Progress
(NASDAQ:PRGS) today unveiled at its Exchange
2013 user conference a new, open community forum designed to enable
developers to access and share timely, expert and relevant technical and
business content. “The Community” will be an online hub where
developers, independent software vendors and business managers can
collaborate as they create, and customize business applications with
leading technologies, including the Progress®
Pacific™ platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
As businesses of all sizes address unprecedented market pressures to
develop applications quickly and at low cost, developers and other
technical professionals seek online forums to quickly solve problems and
share best practices as well as tips and tricks.
The Community will introduce an open source way of thinking (transparent
and authentic) and allow Progress users, customers and partners to
exchange questions and access relevant information instantly. For those
looking to develop an application quickly, The Community will house drag
and drop short cuts as well as solutions posted by other users.
The new community will continue to provide the same level of
high-quality content as Progress’ previous forum, but with additional
features.
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An open platform available to both Pacific users and non-users after a
one-time registration
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An event calendar with updates on Webinars, white papers, useful
product information, and monthly Q&A
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Automatic reenrollment for previous members into the new community
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Job-posting corner where businesses can post opportunities within
their organizations
Executive Quote:
Karen Tegan Padir, chief technology officer at Progress said: “This
initiative is our promise to provide the Progress community with expert,
and authentic content – building on the best of what we’ve seen in the
highly successful Open Source environment. We know that tools don’t
build communities, people do and we believe this open platform for
technical dialogue and problem solving will help members create better
applications faster.”
Additional Resources:
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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.
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Software Corporation or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the
U.S. and other countries. Any other names contained herein may be
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