OpenEdge® 11.2 Platform with Mobile App Builder Speeds Development of
Critical Business Apps for Mobility and Supports Latest Mobile Platforms
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global software company that
simplifies and enables the development and deployment of business
applications, today announced the new Progress®
OpenEdge® 11.2 cloud application development platform, featuring the
cloud-based OpenEdge
Mobile App Builder product.
A recent
study of enterprise IT organizations worldwide, conducted by
independent market research firm Vanson Bourne and sponsored by Progress
Software, found many organizations are planning to connect end-users
with enterprise approved mobile applications — thereby bridging an "App
Gap". However, many of these organizations anticipate the need to
address potential roadblocks, including security risks, additional
investment required and the need for ongoing support.
Officially launched at the Progress
Software Global Partner Conference taking place this week in Las
Vegas, Nevada, the Progress OpenEdge Mobile App Builder product will
help organizations bridge the app gap by allowing independent software
vendors (ISVs) and developers to "write once, run anywhere," providing a
quick and easy way to get applications up and running on all mobile
operating systems, including iOS and Android. It also allows developers
to continuously and efficiently update applications as the mobile market
evolves and new devices are introduced. The OpenEdge Mobile App Builder
product provides a highly productive, simplified development experience
from start to finish enabling end-user access to critical business
applications using multiple mobile devices.
More than 1,400 ISVs actively build their business applications based on
the award-winning Progress OpenEdge platform and there are hundreds of
applications based on the OpenEdge platform running in the Cloud.
The OpenEdge Mobile App Builder product is fully integrated with the
Progress OpenEdge backend, eliminating the need for developers to
recreate existing services. This also provides an optimized development
environment for transactional applications.
New OpenEdge 11.2 platform features include:
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Mobility Capabilities: Visual Designer and UI
toolkit for phone and tablet applications, REST support for the
OpenEdge application server, JavaScript Data Binding support
libraries, and write-once, run anywhere support for iOS and Android;
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Productivity and Performance Improvements: Session-level
Structured Error Handling, improved performance for AppServer
invocations, support for SQL offset/fetch statements, Progress
Developer Studio: Scratch Editor, and sub-Second PAUSE support
for Processes from ABL; and
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Added Platform Support: Windows 8, SQL Servers 2012
certification and Eclipse 3.7 support.
Supporting Quotes:
Mike West, vice president and Distinguished Analyst, Saugatuck
Technology: "Through 2017, a majority of Cloud business solutions for
the enterprise, whether SaaS or in-house developed, will be designed to
enable mobile access and interaction. A mobile development platform --
such as in Progress Open Edge 11.2 -- is the most reliable way to ensure
the productive development and ongoing enhancement of mobile solutions
across multiple platforms."
Giles Willey, president, Vermont Systems (VSI): "As a leader in parks
and recreation software, VSI is committed to providing our more than
1,100 customers around the world with leading capabilities. Many of our
solutions, by their nature, require secure mobile access. As a Progress
Software partner, we have extensive expertise with the OpenEdge
platform. The new OpenEdge features will help us maximize our
development time and resources, get solutions to market faster, and
provide customers with the confidence that their applications will be
ready for whatever is next in mobile technology."
Karen
Tegan Padir, senior vice president and business line executive:
"Application Development for Progress: "More than 4 million people use
applications built on the OpenEdge platform and mobile access is now a
requirement rather than a convenience. We're delivering a platform that
takes the complexity out of mobile application development without
losing the seamless tie to our OpenEdge platform, which helps our ISV
partners and developers bring apps to market quickly."
Additional Resources:
Forrester Research, Inc. White Paper: Designing
mobile apps from the outside in
Blog Post: Mobility
changes the shape of app development
Blog Post: 5
reasons customers want mobility
Nucleus Research: Guidebook
for OE
Blog Post: OpenEdge
11.2 ESAP — A Quick Tour
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) simplifies the development,
deployment and management of business applications on-premise or on any
Cloud, on any platform and on any device with minimal IT complexity and
low total cost of ownership. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com
or 1-781-280-4000.
Follow Progress Software on Twitter: @ProgressSW
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 names contained herein may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
Progress Software
Rick Lacroix, +1 781-280-4604
rlacroix@progress.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Marissa Ramey, +1 202-349-3788
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
Source: Progress Software
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