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.
Application development platform for running business critical applications needing high performance, high availability and flexible deployment
options for extensibility, scalability, security and performance.
The comprehensive collection of .NET and JavaScript tools for developing modern business application and a powerful collection of JavaScript
UI components for developing modern business applications.
A next-generation Agentic RAG-as-a-Service platform offering fast, flexible and modular retrieval functionality to AI agents from a wide variety of unstructured data formats.
Semantic AI platform that transforms data into meaningful insights. Empowers organizations to manage knowledge models, automatically extract
and classify meaning from both structured and unstructured data to generate rich semantic metadata.
An enterprise-grade data platform that connects, governs and contextualizes data across the organization to make AI practical, trusted, and scalable. The Progress Data Platform turns fragmented structured and unstructured data into AI-ready intelligence, enabling reliable knowledge discovery, agentic workflows and operational decision-making with confidence.
Managed file transfer and automation software that helps customers secure sensitive files at rest and in transit, promotes reliable business
processes and supports compliance with data security requirements.
Digital content and experience management suite of intelligent, ROI-driving tools for marketers and an extensible toolset for developers to
create engaging, cross-platform digital experiences.
A SaaS-native platform that includes AI-powered document-centric collaboration, workflow automation, a user-friendly client portal, secure file sync and share and integrated eSignature for more efficient and effective document sharing.
An all-in-one work management platform and productivity solution that empowers you with no-code apps and personalized digital workspaces to organize content, automate workflows, manage projects, and collaborate in real-time.
AI-powered .NET Telerik and JavaScript Kendo UI components for building web, cross-platform, mobile and desktop applications faster than ever. Suite includes reporting and report management solutions, document processing and mocking tools as well as powerful design system capabilities to accelerate UI/UX customization.
Network observability platform with AI-powered detection for cyberthreats, anomalies and fast access to actionable insights for greater
network and application performance across hybrid cloud ecosystems.
Managed file transfer and automation software that helps customers secure sensitive files at rest and in transit, promotes reliable business
processes and supports compliance with data security requirements.
Network observability platform with AI-powered detection for cyberthreats, anomalies and fast access to actionable insights for greater
network and application performance across hybrid cloud ecosystems.
IT infrastructure monitoring software providing visibility into network devices, servers, virtual machines, cloud and wireless environments to
quickly find and fix network problems before users are impacted.
Congratulations to the Stylus team who have just shipped Stylus Studio 2006.
Among many of the new features you'll find updated EDI Tools, XML Schema Aware XSLT 2.0, and XML Schema Aware XQuery 1.0...
AJAX (Asynchronous Java Script & XML) has brought us Gmail, Google Maps and Flickr and gives web developers an exciting new toolbox of tricks that can drastically overhaul the...
XQuery has achieved Candidate Recommendation and I think it's safe to say that many individuals, organizations and vested interests are working hard to make sure it reaches Recommendation as smoothly as possible.
With this significant milestone achieved, Jonathan Robie, the Progress DataDirect W3C...
DataDirect Delivers the Only Certified JDBC Drivers for JBoss
I am very pleased to announce a significant advancement for anyone who works with JBoss and are rightly considering how to connect to their data sources, using the best-of-breed JDBC drivers. I think John Goodson, VP for Product Operations and Marketing at Progress DataDirect sums it up...
Persistence Stew II: JDBC - The Indispensable Component of Persistence Mechanisms
A few weeks back, I worked feverishly to get an article ready for the November 2005 edition of the Sys-con's Java Developer Journal, or as many people refer to it, the JDJ. Check out your pigeon hole mailbox, or head to JDJ...
Our friends at JavaLobby were very gracious in working with me to produce an excellent online presentation on how the best-of-class JDBC drivers is the only choice for anyone considering Java Object/Relational persistence mechanisms. This is an important consideration for anyone dipping their toes...
As one of the Progam Manager's here at DataDirect, I get to participate in our excellent Design Preview series that travels the country giving you our customers the opportunity to ask questions, but also my fellow Program Managers get the opportunity to get the feedback we need to build out our...
The growth of VOIP is difficult to miss these days - I can't think of one major software or internet entity that is not doing something in this area. Most recently the launch of Google Talk last week triggered volumes of opinions across many technology outlets - in fact this blog posts track-backs to...
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.
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.
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.