Winners to be announced at ProgressNEXT 2019 taking place May 6-9 in
Orlando, FL
Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of application development and
digital experience technologies, today announced the finalists for its
2019 Progress App Innovation Awards. The annual awards program honors
companies building powerful strategic business applications and digital
experiences using Progress solutions.
The winners of the App Innovation Awards will be unveiled at
ProgressNEXT 2019, the premier event for modern application development,
taking place May 6-9, 2019 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate.
To register or find out more, go to www.progress.com/next.
“Every year, we are amazed by the innovation and creativity we see from
our customers and partners,” said Loren Jarrett, Chief Marketing
Officer, Progress. “From powerful UX and architectural excellence to
extraordinary business and social impact, the nominations this year were
impressive. We are extremely proud of the work our customers and
partners are doing and we are excited to celebrate their achievements at
ProgressNEXT.”
Nominees were selected from a competitive pool based on the innovation,
business/social impact, scope, and sophistication of their applications.
The nominees for the 2019 Progress App Innovation Awards are:
Best App Modernization
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Capita
One for its One Assets application, a unique cloud asset
management solution for social housing organizations. The updated app
now has a single responsive web-based interface with strong mobile
support, providing real-time views to manage, monitor, and prepare
assets.
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CGI
Finland for the modernization of its ERP application with RESTful
APIs, modern web UIs, native mobile applications, and Power BI
analytics.
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Precision
Strip for the migration of Genesis, its fully integrated ERP
system, as well as web and mobile apps to the cloud.
Best Consumer App
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Cashere,
a financial services app for the UK that enables tourists to exchange
currencies without incurring hidden fees.
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Muvr
is an AI-based app that tracks orthopedic patients’ progress for both
the provider and patient with pinpoint accuracy.
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Portable
North Pole is the mobile app used by Santa and his elves to send
personalized video message and calls to children around the world.
During peak seasons, the app exceeds 250,000 unique sessions per day.
Best Enterprise App
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Holder
Construction for reimagining large-scale construction project
management and building the Helix Project, an application built from
the ground up to manage the end-to-end project lifecycle, reduce
paper, and increase project efficiency.
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Jefferson
Health, creators of the JeffChampions app, which enables the
hospital to maximize fundraising efforts by helping to identify and
input details on potential donors.
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Johnson
Controls developed an app that enables the company to move away
from paper-based transactions to increase efficiency and act in a more
environmentally friendly manner.
Best Web Experience
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BNP
Paribas Fortis for the refresh of its website, which led to a 300%
increase in returning visitors within the first six months of launch.
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Crystal
Cruises for the relaunch of the beautiful www.crystalcruises.com,
now including more personalization capabilities, resulting in a
responsive and sophisticated design and digital experience across all
devices.
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Virgin
Active for the transformation of its UK-based website to a
data-driven web platform, with a new design and robust infrastructure
that prioritizes customer requirements.
The Social/ Environmental Impact Award
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imi,
a specially designed augmentative and alternative communication app
for non-verbal children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to communicate
and learn to vocalize.
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magpi,
an app that improves healthcare data collection via digitized forms,
enabling global healthcare organizations to better identify the root
causes of today’s global health challenges.
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World
Health Organization, promoters of health and safety around the
world, for launching a global website that has improved content
satisfaction, engaged new audiences, and broadened its user base of
millions of people around the world.
More information about the awards is available at https://www.progress.com/app-innovation-awards.
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About Progress
Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS) offers the leading platform for developing and deploying
strategic business applications. We enable customers and partners to
deliver modern, high-impact digital experiences with a fraction of the
effort, time and cost. Progress offers powerful tools for easily
building adaptive user experiences across any type of device or
touchpoint, award-winning machine learning that enables cognitive
capabilities to be a part of any application, the flexibility of a
serverless cloud to deploy modern apps, business rules, web content
management, plus leading data connectivity technology. Over 1,700
independent software vendors, 100,000 enterprise customers, and two
million developers rely on Progress to power their applications. Learn
about Progress at www.progress.com
or +1-800-477-6473.
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