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Progress Launches Bespoke Channel Program

Progress Software is advancing the way it works with partners with the launch of a new channel program that tailors relationships and resources to the needs of different types of solution providers and their respective operating models.

5 Network Performance Monitoring Vendors to Watch in 2020

As 2020 is now in full swing, we can look back on the previous year and see how its developments will impact the future. In 2019, we saw several vendors introduce advanced capabilities and expand their business beyond simple network monitoring. There were also some key acquisitions and buyouts that (we expect) will give small-scale network monitoring providers the resources to build themselves up into powerhouses in the industry. When thinking of what 2020 will bring for network monitoring vendors and solutions, it helps to watch the companies who are expected to deliver many innovations throughout the year.

Many Entrepreneurs Go Astray In The Middle Of The Process To Create A Worthy Product

More often, we tell the stories of startup successes. Yet, when we refer to statistics, it is usually related to the failure rates. According to CB Insights, 70% of newly founded companies fail 20 months after first raising financing, with the main reason being “no market need.” Startups are increasingly trying to gain market share and disrupt established leaders. At the same time, the number of new products that actually solve a problem somebody cares about enough to pay for is too low.

Building the Perfect Travel Site Starts with Your CMS

When you consider vacations are supposed to be fun, relaxing and enjoyable, actually planning a vacation is very much not so. These days, it’s easy to pour hours into researching destinations, comparing prices and booking accommodations across dozens of different sites. And even when you’re done, you’re often left with the lingering feeling that you forgot to do something critical.

Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2020

Key data management trends have emerged that are shaping the capabilities of IT products and services for 2020 and beyond.

The Ten Things that Should Happen in 2020, Continued

In part one, we looked at the first five trends I see for DesignOps collaboration, digital innovation, AppDev and WebDev alignment, machine learning and AI making it into production in 2020.  Here’s the remaining five...

A Guide to Legacy App Modernization Tool Providers

Progress’ Kinvey platform uses  modern microservices frameworks and low code connectors to present disparate systems as a single, secure data collection or RESTful API, without having to replicate data or replatform legacy systems. It also includes patented hybrid data integration technology to get the benefits of cloud-native architecture.

Why the CMS Can Make or Break Your Digital Success

For businesses today, providing an engaging customer experience across all digital touchpoints is paramount to success. From a marketing perspective, it is crucial that content is distributed across all available devices that customers are likely to use, including websites for laptops, tablets, and mobiles, as well as content for other devices, such as wearables.

Predicting 2020 Trends Across DesignOps, AppDev, AI, IoT and 5G

Artificial intelligence, blockchain and IoT devices are just a few of the tools that analysts and executives believe will play a huge role in the coming year.

"For 2020, many organizations will augment or expand digital transformation efforts into digital innovation to drive business results. Digital transformation isn't going away and never will as long as there are ongoing opportunities for transformation," said Mark Troester, vice president of strategy at the technology development company Progress.

10 Things You Never Knew You Could Do with a CMS

Since the first “modern” content management system (CMS) reared its head around 2005, businesses of all shapes and sizes turned away from manually coding websites and towards the modern age of CMS.  This transformation empowered marketing teams throughout the business world to push the limits to what the “interwebs” could really do.  Emboldened by agility, faster time to market, dynamically generated pages, and more control over the customer journey, marketers are constantly seeking new, unique features they can leverage from today’s CMS to propel them into the next era.

The Ten Things that Should Happen in 2020

DesignOps, AppDev, digital innovation, AI, machine learning, IoT, bots and mobility are leading technologies that have dominated the IT industry, and it’s that time of year to predict what will happen in the year to come with these technologies. Or, at the very least, what I think should happen. These predictions might not come to pass as quickly as I’d like, but I’m certain that forward-thinking organizations will make considerable inroads into many of these areas of expertise.

Here’s Why 8.5 Million Users Love Visual Studio Code, the Free Software That’s Helping Microsoft Win Over Programmers in the Cloud Wars with Amazon

For a long time, Microsoft had the reputation for being unfriendly to developers.

After all, Microsoft infamously spent much of the '90s and '00s battling with the open source community — the free and remixable software that they were creating posed an existential threat to Windows and other Microsoft products. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even infamously called the open source operating system Linux "a cancer."

Customer Experience in the Right Hands is Powerful

Technology analysts today use a whirlwind of buzzwords to describe customer experience. For companies like Flywheel Strategic, it is a set of data-driven exercises that help organizations make sense of what customer experience means for their customers. My interview with Scott Snowden, Partner at Flywheel Strategic, was enlightening — discussing the deeper topics around how to roll up your sleeves and achieve engagement.

A Look into DXP and Security

At CMS-Connected, we take pride in being a reliable resource for decision-makers who are grappling with selecting a DXP for their organization. There are a lot of choices when selecting a vendor, and it is important to understand your organization’s needs in order to make the best choice. It is also essential to know the level of service and security measures that a platform offers.

.NET-Centric Dev Tooling Vendor Boosts Blazor Components, Supports .NET Core 3.0 RC

In the .NET development world, .NET Core 3.0 and Blazor are two of the most popular focus points right now, so third-party development tooling vendors are scrambling to support their latest editions.

Leading that charge is Progress, just yesterday announcing the new R3 2019 release of Progress Telerik tooling for .NET developers.

Getting Code Ready for Surface Neo and Surface Duo

Microsoft’s ambition to build a folding device has been the subject of much speculation over the past few years. A series of patent filings revealed what appeared to be a dual-screen tablet that could operate in several different ways. Then there were the codenames—Andromeda and Centaurus—and what appeared to be a planned new version of Windows,

SD Times news digest: Progress announces new .NET capabilities, WhiteSource integrates with GitLab Core and Eclipse IDE, and PayPal leaves Libra

Progress announced a new release of Progress Telerik tools for .NET developers, adding full day-zero support for .NET Core 3.0 RC across the entire Telerik product line. 

Kendo UI Web development toolkit lands from Progress

Progress, the provider of application development and digital experience technologies, has announced the latest release of Progress Kendo UI, the most complete UI toolkit for web development. The release includes a series of new components for Angular, React and jQuery, as well as major enhancements for some of its most popular existing components.  

Q&A: The Role Microapps Can Play in the NHS

Ian Bolland caught with Alison Haughton, senior product marketing manager, Cognitive Group, Progress, about the role that microapps can play within the NHS. They discuss how much they have been explored, and the difference it can make to both healthcare professionals and patients.

The Top 5 Most In-Demand Developer Skills

Dominating Indeed's list of the most in-demand jobs of 2019, developers are some of the most sought after job positions. As the demand for digital transformation projects in the enterprise increases, the need for individuals who can bring these digital applications into fruition follows.