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Progress Elevate South Africa

20 October 2026, Johannesburg (INFRA/DX/ADP)

22 October 2026, Cape Town (INFRA/DX Only)

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One Vision. One Progress.

Join Progress for an Exclusive Event Series Across South Africa

As technology landscapes evolve, organizations face increasing pressure to modernize infrastructure, strengthen cyber resilience, accelerate innovation and prepare for the opportunities and challenges of AI.

Progress Elevate South Africa brings together our partners and customers across all Business Units, for a day of strategic insights, real-world customer experiences and practical guidance from Progress’ leading technology portfolio.

Discover how organizations are simplifying complexity, automating operations, securing critical data and building the resilient foundations needed to thrive in the age of AI.

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Agenda

10:30 – 11:00
Arrival, refreshments
11:00 – 12:00
Split Tracks

From Configuration Management to Infrastructure Automation: Modernizing with Chef 360

Many attendees know about the Progress® Chef® platform through configuration capabilities. This session builds on that familiar foundation, showing how Progress Chef 360 can help organizations modernize while preserving their existing investments and advancing infrastructure governance, compliance and automation.

ADP TBC (Johannesburg only)

12:00 – 13:00
Split Tracks

High-Performance ADC Without Complexity, Security Without Compromise, Scale Without Limits

Expanding the Progress® Kemp® LoadMaster® product from "a load balancing solution" to unified application delivery, security and visibility platform.

From Manual Rules to AI-Driven Experiences: How to Build Effective Hyper-Personalization

Most personalization never moves beyond intent. The data exists but turning it into meaningful customer experiences remains a challenge. Traditional journeys relied on customers finding information themselves, today, AI is changing the model. By understanding intent, delivering relevant content and guiding next best actions, AI can help customers achieve outcomes faster and with less effort with the Progress® Sitefinity® solution.

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:45
Split Tracks

Control Complexity. Detect Threats. Respond Faster.

OpenEdge Reimagined: AI-Powered Innovation Without the Rewrite

Discover how the latest innovations in the Progress® OpenEdge® platform are helping organizations modernize existing applications, accelerate development and unlock the value of enterprise data with AI. This session covers OpenEdge 13.2, the AI Toolkit and introduces the OpenEdge MCP Server, which securely connects business applications to AI agents and assistants. Evolve your applications, empower developers and bring AI to your business without replacing what already works.

14:45 – 15:30
Split Tracks

Digital Agility Meets Cyber Resilience: Protecting Customer Data and Managing Risk in the Age of AI

Many organizations are modernizing secure file transfer (MFT) strategies to help meet today’s compliance, cyber risk and digital agility demands. As regulatory expectations rise and threat actors become more sophisticated, traditional file transfer solutions pose significant vulnerabilities—particularly within complex supply chains. Organizations are shifting toward modern, policy-driven MFT approaches that align with zero trust architecture and support real-time operations without compromising security.

15:30 – 16:00
Split Tracks

Idea to Automation, Idea to Report, Idea to Respond: Progress AI Across the INFRA Portfolio

"Too many tools, too little time." Infra AI turns infrastructure data and institutional knowledge into guided decisions, automated action and modernized infrastructure. This session ties the Chef, LoadMaster and WhatsUp Gold products together.

16:00 – 17:30
Activity TBC
17:30 onwards
Drinks, dinner and networking

Why Attend?

At Progress Elevate South Africa, you'll gain actionable insights into:

  • Modernizing infrastructure without disrupting existing investments
  • Building cyber resilience in an increasingly complex threat landscape
  • Simplifying application delivery and security
  • Leveraging AI-driven automation to improve operational efficiency
  • Reducing downtime and improving visibility across critical systems
  • Transforming secure file transfer into a strategic business advantage
  • Preparing your organization for AI-ready infrastructure at scale

Venue

Johannesburg

Address: Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Balalaika Sandton

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Cape Town

Address: Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront

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