Companies typically build numerous internal applications and complex APIs for enterprise data access. These APIs are often engineered for application developers and based on protocols such as REST or SOAP with payloads in XML or JSON.

However, enterprise data teams need to access this data for analytics, which requires standard query capabilities and the ability to surface metadata. As enterprises adopt new analytical and data management tools, a SQL access layer for this data becomes imperative. Many industries such as financial services, healthcare and technology rely on Progress® DataDirect® OpenAccess™ SDK to build a custom ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET or OLE DB layer on top of their internal APIs and hosted multi-tenant databases.

Watch this on-demand webinar to learn about:

• Use cases for providing SQL access to your enterprise data
• How organizations provide SQL Access to their APIs
• Pitfalls and best practices to building SQL access

Plus—don’t miss our live demo using OpenAccess SDK to provide SQL access for a REST API.

Predictive analytics, recommendations based on online and offline customer activity are key to managing and personalizing the customer journeys.

With Progress Sitefinity DEC you can orchestrate marketing success by tracking, analyzing and shaping every step of the customer journey from one single command center.

Watch this free 30 minutes introduction and demonstration of Sitefinity DEC and experience how you too can manage customer journeys smart and cost effectively.

We’ve heard that many customers and partners have yet to fully utilize the power of Sitefinity. As a result, development teams are challenged, marketing teams desire more and customers don’t get a great experience. Our center of excellence, Sitefinity Professional Services is here to help.

In a short 30-minute on demand presentation, hear from the experts who work with Sitefinity users – both for partners and with direct end users – who are constantly delivering an array of services from complex integration projects to custom development work.

Watch this webinar to learn:

• Five expert tips to help you get the most out of Sitefinity
• Specific tips for partners and end users
• Common requests and how the Sitefinity Professional Services team can help

You’ll hear tips and tricks built on the expertise and delivery capability the Sitefinity services team has gained throughout the years, and more importantly, how you can use their expertise in your day-to-day use of Sitefinity.

Faster replication, easier change management, streamlined configuration—get it all with OpenEdge Pro 2 5.0 Data has never been more vital to the success of the enterprise. With data replication, companies can ensure the data they rely on so heavily is accurate and updated whenever they need it. Now, you can supercharge your data replication performance with the latest release of Progress OpenEdge Pro2—especially if you’ve upgraded to OpenEdge 11.7. Using OpenEdge Change Data Capture (CDC) over replication triggers, OpenEdge Pro2 5.0 replicates data even faster to your target database--for reporting or analytics purposes.

During this on-demand session, Senior Principal Product Manager Mike Marriage and Senior Manager of Software Engineering Terry Mays discuss how OpenEdge Pro2 5.0 enables companies to:

- Simplify change management
- Streamline database maintenance and configuration
- Improve replication speed

The growing popularity of NoSQL is wreaking havoc on core business system integrations in organizations of all sizes. NoSQL databases have query languages and frameworks to better support SQL-like operations, but they are still incompatible with existing SQL-based infrastructures. Join Progress and Software AG in this on-demand webinar to learn more about the industry's leading suite of production-ready JDBC connectors for SQL on NoSQL databases.  

Kendo UI® is an impressive HTML5 user interface framework for your apps. It has an equally impressive story for accessing data for its data management components. Kendo UI enables developers to create modern websites and apps using OData, an industry standard REST API to access any type of data source. Accessing OData data sources with Progress DataDirect Cloud® solves connectivity and integration challenges. Now, developers can spend more time building amazing apps and less time learning new web services APIs. In short, Kendo UI is your web developer’s new best friend. Watch this on-demand webinar to discover how accessing OData data sources with Progress DataDirect Cloud simplifies connectivity and integration so you can build amazing apps faster.

Salesforce analytics and BI continues to be a trending, hot topic as organizations implement new platforms to improve their customer intelligence. But what’s the best way to access the data? SOQL is the popular query language for Salesforce. However, SQL may be better suited for accessing data for analytics. Watch this on-demand webinar and join us in the great SOQL vs. SQL query debate to see which one is best for your analytics project.  

Nearly two-thirds of customers value the ability to personalize and customize their brand experiences. What are you doing to serve these prospects?

Today, organizations must create a unique, personalized digital experience from web to mobile—doing so may result in higher ROI, customer retention and profitability. If businesses want to craft these experiences, they need to embrace the digital technologies that enable them to do so.

Watch this on demand webinar as Sheryl Kingstone, Research Director at the 451 Research; Rob Sanders, Senior Strategist & Business Analyst from Americaneagle.com; and Chris Doran, Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Progress, as they discuss:

• The four pronged approach to digital transformation and how it can impact customer experiences
• The shift in digital operations necessitated by changes in customer communication expectations
• The ways digital transformation is impacting different verticals and industries and how leaders in those areas are developing strategies to stay ahead
• The role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in delivering contextually relevant experiences
• Successful examples of digital experiences addressing business goals while solving user challenges
  
  
  

In this webinar, we will show how you can deliver near real-time data replication as an integrated ‘check box’ option in your application which offers:

• Significantly higher margins across a broader range of customer sizes than a referral or third-party reseller agreement
• Proven, reliable and secure OpenEdge data replication to MS-SQL Server, Oracle and/or OpenEdge targets
• A dramatic reduction in the risk, R&D costs and resources required to build and maintain a solution internally

In the race to keep pace with clients’ evolving expectations, financial services organizations are focusing more closely on digitally transforming their operations to enable an omni-channel customer experience.

Shelia Reed, CMO of Aspire Financial Services, and Melissa Puls, CMO of Progress, examine these challenges and how the industry is responding. They explore:

• Digital transformation drivers
• Defining a digital transformation strategy
• Organizing the team to ensure success
• Overcoming obstacles
• Meeting 21st-century customer expectations
• Engaging millennials
• Measuring success

One of the most complex parts of a realtor’s job is determining what forms to use, when to use them and for what transaction. For the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.), providing forms advice to members was an ongoing challenge. Today, C.A.R. helps its members filter a mind-boggling number of form combinations through the use of a technology—a Business Rules Management System (BRMS).  

By using a BRMS, service calls went down 30% and member form compliance achieved 100%.

Watch this on demand webcast, as Josh Sharfman, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer at C.A.R. discusses:

• The challenges C.A.R. was facing and why it chose BRMS technology
• How a BRMS can help subject matter experts, whether they’re developers or business analysts
• The steps C.A.R. took from initial development to BRMS deployment
• Business benefits attained—productivity and business ability improvements
• C.A.R.’s future technology plans