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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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Persistence Stew: JDBC Drivers
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...
Recent Article RoundUp
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...
XQuery launches for the Java Platform
Jonathan Robie, the XQuery Language Program Manager at DataDirect, Jonathan Robie has some important news over on his...
The next computing paradigm: P2P?
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...
VS 2003 and upcoming .NET Framework 2.0
I'm installing Visual Studio 2003 for the first time, and while I'm impressed by the look and feel, this is probably the longest installation I have ever endured.
Coming from the Java world, I...
DataDirect Design Previews
Wondering where ODBC, ADO.NET, XQuery, XQJ and of course JDBC futures are headed? DataDirect's Design Previews may just be the thing for you.
Every year, Progress® DataDirect® does a six-city Design Preview tour where we have a chance to talk about the direction of our numerous product lines, get...
Office spurring the growth of XML
CNET is running an article this morning that discloses some of Microsoft's plans for Office 12. Office 12 represents an interesting development for fans of XML, as it opens a clear path for huge quantities of data to be immediately usable for web messages, web services, SOA integration, and of...
Introducing the XQuery Resource Center
We pushed our XQuery Developer Resource Center in time for our DataDirect XQuery Beta release earlier this week. I think you'll find our website is an excellent resource and something...
XQuery debut for Java Platform
XQuery comes to the Java platform with the launch of the DataDirect XQuery™ beta program starting tomorrow on May 17th. With this important technology boundary crossed, I thought it...
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