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Progress' open source FUSE ESB makes gains in recession: Proprietary vendors are putting more muscle into the open source products they were lucky or smart enough to acquire. Progress Software is one of those software companies. The Burlington, Mass. ESB vendor, which acquired Iona last year, has been beefing up the Fuse open source ESB platform...; Tags: Recession, Progress Software Corp., Iona Technologies, Fuse ESB, Enterprise Service Bus, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-02-24
Interview: Guillaume Nodet and Adrian Trenaman on Apache ServiceMix and role of OSGi in OSS clouds: As SOA and open-source projects have already collided, and as OSGi is gaining favor as the container model de jour, it makes a great deal of sense to apply these software advances to the need for higher productivity and lower total costs on the business side. Open source on-premises enterprise...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., Provisioning, Apache Software Foundation, Health Care, SOA, OSS, Apache ServiceMix, OSGi, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus, Vertical Industries, Open Source, Benefits, Healthcare, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2009-02-13
Actional Diagnostics: A better view into services integrity: I think we can expect more love between EMC and Progress, as well as more Progress solutions (in modular, best of breed or larger holistic deployments) finding a place under the hood of more cloud offerings. by Dana Gardner; Tags: Developer, Progress Software Corp., Actional Corp., Actional Diagnostics, Web Services, EJB, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2009-02-01
Major International Cruise Line Relies on Progress OpenEdge for Extensive Reservation System Scalability and Open Interfaces to Multichannel, Third-Party Applications: Costa Crociere S.p.A., a premier Italian travel company based in Genoa, includes the brands Costa Crociere, AIDA Cruises, and Iberocruceros. Costa Crociere S.p.A. wanted to grow and manage a central database capable of continuously scaling to support company expansion. The company chose to leverage Progress OpenEdge to implement reliable transactions...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., Scalability, Branding, Marketing; Case studies 2008-11-18
A Financial Services Company Uses Progress Actional for Web Service Control, Better Governance, and Distributed SOA Management: To fully leverage the SOA investment the U.S. financial services company wanted to expand access to local IT centers and to retool its infrastructure for better long-term manageability. The existing infrastructure lacked runtime service management and a registry/repository for SOA governance. As a result, corporate IT developers had no way...; Tags: Web, Financial, Financial Service, Financial Services Company, Progress Software Corp., Web Service, SOA, Actional Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Planning, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance; Case studies 2008-11-03

Progress Software Case Study: Brenntag Latin America: Brenntag Latin America operates 45 distribution sites in 18 countries throughout Latin America. Brenntag wanted to migrate from a character-based to a graphical user interface, keep up with rapid changes due to growth and evolving regulations across the region, and reduce software development and maintenance costs by leveraging an SOA-based...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., Brenntag Latin America, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software Development, Web Services, Regulations, Development Tools, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Government; Case studies 2008-10-30
The Newest Release of Progress OpenEdge 10 Powers Rapid Application Evolution and Development With .NET Integration Capabilities: Intris is a Progress Software Premier Application Partner focused on developing applications for transportation and logistics services. Intris needed to evolve its existing applications to deliver friendlier user interfaces and develop new applications more efficiently. The company deployed Progress OpenEdge 10.2A to build organizational expertise in the latest release of...; Tags: Microsoft .NET, Progress Software Corp., Logistics, Intris, Supply Chain, Transportation, Business Operations; Case studies 2008-10-09
Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton: Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisitonDon't forget SOAPscope Tester!Dana,Thanks for the thorough post. Yours was the first I saw as I was traveling in Iquitos, in the Amazon Jungle. Just back, and I wanted to point out to your readers that you've missed out on one of...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Mindreef, Progress Software Corp., SOA; Discussion threads 2008-07-06
Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton: I took my first briefing with Mindreef, given their neighborly proximity, about three years ago. The seasoned team had a hit on their hands with SOAPscope, and their timing in the SOA market was great. But I'm not sure the company grew as was hoped, and perhaps the fast evolution...; Tags: Acquisition, Progress Software Corp., SOA, Mindreef, SOAPscope, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middleware, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-06-27
