Four-week education program addresses the skills gap for qualified
Progress OpenEdge platform developers
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
As part of its strategic efforts to grow the Progress talent pool and
global developer community, Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS) today launched Progress Academy, an education program to
help new developers quickly acquire the appropriate skills to leverage
Progress® OpenEdge® for enterprise-class application development. The
announcement was made during the 2015 ProgressNEXT for Partners event,
Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nev.
According to Gartner, "Digital business is impacting how CIOs develop
their organizations. CIOs must enhance IT workforce skills and
competencies to thrive in the digital world. This initiative offers CIOs
and IT leaders the guidance to renew talent management processes and to
grow IT skills and competencies."1
Based on feedback from customers and partners looking to address the IT
skills gap, coupled with the exponential growth in the digital economy
and the recent explosion of new technologies including mobile, cloud and
big data, Progress established Progress Academy as an educational
resource for students looking to acquire the skills necessary to develop
applications on the Progress OpenEdge platform. Progress OpenEdge is a
complete development platform to build dynamic, business process-enabled
applications for secure deployment across any platform, mobile device
and cloud. It currently powers more than 6,000 apps, is deployed in
50,000 businesses and is used by more than 4 million end-users worldwide.
Progress Academy students will learn everything a new developer requires
to design, build and test business applications using the Progress
OpenEdge platform. The four-week course will run 3-4 times per year in
central locations in North America and Europe, and real-world senior
consultants and developers will teach sessions. Students will have
access to the Progress
OpenEdge Developer Kit: Classroom Edition, a downloadable
application development toolkit, as well as OpenEdge Developer Studio.
In addition, the plethora of educational resources and support from the
online forum, Progress Community, will be available to students.
"According to feedback we've received from our customers and partners,
well-trained, highly qualified Progress OpenEdge developers are in
demand," said Jerry Rulli, Chief Operating Officer, Progress.
"Affordable and easy access to training is an important element in our
efforts to help our global user community use, grow and thrive with
Progress products. That's why we are excited to offer Progress Academy
to our customers and partners. Our goal is to make the process of
learning and using Progress products as fast, affordable and
frictionless as possible."
To learn more about Progress Academy and its curriculum, visit: https://www.progress.com/support/education/openedge-academy
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About Progress
Progress (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 can be reached at www.progress.com
or 1-781-280-4000.
Progress and OpenEdge 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 trademarks contained herein
are the property of their respective owners.
1 Gartner, "Enhancing IT Skills and Competencies Primer for
2016," 26 January 2016, Remi Gulzar | Lily Mok | Diane Berry
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