Morrisville, NC — December 17, 2014 — Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS) announced today that it will host the AOIT App Development Challenge, an app dev workshop for local high school students, in partnership with the Academy of Information Technology (AIOT), a chapter of the National Academy Foundation.
AOIT App Development Challenge
- When: December 18, 2014
- Where: Progress Software in Morrisville, NC
- What: The AOIT App Development Challenge will consist of a 3-hour learning session for 30 high school students from the AIOT program at Apex High School in Apex, NC. During the session, students will learn how to quickly build a mobile app using the leading-edge app dev and deployment technologies in the Progress® Pacific™ platform, including Progress Rollbase® and Modulus™ products. At the close of the session, students will present and demo their fully-functional apps to their peers.
Progress is committed to working with students around the world to nurture a love of technology, spark innovation and create educational opportunities in IT. This North Carolina event is part of a larger global Progress initiative to recruit talented developers while fostering early adoption of Progress tools.
For more information about the AOIT App Development Challenge visit: https://bizappstoday.progress.com/2014/12/app-dev-challenge-high-school-students.html
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Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart, VP of Technology at Progress, said: "It's important to expose students to programming early in their academic careers, as programming jobs are growing at double the national average. With the National Academy Foundation and Apex High School’s AOIT program, students are beginning to earn professional certifications by the end of the first semester of ninth grade. Progress is proud to host its first app development challenge. Who knows – we could be witnessing the next technology breakthrough."
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About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global software company that simplifies the development, deployment and management of business applications on-premise or in the cloud, on any platform or device, to any data source, with enhanced performance, minimal IT complexity and low total cost of ownership. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com or 1-781-280-4000.
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