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Neurodiversity in the Workforce: Dr Shirley Knowles Of Progress On Why It’s Important To Include Neurodiverse Employees & How To Make Your Workplace More Neuro-Inclusive

Research suggests that up to 15–20% of the U.S. population is neurodivergent. There has been a slow but vitally important rise in companies embracing neurodiversity. How can companies support neurodiversity in the workplace? What are some benefits of including neurodiverse employees? To address these questions, we are talking to successful business leaders who can share stories and insights from their experience about “Neurodiversity in the Workforce: Companies Including Neurodiverse Employees”. As a part of this series, we had the pleasure of interviewing Shirley Knowles, Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer, Progress Software.

Progress study reveals 65% of organizations suffer from data bias

Progress, a trusted provider of application development and infrastructure software, has announced the results of its global survey, Data Bias: The Hidden Risk of AI.

Data Bias a Known but Uncorrected Issue for Businesses

While appreciation that algorithms and machine-learning programs are not immune to bias is increasingly mainstream, ongoing plans to correct for bias in said programs among businesses that use them are not.

That’s the conclusion of a recent study commissioned by Progress Software Corp., a business software provider, on business leaders’ awareness of data bias. Conducted by independent research firm Insight Avenue, the study was based on 640 interviews with IT professionals in 12 countries, including the United States.

Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech: Mariam Tariq of Progress On The 5 Leadership Lessons She Learned From Her Experience

Asa part of our series about “Lessons From Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech”, we had the pleasure of interviewing Mariam Tariq.

Mariam Tariq is Senior Vice President of Product and Marketing, Digital Experience at Progress.

Progress finds data biases to greatly impact benefit of AI/ML

Progress has announced the results of its global survey, Data Bias: The Hidden Risk of AI. Conducted by independent research firm, Insight Avenue, the Progress global survey is based on interviews with more than 640 business and IT professionals, director level and above, who use data to make decisions and are using or plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to support their decision-making.

Data bias: a failing faced by 65% of organisations

Despite potential legal and financial pitfalls associated with data bias, there is a lack of understanding around the training, processes and technology needed to tackle it successfully, reveals Progress survey.

Maximizing the Potential of ChatGPT-4 for Your Business

By leveraging the benefits of ChatGPT4, businesses can gain a competitive edge and raise their revenue. But to answer the questions like how businesses can deploy ChatGPT4 to maximize their potential we invited Lilia Messechkova, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Progress.

Australian organizations more concerned about data bias: survey

A new survey has found that senior business and IT professionals in Australia are more likely than their international peers to think data bias will become a bigger concern as the use of AI and machine learning increases.

Progress: Impious bias leads to AI Jambalaya

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is smart, the clue really is in the name. As we build out our global approach to implementing AI and now also dovetail existing advancements with the new era of generative AI for human-like chat and text experiences, AI is getting smarter all the time.

The Human Touch: Advancements in AI and Its Impact on DX

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the business landscape, enabling companies to enhance their customer service and streamline internal processes. As the use of AI becomes more prevalent, it is crucial to understand the impact it is having on the industry, and how developers and end-users can benefit. In this interview, we speak with Sara Faatz, Director of Technology Community Relations at Progress, who has over 20 years of experience in leading corporate and product marketing and community building for organisations targeting developers.

How User Behavior Analysis Builds Better Apps

People use software. It’s probably why they get called users. But whichever apps and functions and services we might have engaged with or been exposed to inside any given day, we rarely sit back and share our enjoyment ranking for a piece of technology with our partners, colleagues or indeed the organization that built the code in the first place.

Progress Sitefinity DX 14.4 aims to improve user engagement and increase customer satisfaction

Progress announced the latest release of Progress Sitefinity DX 14.4 with new features to help organizations modernize their digital experiences including enhanced behavioral analysis, expanded conversational interfaces, and a high-performance frontend backed by .NET 7. 

Progress Sitefinity 14.4 Released

Progress announced the release of Progress Sitefinity 14.4.

Progress Sitefinity is at the center of Progress’ composable digital experience platform (DXP), which empowers organizations to create personalized digital experiences across multiple digital channels and drive effective digital transformation strategies.

ChatGPT: How app developers must keep the human side of software alive

ChatGPT is making all the headlines these days, and beyond impacting organizations and consumers at large, it is starting to have a significant impact on and raising questions across the developer community.

Progress offers free developer training

Application development and infrastructure software provider Progress is offering free online training and certification for users of its OpenEdge application development platform.

Progress launches free online training for application developers

Progress has announced a free online training and certification program for Progress OpenEdge, the flagship application development platform used by more than 100,000 enterprises across the globe to simplify the delivery of mission-critical business applications.

Collaboration and culture: keys to DevSecOps success

Across the Asia Pacific region, cyber threats have continued to plague organisations big and small, disrupting operations and exposing sensitive info to malicious actions.

Why Load Balancers Should be Part of Your Security Architecture

Although load balancers are recognized as integral to IT infrastructure, organizations must also see them as essential to security architecture. Larry Goldman, director of product marketing at Progress, shares why load balancers should be part of a company’s defense against cyberattacks.

The key steps for CIOs to elevate DevSecOps practices

As Digital Transformation continues to gather pace, CIOs are looking for new ways to empower their teams to succeed now and in the future. Since the collaborative development and operations approach DevOps extended to the concept of DevSecOps nearly 25 years ago, the idea behind it was to embed security to drive more rapid development of quality software. And never have we needed this so much as today, across all industries.

IWD 2023: Creating opportunities through education and sponsoring

This year's official theme for International Women's Day is "DigitAll: innovation and technology for gender equality", with the intention to shed a light on the importance of education in the digital age for empowering all women and girls. 

I couldn't agree more with this theme, and that's because we have reached a stage in the gender equality fight that requires us to go beyond simply including women more.