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Coding, today's modern language
As the most recent GCSE and A-level results were announced at the end of August, there seemed to be a lot of hand-wringing in the media about the fall in the number of students studying French, German and Spanish and what that might mean for skills in the global business market. I couldn’t help but think about my own school days. Like me, you might remember hours spent learning verb tables and how to ask someone, in French, for two beers please. I never felt this would be much use in life (apart from the beer) and if I’m brutally honest, in business. I’ve forgot almost everything I learnt.
Industry Views: does Apple want iOS everywhere?
The extension of Siri as a digital assistant to another, important, part of Apple’s ecosystem signals an ongoing industry trend. According to Gartner, mobile digital assistants will take on tactical mundane processes such as filling out names, addresses and credit card information by the year end of 2015. And, as Apple’s Siri and Google’s Cortana become more popular, they open up direct marketing opportunities and information engagement with users within their closed ecosystems.
Data Integration Is Key Challenge for Salesforce Users
A recent Progress Software big data survey indicated that data and application integration are major challenges for Salesforce.com users.
Flawed Integration Can Destroy Data Quality and Reliability
In this slideshow, Paul Nashawaty, director of product marketing and strategy at Progress, looks at key factors organizations must consider to ensure their data remains of high quality.
What to do when someone steals your idea
Change is inevitable, but ideas that prompt change usually need buy in from others across an organization. This can be hard to achieve given today’s highly matrixed organizations. That’s why you need a solid strategy to bring others along with you. If you help them see the wisdom in your vision, you’ll have the allies you need to succeed.
Mobile App Developers Concentrate on User Interface
Though interest in using mobile apps among consumers and enterprises continues to grow, adoption of mobile application development is slower than expected, according to a Progress Software survey of 3,000 IT professionals and developers.
Majority of developers have never built mobile apps, survey reveals
In recent years, one can be forgiven for thinking that mobile apps are the only pathway to the future, and that everyone in IT has been making the shift away from traditional server or PC applications to mobile apps -- many of which allegedly can be built and deployed at the snap of a finger. However, the reality is quite different.
Survey Shows Devs Slow To Go Mobile
Despite all the hype about smartphone apps and enterprise mobility, the latest survey from Telerik shows a surprisingly slow adoption of mobile development.
How 'low code' can drive innovation
Like it or not, organizations are already implementing solutions without the blessing from IT and the development team. We are seeing this taking place across a number of departments, from marketing, sales and operations to HR and finance, as a means to develop better customer engagement and streamline operations.
Why are most developers giving mobile the cold shoulder?
57 percent of developers have never built a mobile app and 47 percent create just one per year, according to the State of Mobility 2015 Global Developer Study by Progress.
Look up and outside to avoid development disasters
The pressure on enterprises to ensure their application development procedures are effective is growing by the day. An app starts its life as the answer to a business need. The old solution would be to approach IT with a request to meet this need. The developers would then churn into action: define, create, deploy - all with their own bundle of time lapses. By the time all of them were realized, months could have passed, leaving the original need outdated. You would be attempting to move a battleship to avoid a missile.
Don’t be afraid to hire your replacement at work
MPW Insider is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: How do you build a strong team? is written by Melissa Puls, CMO of Progress Software.
Process Automation Leaves Insurers In Good Health
By using business rules engines insurance companies can process applications in a matter of days, or even hours, giving customers a smooth and easy experience. When used in conjunction with a highly personalized offering, insurers are left with a highly powerful and tempting service for customers that will help them eke out a competitive edge in a highly volatile and shifting market.
Developers: Getting the tools right for wearables
Wearables are the face of the Internet of Things. There’s a lot of excitement about how they can make our lives easier and better as apps that will make us more efficient at work. That excitement is fine, but are we setting expectations beyond what the developer community is capable of actually delivering? There’s a lot of pressure and the fact is that developers – if moves aren’t made to better support them – will end up disappointing us.
Progress Accelerates Innovation During First Half of 2015
Progress announced major product advancements and the closing of a number of significant new deals with Intuit and GT Nexus among others, fueling strong momentum as it enters the second half of 2015. With net-new customers, major releases across its portfolio and industry recognition from Gartner, the CODiEs and the Stevies, the Progress reputation for innovation and customer satisfaction is reaching new heights.
