Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS) today kicked off Progress
Exchange 2013, its worldwide conference for software developers at
Boston’s Westin Boston Waterfront hotel. The event, which runs from
today through October 9 brings together developers, business leaders,
journalists and industry analysts from more than 30 countries around the
world for education and insight on the latest trends and news in
application development. Attendees will participate in more than 75
hours of interactive sessions, hands-on labs, demos, and workshops led
by Progress experts and executives and see the latest technologies from
Progress and its partners.
Conference features:
Monday, October 7, 2013
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Keynotes by Progress president and CEO Phil Pead; chief technology
officer Karen Tegan-Padir and chief product officer John Goodson will
focus on the latest business strategies, technology developments and
product features. The start of breakout sessions with customer,
partner and Progress presenters sharing insight on a variety of topics
including cloud and PaaS, data-driven applications, mobile and web,
business application development, business rules management, developer
productivity, business productivity, data management, and partner
growth strategies.
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The Showcase
where attendees can see exhibits, network and learn best practices
from product experts and exhibitors including Progress, QAD,
Bravepoint, Quicken Loans, Totvs, Kingslake, DataPA, Cyberscience, App
Tech, ProStar, Consultingwerk, Whitestar, VLG, Roundtable, Consultora
BK and more.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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Recognized author, professor and noted business authority, Luke
G. Williams delivers a keynote on disruptive innovation. Williams
is the author of Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark
Transformation in Your Business. For more than a decade, he has worked
internationally with industry leaders such as American Express, GE,
Sony, Crocs, Virgin, Disney and Hewlett-Packard to develop new
products, services and brands. His views have also been featured in
Bloomberg Businessweek and Fast Company and on National Public Radio
(NPR).
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Unconference
at Exchange enables attendees to take time away from the traditional
conference format for an opportunity to meet knowledgeable Progress
developers, product managers and peers and participate in informal,
meaningful exchanges on topics relevant to their businesses.
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AWARDS@Exchange: an awards celebration to announce and recognize the
winners of the Progress App Dev Challenge, a contest that sparked
developers from around the globe to develop the “best” mobile
application possible using the Progress®
OpenEdge® product.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
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Hands-on workshops and tutorials on topics such as Progress®
Pacific™ PaaS and building next generation applications, Progress
OpenEdge Mobile, Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge, Progress
OpenEdge BPM, Progress OpenEdge Multi-Tenancy, Progress OpenEdge
Database Tuning, Progress Corticon®, Progress OpenEdge
Security, Application Modernization, Demo2Win, Data Integration and
Collaboration with Progress DataDirect®, and more.
Social Media Trivia Contest
Attendees can follow along on Twitter
to play the Progress Exchange Trivia contest and win prizes. During the
show @ProgressSW
will tweet out 10 Exchange-themed trivia questions and the first person
to respond correctly with the #PRGS13
hashtag will win a prize. To participate, attendees should look for
tweets starting with “TRIVIA.”
Exchange 2013 Sponsors
Progress Exchange 2013 is sponsored by: QAD,
BravePoint,
Quicken
Loans, TOTVS,
App
Technologies, Consultora
BK, Consultingwerk,
Cyberscience
Corporation, Data
PA, Kingslake,
ProStar
Software, Rollbase
Philippines, Tugboat
Software, VLG,
White
Star Software
For more information about Progress Exchange 2013, visit http://exchange.progress.com/
or view the Exchange
Conference Guide.
Executive Quote:
Phil Pead, president and CEO at Progress, said: “There is no question
that cloud computing is a disruptive technology and one that our
customers and partners are eager to embrace using Progress technologies.
Exchange 2013 attendees will be amazed by what they’ll see and will
learn how Progress can help them capitalize on this industry
transformation to increase productivity, get to market faster and gain a
competitive advantage.”
Additional Resources:
Progress
Corporate Blog
Progress
App Dev Blog
Progress
DataDirect Blog
Follow conversation about Exchange at #PRGS13
Join the Progress Exchange event group on LinkedIn
Follow conversation about Progress Pacific at #PRGSPacific
and #PaaS
Follow Progress on Twitter,
Facebook,
LinkedIn
and Google+
Follow Progress DataDirect on Twitter,
Facebook,
LinkedIn
and Google+
View the Progress RebelMouse
page for the latest happenings aggregated from all Progress social
media pages in one location
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global software company
that simplifies the development, deployment and management of business
applications on-premise or in the cloud, on any platform or device, to
any data source, with enhanced performance, minimal IT complexity and
low total cost of ownership. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com
or 1-781-280-4000.
Progress, Pacific, OpenEdge, DataDirect and Corticon are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation or one of its
subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Any other
names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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