Progress Software Customers Named to 2006 InfoWorld CTO 25; Bonhams' Roland Whitehead and Washington, D.C.'s Suzanne Peck 'Exemplify the Best in IT Management and Innovation'.BEDFORD, Mass. -- Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS PRGS Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase ), a supplier of leading technology to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that two Progress customers have been named in the prestigious "2006 InfoWorld CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. 25" in the June 2006 issue of InfoWorld. Of the hundreds of entries received, InfoWorld selected the 25 leaders who exemplify the best in IT management and innovation, including Progress customers Roland Whitehead whitehead /white·head/ (hwit´hed) 1. milium. 2. closed comedo. white·head n. 1. from the elite auction house Bonhams Bonhams is a privately owned British auction house founded in 1793. It is the third largest auctioneer after Sotheby's and Christie's, and conducts around 700 auctions per year. The firm has London salerooms in New Bond Street and Knightsbridge. and Suzanne Peck from Washington, District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). (D.C.). They were selected for their "focus on understanding the business goals of the enterprise--and then crafting technology strategies to meet those objectives." Bonhams and Washington, D.C. share the list with Accenture, Hewlett Packard, ETrade and Verizon among others. The article is available online at http://www.infoworld.com/reports/23SRcto2006.html Roland Whitehead - Bonhams Global IT Director InfoWorld cites Roland Whitehead, global director of IT for Bonhams, for his development of their A3 enterprise application on the Progress OpenEdge(R) platform. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the InfoWorld article, "A3's functions include customer and inventory management, auction management and analysis, Web site content publishing, customer transactions, and item appraisal. A3 is constantly being revised and improved, in part because it must handle growing numbers of users and transactions, not to mention continuously-changing policies, laws, and trading approaches specific to the 21 countries they do business in. Yet Whitehead maintains that the benefits of building out A3 far outweigh the cost and hassle usually associated with commercial software licensing and integration." Suzanne Peck - CTO, Washington, D.C. InfoWorld recognizes Washington, D.C. CTO Suzanne Peck for transforming the city's IT and successfully spearheading several highly successfully integration efforts. The District of Columbia uses the Sonic ESB (Enterprise Services Bus) A message broker that supports Web services. See message broker, messaging middleware and Web services. (R) (enterprise service bus) as the backbone for their strategic service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) implementations. InfoWorld writes: "Ultimately, Peck opted for a SOA that integrates and leverages legacy systems. From that grew a business intelligence layer called the DCStat program, which provides unprecedented visibility: Simply gathering timely and accurate information about criminal activity in the worst 14 hotspots in the city has helped reduce crime in those areas by 23 percent. Peck, who joined the D.C. government to make a difference, is living up to that expectation." "Progress has a clear vision of how the latest generation of applications need to be built and deployed to gain the most business value, and the naming of Roland Whitehead (Bonhams) and Suzanne Peck (Washington, D.C.) to the prestigious InfoWorld CTO 25 is a testament to the potency of this vision," said Jeffrey Stamen stamen, one of the four basic parts of a flower. The stamen (microsporophyll), is often called the flower's male reproductive organ. It is typically located between the central pistil and the surrounding petals. , senior vice president, corporate development and strategy, Progress Software Corporation. "Bonhams' development of the A3 application on the Progress OpenEdge platform and Washington, D.C.'s implementation of an SOA based on the Sonic ESB represent outstanding examples of how innovative Progress customers are creating real business value." The Infoworld 2006 CTO 25 is the latest in a string of honors that Progress and its customers have recently earned. Progress was also recently named one of the most influential technology companies by Intelligent Enterprise, one of the top New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. companies by Boston Business Journal, and was named twice to the SD Times 100 list in the "SOA and Integration" and "Data and Host Integration" categories. About InfoWorld Media Group For more than 25 years, InfoWorld Media Group has provided cutting-edge coverage and evaluation of IT products and services for technology experts in senior management. Through integrated channels, including print, online, events, and demand generation, InfoWorld reaches the most influential senior-level information technologists--those who drive their enterprises' strategies and technology purchases. Powered by a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com. About Progress Software Corporation Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) is a global leader in application, service and data infrastructure software. Progress has pioneered many recent innovations including the invention of the enterprise service bus with its Sonic ESB product, and the commercial application of event stream processing Event Stream Processing, or ESP, is a set of technologies designed to assist the construction of event-driven information systems. ESP technologies include event visualization, event databases, event-driven middleware, and event processing languages, or complex event with its Apama(R) ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. platform. Progress' broad software portfolio also includes the Progress(R) OpenEdge(R) business application platform, Actional SOA and Web service management, EasyAsk natural language search and query and an unparalleled range of data connectivity and mainframe integration with its DataDirect Technologies portfolio. For more information about Progress Software, visit www.progress.com/press or +1-781-280-4000. Progress, Actional, DataDirect, OpenEdge, Sonic ESB, Apama, EasyAsk, DataDirect Connect, Shadow RTE (1) See runtime engine. (2) (Real-Time Executive) The operating system used in the HP 1000 series. See HP 1000. , DataDirect XQuery and Progress 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 or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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