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Progress introduces AI-driven platform for creating and deploying chatbots
Progress has announced the availability of Progress NativeChat, a new solution for chatbot development and deployment. NativeChat was designed to give organizations the ability to create customer solutions that can converse and transact on the channel of their choice, without the need for human interaction.
Progress: Preparing companies for the rising tide of data
Progress boasts more than 35 years in business, driven by a simple mission: to provide the best platform and tools for building and deploying mission critical business applications. With a focus on B2B and B2C, its mission hasn’t changed, but Progress retains the agility of a startup combined with the foresight of a global leader to react to the shifting sands of the business world across industry sectors.
How the IoT and Related Tech Are Helping to Update the Energy Sector
Energy sector improvements have the capacity to affect almost every other industry. We all recognize the importance of a reliable energy system — after all, no business runs without electricity. As DataRPM, a Progress company that uses anomaly detection and prediction to provide a stable energy supply, notes in its recent e-book, “Since energy literally drives everything in the industrial world, the energy and utilities industry itself is under constant pressure…to tackle efficiency problems and perform 24/7 without disruptions.”
Three Ways Business Leaders Can Use AI Right Now
AI has enormous potential to reshape business, as most business leaders recognize. In a global study published by the Boston Consulting Group and MIT Sloan Management Review, 84 percent of the 3,000 business leaders interviewed expect AI to give them a competitive advantage.
NativeScript, a framework for native mobile application development leveraging JavaScript technologies, now has Version 1.0 of its NativeScript-Vue open source project available.
CMS LAUNCHES FREIGHT 2020 UPGRADE
Transport management software company CMS Transport Systems has rolled out a new software package to help its customers better protect their data, developed together with US software developer Progress.
The Big Moneymaker Many MSPs Give Away for Free
When Progress Software strategic partner program manager Richard Stone thinks about the channel opportunity in 2018, there’s an old cartoon that comes to mind: The one where the dog that’s chasing the car finally catches it, and as the car speeds down the road with the dog’s jaws locked on its bumper, the poor pooch thinks to himself, “Now what?”
IoT and AI Assisting Predictive Maintenance
Predictive maintenance (PdM) consists in collecting data on the condition of machinery so that engineers can foresee possible outages or failures before they even happen. This makes it possible to replace any failing components before they cause damage.
Progress goes on louder on React, Xamarin & Fluent-themed design
Application development and deployment company Progress has come forward with new releases of the Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI tools.
Cognitive computing: Moving From Hype to Deployment
Although cognitive computing, which is many a times referred to as AI or Artificial Intelligence, is not a new concept, the hype surrounding it and the level of interest pertaining to it is definitely new. The combination of hype surrounding robot overlords, vendor marketing and concerns regarding job losses has fueled the hype into where we stand now.
The 20 Coolest Cloud Platform Vendors Of The 2018 Cloud 100
Last year, Progress paid $49 million to acquire Kinvey, a mobile Backend-as-a-Service platform used by developers to build and run mobile apps that integrate with enterprise systems. The acquisition bolstered a strategic plan around cognitive application development as Progress jumps into the digital transformation arena with new software development tools.
If this is the age of information, which it is, then surely we can reasonably suggest that all businesses need to get more closely acquainted with the data streams traversing their operational models. Getting better acquainted with information in real terms means understanding data at a more granular level. But don’t panic, this does not require a degree in computer science or a PhD in systems analytics.
Exclusive interview - Progress talks channel plans for cognitive apps
Progress has been in the business a long time and experienced their fair share of dramatic paradigm shifts in the IT market. ChannelLife talked to product marketing manager Richard Stone about the shift to AI driven 'cognitive' applications and how organisations in the A/NZ channel can be sure they are staying ahead of the curve.
Combining AR and VR with cognitive technology
Digi Capital claims that not only the single phenomenon, but the double act of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) will raise approximately $150Bn of revenue by the year 2020. With less than three years to go until that predicted date, businesses working in construction and manufacturing must consider how existing cognitive technology can provide solid grounding to integrate VR and AR technologies.
2018 will be the breakout year for PWAs
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) – browser-based applications that take on some performance aspects of native applications — are expected to break out this year, as Apple will begin to ship core features of PWA in its WebKit web browser engine.
Key considerations of AI, IoT and digital transformation
Artificial intelligence, the internet of things and digital transformation have been popular subjects over the last year. A quick scan of your favorite tech publication will likely result in multiple stories covering all three of these concepts as companies across the globe embrace them.
In the industrial sector, machine downtime and asset failure can be some of the biggest costs that companies incur. Downtime is already a multi-billion-dollar problem and it will only continue to grow as companies strive to optimize their operations in the pursuit of better margins and greater efficiency.
6 Tech Developments to Keep an Eye on in 2018
Recently, Gartner released its predictions for tech trends in 2018 and several years beyond. From an increase in visual and voice search to a rise in bot development over mobile, it looks as though the tech darlings of 2017 will only grow in prominence and power.
But what other leaps forward might we expect in 2018?
CIO explains tech behind integrated healthcare systems and apps
BayHealth Development wanted integrated healthcare systems to provide a coherent experience for patients and physicians. The organization turned to the new Progress Health Cloud.
‘7 Minutes’ with Progress Software Strategic Partner Program Manager Richard Stone
We created a partner health score that allows partners to see the strength of their business relationship with Progress, based on specific criteria identified in our program portfolio. The program is very useful because a partner can quickly get a pulse on their positioning within the ecosystem.