Progress® Responsive Business Integration solution enables increased
automation and enhanced service for new customers
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider
that enables enterprises to be operationally
responsive,
announced today that PD
Ports, a leading UK ports business offering end-to-end logistic
services for maritime shipping, has selected the powerful and
comprehensive Progress®
Responsive Business Integration (RBI) solution. The Progress RBI
solution, underpins the Progress
Supply Chain portfolio, to allow PD Ports to automate data exchange
between disparate applications and improve the efficiency of port
operations and service; this results in increased throughput and
velocity of cargo. Progress' focus on supply chain enablement is an
important building block in PD Port's strategy to be a fully integrated
logistics supplier.
The Progress RBI solution combines the power of the Progress
Sonic® Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), the Progress
DataXtend® semantic integrator, and the Progress
Actional® business transaction assurance platform to deliver three
principal benefits across the SOA lifecycle — enhanced agility,
information transparency and integration integrity. The Progress RBI
solution provides accelerated and simplified QA, deployment, and
configuration with the ability to make administrative changes across
geographically distributed, organizationally federated and technically
heterogeneous environments.
Marco van den Bremer-Hornsby, IT Director at PD Ports, explained: "We
anticipate immediate time and cost saving benefits from the initial
integration phase of this project. In the future, we're also looking
forward to managing more business events, as shipping volumes and
services increase."
The Progress RBI solution is pivotal for the initial stage of a
long-term project aimed at delivering unprecedented levels of real-time
visibility into critical information for PD Ports and its customers. The
company is working towards providing customers with access to vital
information about the flow of goods. This includes connecting data from
the warehouse management and new container terminal operational systems
to improve visibility and the ability to dynamically respond to changing
situations.
After an intensive six-month selection process, PD Ports selected the Progress
Sonic ESB product to integrate its applications in order to
further automate the collection and distribution of data between
systems. The company will also deploy the Progress Actional platform to
enhance system visibility and SOA
governance. This will enable PD Ports to monitor information
feeds from the Sonic ESB product in real-time and detect time-based
event patterns that impact the flow of goods as well as their ability to
meet service level agreements.
It enables PD Ports to rapidly onboard new customers thereby enhancing
their ability to absorb increased short-term contracts. Additional
enhancements include minimizing the cost of paper-based administration
and the reduction of errors associated with legacy forms of data
management.
Van den Bremer-Hornsby continued: "By using the Progress Responsive
Business Integration solution, PD Ports will become a more agile
business by being able to adapt and change as the needs of our suppliers
and customers change. With the Progress
Sonic ESB product, we will be able to handle the huge
increase in messages created by our tracking systems and the Progress
Actional platform provides us with greater visibility. We found the
Sonic ESB product will integrate seamlessly into our many disparate IT
systems. A little further down the line, the Progress RBI solution will
allow us to monitor and analyze event patterns and deliver real-time
information to our customers."
David
Mazzoni, Industry Vice President, Supply Chain, Progress Software,
commented: "Using the Progress RBI solution to handle such a large
amount of data and provide real-time, tangible benefits to the shipping
community is an innovative and exciting use of our technology. This is a
great example of the transportation and logistics sector using our
best-in-class technology to significantly impact the effectiveness of
its operations enabling the business to become more responsive."
About PD Ports
PD Ports is a leading ports and logistics service business, based in the
North of England, and operating throughout the UK from bases at many key
UK ports and logistics centers. PD Ports also manages a substantial
property portfolio comprising both operational property, used for PD
Ports' own docks activities or leased to third parties, and
non-operational property, which PD Ports believes will continue to
provide sale and development opportunities.
PD Ports is owned by Canadian-based Brookfield.
Brookfield is a global asset manager focused on property, renewable
power and infrastructure assets, with over US $100 billion of assets
under management. Brookfield is listed on the New York and Toronto stock
exchanges under the symbol BAM and on Euronext under the symbol BAMA.
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global software
company that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive to
changing conditions and customer interactions as they occur — to
capitalize on new opportunities, drive greater efficiencies and reduce
risk. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class
infrastructure software spanning event-driven visibility and real-time
response, open integration, data access and integration, and application
development and deployment — all supporting on-premises and SaaS/Cloud
deployments. Progress maximizes the benefits of operational
responsiveness while minimizing IT complexity and total cost of
ownership. Progress can be reached at www.progress.com
or +1-781-280-4000.
Progress, Actional, DataXtend, and Sonic 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 marks contained
herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Progress Software
Kim Karelis, +1 617-226-8844
kkarelis@progress.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Dan Walsh, +1 617-226-8800
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
Source: Progress Software Corporation
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