To remain competitive, organizations must continuously modernize their technology to improve efficiency, agility and the customer experience.
Upgrading to Progress® OpenEdge® 12.8 is more than a routine version update. It provides a modern application development and data management platform designed to accelerate software delivery, simplify database administration and improve service reliability. The result is greater operational efficiency, reduced maintenance effort and more predictable business outcomes.
To understand the value of OpenEdge 12.8, Progress commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a 2026 Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study examining the potential financial and operational benefits organizations can achieve by upgrading.
The findings show that OpenEdge 12.8 helped interviewed organizations improve scalability and free up technical teams to focus on higher-value initiatives.
Read the Forrester Consulting study to discover how upgrading to OpenEdge 12.8 can deliver measurable business value while positioning organizations for future growth.
The interviewees’ organizations viewed staying on a supported, secure and compliant platform as a critical priority, making it a major catalyst for upgrade.
The VP of Engineering in public sector SaaS ISV shared: ‘OpenEdge 12.8 brought clear operational improvements—less manual effort, better integration and faster database maintenance. It’s a necessary step to stay current and run a reliable platform.’