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OpenEdge 10.2B Beta

Progress OpenEdge is pleased to announce the opening of registration for the OpenEdge 10.2B Beta Program!

Would you like an early preview and test run of the next release of OpenEdge? By participating in the OpenEdge 10.2B Beta you can provide feedback on new features and get a head-start on your new development.

OpenEdge 10.2B introduces many new capabilities to extend and enhance your application, including:

• OpenEdge Transparent Data Encryption, allowing your application to comply with regulations regarding the  encryption of data at rest without having to change your application.
  
  
• Support for JSON (Java Script Notation) to and from Prodatasets, making it easier to develop an Ajax UI.
  
  
• Actional Interceptors for OpenEdge, allowing you to take advantage of the power of Actional to support Business Transaction Assurance.

To get more details about OpenEdge 10.2B and to register for the Beta head on over to the Beta Registration Web site.

Ken Wilner

Exchange Online 2009 is Coming and Its Free – Sept. 15-17

Mark your calendars and head on over to the Exchange Online 2009 site to register.  Exchange Online promises to be a very exciting, engaging, and interactive event that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home or office.  With 36 sessions spread across 6 different tracks, there promises to be something for everyone. 

There will be plenty of sessions on SaaS, and integration, and UI flexibility, and operational excellence, and productivity, and best practices covering everything from the OpenEdge GUI for .NET to the latest Sonic capabilities, to newest capabilities in the ABL  and the database,  to how to build an application for SaaS. 

And these sessions, won’t be presented just by Progress employees.  There are plenty of customer success stories, so you can hear 1^st hand, how OpenEdge and other Progress products are being used to provide real business value.

Now we know that one of the things that Exchange attendees really like about Exchange,  is the ability to network with other members of the Progress community, to share ideas and approaches to solving real problems, and just because this is an online event doesn’t mean no networking.

One of the key features of this event will be the ability to network and chat with other attendees through scheduled chat sessions on specific topics as well as adhoc chat sessions that you can set up with other attendees to the conference.

So head on over to the Exchange Online 2009 site, and register, and check back often so you have the latest information about what is certain to be one very compelling event.

Ken Wilner