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Progress OpenEdge ISVs Report Jump in Customer Acquisition; Progress Technology, Innovation and Strategy a Driving FactorProgress (NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of application development and deployment technologies, today announced accelerating market momentum and new industry recognitions for Progress® OpenEdge®, the leading platform for the development and deployment of mission-critical business applications. In 2017 Progress made significant investments to ensure the success of the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner community that have built their software products on Progress OpenEdge technology. Efforts included noteworthy product updates and feature enhancements to the award-winning OpenEdge platform. At the same time, the company embarked on its cognitive-first strategy--to help customers and partners build business applications for the future. Included in these efforts were the acquisitions of Kinvey and DataRPM, delivering important capabilities for a modern serverless cloud application backend and machine learning and predictive maintenance capabilities for building cognitive applications. "Our ISV community must continue to deliver new and innovative application solutions to acquire and retain customers and grow their businesses," said John Ainsworth, Senior Vice President, Core Products, Progress. "We must stay ahead of the key technology trends and drive new high-impact innovations across our product portfolio to enable them to succeed. Our strategy delivers on the needs of our current customers and partners, while also providing the best solution for new customers and partners who want to build modern, cognitive applications."
New/Returning Customer Acquisition "It is obvious that Progress is not only focused on building for the future with its cognitive strategy, but the company has made strategic decisions that are benefitting its current base of customers, partners and ISVs," said partner Richard Firth, Chairman and CEO, MIP Holdings.
Industry Recognitions
Technology Innovation
"We are continuing to invest heavily in enhancing our core OpenEdge platform as well as in bringing new innovations to the market that will benefit our customer and partner base moving forward," continued Ainsworth. "Based on some of the achievements of the last year, we're delighted to see the market responding, recognizing the value this strategy will deliver to the market."
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