Progress makes another SOA acquisition: Mindreef: Progress Software's announcement that it had acquired IONA Technologies earlier this week was big news, but the vendor didn't stop there. In another acquisition that almost seems to have slipped under the radar, Progress also has acquired Mindreef, provider of SOA service validation and testing tools, as announced here at...; Tags: Acquisition, Progress Software Corp., SOA, Mindreef, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Pervasive Business Intelligence: Usability is Key for Casual Users: This white paper is intended for companies that realize that getting the right business information to the right people at the right time is a vital requirement. After reading this whitepaper one will understand how EasyAsk for Operational BI can help not only overcome the challenges of deploying a pervasive...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management; White papers 2008-06-26
The march of Progress: another SOA mega-deal: IONA to become subsidiary of Progress Software by Joe McKendrick; Tags: Progress Software Corp., Iona Technologies, SOA, Dana, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Progress to buy IONA in another SOA infrastructure vendor mashup: Progress can assist its applications clients move to the more modern computing paradigms while IONA can help on the back-end for integration and high performance transactions while broadening Progress's share of wallet in more enterprises and verticals. And now, viola, Progress is an open source company. The best part of...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., Iona Technologies, SOA, Mashup, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Newcastle City Council Embraces an ESB-Based Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to Integrate Best of Breed Applications and Gain 'One-View' of the Customer - Its Citizens and Businesses: Newcastle City Council needed to integrate its new Council Tax application with a Customer Relationship Management CRM package, and enable Customer Service Agents to deliver excellent service through easy access to Council Tax information. Newcastle City Council laid its SOA foundation with Progress Sonic ESB. Sonic ESB delivered a proven,...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., SOA, Newcastle City Council, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2008-06-02
Intercontinental Hotels Group Uses Progress Actional SOA Management Software Throughout the Service Lifecycle to Ensure That Its Global SOA Provides High-Speed, Reliable Operations 24x7: InterContinental Hotels Group IHG is the world's largest hotel company by number of rooms - 585,000. The Group wanted to ensure reliable SOA operations in a high-transaction, heterogeneous, SOA environment - without impacting performance and scalability. IHG deployed Progress Actional SOA management software for their solution. The key was the...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., SOA, Actional Corp., InterContinental Hotels Group, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2008-03-28
Changes in the Travel Industry Lead OAD Reizen to Service-Oriented Architecture: As an independent travel organization in the Netherlands, OAD Reizen wanted to adopt a multi-channel approach at both ends of the service chain to maximize business operations and achieve a competitive advantage. OAD Reizen opted for an SOA approach leveraging Progress Sonic ESB, changing its whole business structure from the...; Tags: Enterprise Service Bus, Enterprise Software, Management, Middleware, Progress Software Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), SOA, Software, Strategy, Web Services; Case studies 2008-02-22
Progress Software adds cross-process visibility with Actional 7.1: Progress Software has beefed up its Actional SOA management offerings with the release today of Progress Actional 7.1, which provides unified visibility into business processes, and connects those business processes to the underlying SOA infrastructure. Key features of the latest release include an automatic discovery feature...; Tags: Progress Software Corp., SOA, Actional Corp., Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Delivering a Superior Customer Experience and Gaining a Competitive Advantage With Progress OpenEdge.: The Kenosha News, a United Communications Corporation paper, is a growing daily newspaper with a weekday circulation of 26,000 and a Sunday edition that reaches 28,500. They needed to replace its legacy circulation management system and also provide online customer services to remain competitive. The company chose the OpenEdge-based circulation...; Tags: Customer Service, Competitive Advantage, Progress Software Corp., Customer Experience, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2008-01-01
Partners Healthcare System Ensures Reliable Web Services Operations and Management for Mission-Critical Applications With Progress Actional Software: An integrated, non-profit health system founded by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital MGH, Partners HealthCare System is committed to delivering "High-performance medicine." The Hospital wanted to monitor web services and enforce security across a distributed organization. MGH implemented Progress Actional Web services and SOA management software. Actional...; Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare System Inc., Web, Progress Software Corp., Web Service, Actional Corp., Web Services, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-11-14
Contract Management: A Question of Trust: Throughout more than 60 countries worldwide, BP produces and distributes lubrication products to both industrial organizations and consumers. For RP managing the settlement of revenue-reducing agreements, such as discount or bonus prepayments, is extremely difficult with standard business applications. To monitor its contracts with over 18,000 partners, Deutsche BP deployed...; Tags: Contract Management, Progress Software Corp., Service Management, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Case studies 2007-10-24