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Why the Domo Acquisition Made Sense for Progress
September 22, 2026
The Progress acquisition of Domo has now closed, significantly strengthening Progress’ ability to provide organizations with the context and control they need to turn fragmented knowledge into governed, secure, AI-ready intelligence. Reflecting on the deal, there was an important “first” for Progress.
Progress Agentic RAG Adds a Smart Agent Plus Native Teams and WordPress Support
October 01, 2026
The October release adds three capabilities to Progress Agentic RAG with nothing to install: a Smart Agent that answers questions using both indexed content and live business apps like a CRM, a native Microsoft Teams app, and a WordPress plugin that keeps content current. Built-in citations, quality scoring and audit logs let reviewers trace each step the agent takes. The blog ends by inviting readers to an October 22 walkthrough or a demo.
MarkLogic Server 12.1: Agent Ready, Engineered for Greater Efficiency.
September 25, 2026
Discover the key improvements in Progress MarkLogic Server 12.1 that boost your AI readiness and offer more cost-effective strategies to scale your critical initiatives.
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ODBC drivers for Microsoft Access and Excel on Unix/Linux for SAS, SAP, Oracle, IBM
From recent consulting projects, I have learned that analyzing data in Microsoft Office enables unique and valuable business insights across an organization. In particular, these projects were based on ODBC connectivity to Excel/Access from applications such as SAS (SAS/Access interface to ODBC),...
Progress Partner Plus Series: A Chat with MIP’s Richard Firth
As we leap into 2013, we've decided to start a new series where we chat with some of our partners about their longstanding relationship with Progress and the ways that our solutions have helped them to bring innovative cloud, web and mobile applications to their customers across industries.
We're...
Marketing Chick and Agile Development
Getting ready for a panel I was moderating at MarkLogic’s Big Data Summit in New York last month, I was doing research on the history of Agile Development. My two guest speakers, Tim Dunnington of ICA and Richard Winslow of Zynx Health, were going to be talking “agile.” It turned out to be a great […]
The Twelve Days of Big Data
Here’s a song we heard at a customer’s office last week… The Twelve Days of Big Data On the first data of Big Data my VP gave to me A deadline and guidelines budgetary On the second data of Big Data my Manager gave to me The goals and objectivity On the third data of […]
Big Data Simplicity
A recent article in the NY Times profiled Peter Neumann (Noy-man), computer scientist, musician, veteran of Bell Labs, and computer security pioneer/tireless evangelist. He cites a breakfast meeting he had with Albert Einstein in 1952, when he heard the first-hand utterance of Einstein’s “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler,” as […]
Write Once, Run Anywhere: the Future of Mobile Development
It’s hard to get your head around a zeitgeist when your in the middle of it, but that’s exactly what developers need to do as mobile devices continue to dominate our working lives.
There's no denying that smartphones and tablets have changed the way we find and install the applications we use, and...
December 19, 2012
2013: A Look Forward at What the Year Will Bring
With 2013 fast approaching, everyone is speculating about what the New Year will bring, especially when it comes to the IT industry. Here at DataDirect, we didn’t want to miss out on the forecasting fun, so we took a moment to reflect on the events of 2012 and look at what can be expected in 2013....
5 Reasons Customers Want Mobility
It’s no surprise that mobility is top of mind for CIO’s and IT organizations.
In their 2013 predictions, IDC noted it expects a mini tablet surge whereby the tablet market will grow by at least 42 percent to more than 170 million units in 2013. Similarly,...
2012: A Look Back at Some of the Major Trends
2012 has certainly been an exciting year! London hosted the XXX Olympic games, the U.S. had an election, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, ‘The Hobbit’ is coming out soon, and that’s just the beginning! It’s been an interesting year for the IT world as well, and as we close in on 2013, I wanted...
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