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Why the Way You Power AI and What You Feed It Determine the Outcomes You Get
April 20, 2026
As organizations have begun to adopt AI across search, copilots, assistants and internal tools, expectations have run high. With access to years and shared drives full of documents, files, emails and knowledge repositories, it felt logical to assume that AI would instantly deliver smarter answers and better decisions right away.
Static Pages vs. Content Modules in Progress Sitefinity CMS: Scaling Content with Structure and GenAI
April 14, 2026
As content volume grows, the way it is structured begins to directly affect speed, cost and operational efficiency. This is where content modules move from being a technical option to becoming a strategic advantage.
Your Association Has Answers, So Why Can’t Members Find Them?
April 02, 2026
This is the first blog in a three-part series on how associations can unlock more value from their content, especially from conferences, using agentic RAG technology and by using Progress Agentic RAG, specifically.
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Teradata Parallel Transporter load/extract from SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase
I have consulted on several projects to load critical data into the Teradata Data Warehouse from heterogeneous data sources. These include SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, and Sybase using Progress DataDirect...
Do you know Dr. John Bates?
If you don’t, get to know him. Though not a native of Massachusetts, it’s safe to say, “he’s wicked smaaht”. Not only is he smart, he’s really a genuine, nice person. Recently, Dr. John Bates was named as one of the...
DON'T PANIC! Maybe a Depressed Robot is to Blame
The market frenzy that whiplashed global markets last week has been - unsurprisingly - blamed on high frequency trading. Headlines such as these fuelled the fire:
- "The Trading Game is Causing Market Panic" -...
Why do I need Managed File Transfer? Isn’t FTP enough?
The Internet’s venerable File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is usually supported by Managed File Transfer (MFT) systems, which can typically use FTP as one of the ways in which data is physically moved from place to place. However, MFT essentially wraps a significant...
How to Justify Your Professional Development Costs and Save Money through Attending Progress Revolution
When budgets are tight and time is scarce, it’s hard to justify investing dollars and man-hours on activities and programs that don’t directly and immediately impact the bottom line.
Many managers view professional conferences as expensive perks for staffers and...
Why and How Responsive Process Management Differs and Augments Business Process Management
Next month I’ll be speaking at the Progress Revolution Conference in Boston. As I prepare for my talk and review presentations by our customers I’m struck and pleased by just how much companies have improved their bottom line through Business Process Management (BPM). It’s incredible to see the...
Impressive Salesforce integration with Cognos Business Intelligence and DataDirect ODBC
As an IBM Certified Consultant for Cognos BI, I am impressed with the new Connect XE for ODBC Salesforce driver release from Progress DataDirect. And this...
What is this Revolution and Why you should attend Progress Revolution
First, Revolution is our new global customer conference. It brings together all previous customer and partner conferences under one roof at the same time. If there’s one conference that you’re planning to attend this year, it should be Progress Revolution in Boston. This year, our focus is on...
Welcome To The Cloud
Greetings! I decided to kick-off my inaugural blog post talking about a hot topic these days - the Cloud. It seems like everywhere you turn, someone or some company is promoting the “whys” of going to the Cloud. But I noticed there are very few actually focused on the “hows”of...
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As organizations have begun to adopt AI across search, copilots, assistants and internal tools, expectations have run high. With access to years and shared drives full of documents, files, emails and knowledge repositories, it felt logical to assume that AI would instantly deliver smarter answers and better decisions right away.
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