen, Associate Director of Project Muse, Johns Hopkins University Press I first heard this quotation at an STM Group Innovation Day I attended in London in early December. The speaker was Sayeed Choudhury of the Data Conservancy at John Hopkins University and notes on his presentation were […]
Relevancy with Range Indexes
[Editor’s Note: Adapted from Adam Fowler’s blog:] A new feature of MarkLogic 7’s search API is range index scoring – affecting relevancy based on a specific value(s) within a document. MarkLogic returns results in relevance order, and range index scoring allows you to determine relevancy based on the value of an element in a document, […]
When to be lazy, and when to be eager, when querying the database
Generally, optimizations in the evaluator try to be lazy whenever they can when evaluating functions. This allows the application to process data only when needed and limits memory use to only what is needed. But sometimes, you need to evaluate eagerly to improve performance. Here we discuss one use case when it is best to specify eager evaluation.
A Time of Beginnings and Transitions
The month of January, named after Janus the ancient Roman god of beginnings and transitions who is depicted as having two faces so that he may look both forward into the new year as well as back into the one that is past, is a time for reflection and looking forward. With the introduction of […]
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Progress is Now Accepting STEM Scholarship Applications
Apply now for the 2026 Progress STEM Scholarships, supporting students in the sciences across Bulgaria, India and the United States.
What Makes an AI System ‘Agentic’?
What does the term “agentic” or “agent” mean in AI? How is it different from “predictive AI”? How does any of this apply to your business? This post breaks it down.
How to Use Flow Theory When Designing Your Digital Interfaces
We see flow states in creative pursuits, sports, hobbies and mindfulness activities like yoga. It can also be extended to the digital product experience. Let’s explore the four principles of flow and ways you can use them to design more enjoyable and engaging user experiences.
Hackathon Success Story: How Two Students Used AI and OpenEdge to Tackle Real-World Business Challenges
Two students, David and Alireza, used their first experience with Progress OpenEdge to build an AI-powered demand forecasting solution during a hackathon, showcasing how OpenEdge, Agentic RAG and modern AI workflows can solve real-world business challenges and spark future innovation.
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