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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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Platform Horizons: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about OpenEdge and Platform Support
Most customers are aware that we document the existing state of OpenEdge platform support in our Platform and Product Availability Guide, or PAG, which is posted online on Progress Communities. For products...
The Top 5 Data Connectivity Concerns Affecting Financial Companies
In the financial services industry, thousands of users regularly rely on the ability to accurately and quickly access data in order to run business-critical reports and amend databases. It’s for this reason that it’s imperative to business success and user efficiency that financial institutions have...
The Life and Times of ODBC – Part 2
A few weeks ago I explained the life of ODBC drivers from their inception in 1992 until version 3 was released, in 1995. In case you need a refresher,...
Who is responsible for securing data in the cloud? Organizations still aren’t sure
CRN recently highlighted a Ponemon Institute survey that looked into organizations’ thoughts on cloud security, and what they consider when moving their...
The "New" Disaster Recovery Model
In my last blog post, I pointed out the threats hackers pose to small businesses from a security standpoint.
This week has been a wild ride in terms of security breaches. First, I read an article on...
Security + Reliability = New Disaster Recovery Concept
Do any of these statements or questions sound familiar to you?
- Data encryption is too slow to allow any “real work” to get done.
- We are not under any regulatory constraints (e.g. HIPAA, SOX, PCI-DSS, etc), so we don’t need to encrypt our data.
- We are a small business...
Trends in Big Connectivity: Big Data, Hadoop, and the Mysteries of “Dark Data”
The concepts of Big Data have been around well before the introduction of the Hadoop file system. Back when I was in college (ancient times, according to my family) and pursuing my degree in astrophysics, I wrote a thesis on ‘stellar spectroscopy’ – researching the spectrum of data from...
On the Road Again…
When Willie Nelson was “hittin’ the road” back in the 80’s, computers were big, expensive monsters securely locked up in datacenters under ground. Thirty or so years, and several generations of computing later, powerful computers are in your pocket as smart phones and mobile devices are the “new...
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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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