October 2009

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New Webinar: Position Your Application to Win Against Major Competitors
Join Progress for this Important Empowerment Webinar Featuring Colleen Smith

Corum Group's Nat Burgess to Chair "Growth and Exit Strategies" Conference in New York, on December 15th
Conference Focused on Executives who Want to Grow, and Ultimately Harvest, the Value of their Companies -- Progress Partners Receive Complimentary Registration!

COA Solutions Announces Recent Customer Successes
Scottish Charity, VSA, Completes VAT Return in One Hour Instead of Three Days; Wales Audit Office to Improve Cash Flow and More Easily Meet Ten Day Payment Target

Keep An Eye on the OpenEdge Blog
Keep up-to-date on all things OpenEdge by regularly visiting the OpenEdge Perspective Blog. The bloggers represent a variety of views and thoughts on the technology, the market and resources.

Ready, Aim, Fire
Marketers should avoid the temptation of diving into social media without a plan that includes research. Find out what you should do before implementing your social media marketing plan.

Progress Exchange Brazil 2009 a Big Success!
Progress Software's customers and partners were very enthusiastic about Progress’ vision, goals and strategies to drive operational responsiveness. Read more and view pictures from the event!

Achieving Enterprise Software Success 2009
A report from Neochange, SandHill.com and the TSIA, based on the survey of 353 software buyers, focuses on the drivers, expectations and responsibilities surrounding the concept of Software Success
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Warren Lumber & Millwork Builds a Solid Future with DMSi Software and Progress Software

Using DMSi’s Agility system, the industry's leading enterprise software solution for the building material and forestry markets, Warren Lumber & Millwork is driving efficiency across the organization with access to real-time information, has streamlined operations and improved inventory management through automation, and the company is now far more nimble, with the ability to quickly react to changing market conditions and opportunities. Read the full case study.
 

Emerson Climate Technologies Accelerates its Business, Increases Revenue and Streamlines its Warehouse Operations with the RIMS Warehouse Management System

Emerson Climate Technologies, the world's leading provider of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration solutions for residential, industrial and commercial applications has realized dramatic business results since implementing the RIMS Warehouse Management System from Progress Application Partner Robocom, including a 39 percent increase in profits, a 20 percent increase in inventory accuracy, increased visibility across operations, and the ability to quickly and easily support business change. Read the full case study.
 

Selecting the Right Platform for SaaS

Listen to Phil Wainewright's interview with Colleen Smith, managing director of software as a service (SaaS) for Progress Software, or read the interview transcript, to learn about some of the new factors ISVs have to think about when creating software as a service offerings, and how to evaluate the capabilities and strengths of platforms, from both a development and a deployment perspective.
 

Download the New Progress Application Partner Logo
New Logo Identifies You as Part of the Global Progress Partner Community

As a Progress Application Partner, you enjoy a wealth of resources and support that will help you better meet the needs of your customers, grow and sustain a profitable business, and achieve long-term business goals. Your partnership with Progress means that you are part of a large, global community of more than 1,500 partners generating more than $5 billion in revenue annually and serving more than 6 million users.

Click Here to log into Progress Communities to review the guidelines for usage and download the Application Partner Program Logo.
 

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company Selects Progress Software for SOA Solution; Places Premium on Improving IT Infrastructure
New SOA-based Insurance Portal Underpinned by Progress Sonic and Actional

West Bend Mutual Insurance has selected the Progress® Sonic® ESB and Progress® Actional® products to build a service-oriented architecture (SOA) based IT infrastructure. West Bend Mutual Insurance, a property and casualty insurance carrier, is pulling together dozens of disparate internal policy administration applications into a single integrated insurance portal. The seamless integration of West Bend Mutual Insurance’s applications will help reduce the cost of business processes and improve their ability to react more quickly to business opportunities. This increased business agility will enable West Bend Mutual to accelerate the introduction of new insurance products in order to help them grow their business in a soft market.
 

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