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The Ten Things that Should Happen in 2020
DesignOps, AppDev, digital innovation, AI, machine learning, IoT, bots and mobility are leading technologies that have dominated the IT industry, and it’s that time of year to predict what will happen in the year to come with these technologies. Or, at the very least, what I think should happen. These predictions might not come to pass as quickly as I’d like, but I’m certain that forward-thinking organizations will make considerable inroads into many of these areas of expertise.
For a long time, Microsoft had the reputation for being unfriendly to developers.
After all, Microsoft infamously spent much of the '90s and '00s battling with the open source community — the free and remixable software that they were creating posed an existential threat to Windows and other Microsoft products. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even infamously called the open source operating system Linux "a cancer."
Customer Experience in the Right Hands is Powerful
Technology analysts today use a whirlwind of buzzwords to describe customer experience. For companies like Flywheel Strategic, it is a set of data-driven exercises that help organizations make sense of what customer experience means for their customers. My interview with Scott Snowden, Partner at Flywheel Strategic, was enlightening — discussing the deeper topics around how to roll up your sleeves and achieve engagement.
At CMS-Connected, we take pride in being a reliable resource for decision-makers who are grappling with selecting a DXP for their organization. There are a lot of choices when selecting a vendor, and it is important to understand your organization’s needs in order to make the best choice. It is also essential to know the level of service and security measures that a platform offers.
.NET-Centric Dev Tooling Vendor Boosts Blazor Components, Supports .NET Core 3.0 RC
In the .NET development world, .NET Core 3.0 and Blazor are two of the most popular focus points right now, so third-party development tooling vendors are scrambling to support their latest editions.
Leading that charge is Progress, just yesterday announcing the new R3 2019 release of Progress Telerik tooling for .NET developers.
Getting Code Ready for Surface Neo and Surface Duo
Microsoft’s ambition to build a folding device has been the subject of much speculation over the past few years. A series of patent filings revealed what appeared to be a dual-screen tablet that could operate in several different ways. Then there were the codenames—Andromeda and Centaurus—and what appeared to be a planned new version of Windows,
Progress announced a new release of Progress Telerik tools for .NET developers, adding full day-zero support for .NET Core 3.0 RC across the entire Telerik product line.
Kendo UI Web development toolkit lands from Progress
Progress, the provider of application development and digital experience technologies, has announced the latest release of Progress Kendo UI, the most complete UI toolkit for web development. The release includes a series of new components for Angular, React and jQuery, as well as major enhancements for some of its most popular existing components.
Q&A: The Role Microapps Can Play in the NHS
Ian Bolland caught with Alison Haughton, senior product marketing manager, Cognitive Group, Progress, about the role that microapps can play within the NHS. They discuss how much they have been explored, and the difference it can make to both healthcare professionals and patients.
The Top 5 Most In-Demand Developer Skills
Dominating Indeed's list of the most in-demand jobs of 2019, developers are some of the most sought after job positions. As the demand for digital transformation projects in the enterprise increases, the need for individuals who can bring these digital applications into fruition follows.
Fast Track Your Digital Transformation in Five Steps
There are compelling incentives for an organization to innovate and transform, including revenue growth, new markets, operational efficiencies, cost savings and gaining the ability to derive value from IoT data, just to name a few. While most organizations know they need to transform digitally to reap those benefits, it can be difficult to know where to start.
Crystal Cruise Line Transforms Digital Presence
Crystal has implemented Progress Sitefinity web content management to transform its website into a dynamic, interactive and intuitive experience for travelers.
Progress is a provider of application development and digital experience technologies.
Progress Announces NativeScript 6 Release
The NativeScript 6 release adds support for Vue.js and Angular 8 for creating native mobile applications with web technologies. NativeScript now also supports Progressive Web Apps (PWA), increasing the level of code reuse between web and mobile apps created with NativeScript.
The 32 Best Network Monitoring Tools to Use in 2019
Choosing the best network monitoring tool for your enterprise is not easy. IT professionals and decision-makers need to consider several factors when choosing solutions for their business, such as security, compatibility, ease of use, and budget. With so many network monitoring tools on the market, it’s hard to determine the best ones for your company’s needs.
Progress Updates the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Platform
Progress, a provider of application development and digital experience technologies, is enhancing the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold platform, introducing network mapping and discovery, improved vCenter support, and enabling a new public REST API.
What the Uber of Tractors Means for the Future of Agtech in Africa
“Capitalism in agriculture, within sub-Saharan Africa, is alive and well,” says Jehiel Oliver. Oliver is the CEO of the agtech company Hello Tractor, whose smartphone app connects smallholder farmers with tractor owners looking to rent. Dubbed the "Uber for tractors," Hello Tractor first launched in Nigeria in 2014, and then quickly expanded into Kenya. The company is now poised for even further expansion, with testing underway in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Healthcare Data: A Puzzling Game in Need of a Change
There is no arguing that healthcare involves a prodigious amount of data. According to an IDC report, 4.4zb of data was produced in 2013, and it estimated that 44zb of healthcare data will be produced yearly by 2020—a tenfold increase in seven years. In a New England Journal of Medicine article, the authors estimated that a single patient typically generates close to 80 megabytes in imaging and electronic medical record (EMR) data each year. With all the data that is being collected, healthcare organizations have the opportunity to leverage it to drive patient outcomes and lower overall healthcare spend.
Focused on Personalization, Innovation, and... Downsizing?
In 1995, Americaneagle.com designed its first website and ever since, has worked on 12,000 web design projects of every size, from almost every industry. This comprehensive digital history, spawning back to nearly the dawn of corporate web pages, makes americaneagle.com a sage in the sector— an example to learn from, insightful, and experienced.
Progress Revs Up BRM with Corticon 6.0
BRM is now a ‘thing’… and it’s not in fact meant to relate to the noise that children make when they pretend to rev up the imaginary engines on their toy cars, instead, it stands for Business Rules Management.
Progress Releases Web Accessibility Guidebook for Developers
There are a number of things developers have to consider when developing for the web, but one thing that may not get enough attention is the accessibility of their application. The notion of web accessibility is not new, with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) publishing the first Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in 1999, but it is still something not enough developers are putting effort into. As a result, Progress has released new guidelines to help developers better understand web accessibility and how they can develop their apps to adhere to it.