match2blue Stands Out from the Crowd with Apama
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2009--
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider
that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, has announced
that
match2blue,
an enterprise platform enabler for mobile solutions, has selected the
Progress® Apama® Business Event Processing (BEP) platform to empower its
social networking platform with real-time information on location,
ideas, news and trends.
The Progress Apama BEP platform will form a crucial part of match2blue’s
back-end infrastructure, providing the performance and scalability, as
well as enabling its business partners, who will be operating the
location-based services to control and monitor their operations through
dashboards.
One example of an application is match2blue’s enterprise grade social
solution that mobilizes members of frequent flyer programs globally.
Members will be able to connect, exchange ideas, share taxis and engage
in real time via a new mobile application.
In another example, New York club goers can use match2blue’s Webster
Hall application for finding and meeting like-minded people. Clubs and
communities can also push information on scale to the New York party
scene via the iPhone application to ensure that new venues or events are
filled to capacity.
Stephanie Renda, Managing Director at match2blue explained, “Real-time
information is the lifeblood of the community and opens up a number of
lucrative opportunities for our brands and multi-national clients. Our
distinctive technology is based on a matching engine, which can identify
offers, information and interests to communities. Now we have added
scale to real-time exchange. This means that our reach has increased and
we can target the masses with our instant profiling and people matcher
technology. Event-based, real-time messaging will change the way we
digest information and create a healthy new environment for brands to
connect and engage with clients and consumers.”
Kenny Schachter at Webster Hall added, “match2blue allows us to offer
something really unique for our customers. Our new iPhone application
instantly notifies club goers when someone with similar interests is in
close proximity and will reinvent their nightlife experiences by
allowing them to take their socializing inside the walls of Webster
Hall. Users can connect with like-minded people, and even invite them
for a drink.”
Dr. Giles Nelson, Senior Director of Strategy at Progress Software,
commented, “The use of Apama Complex Event Processing to provide
real-time information to social networking communities, wherever they
may be, is another innovative and exciting use of our technology. This
truly is taking social networking to the next level and the Apama
product offers the scale and performance for match2blue to react to
millions of subscribers’ movements in real time, so transforming their
customer offering.”
The Apama platform is used by companies like 3 Italia (the Italian 3G
service provider) for real-time visibility into service and billing
processes, Royal Dirkzwager (a Dutch Maritime Information and Service
provider), for monitoring and analysis of real-time shipping
information, and Boekhandels Groep Nederland – BGN – who introduced the
world’s first item-level RFID implementation).
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global software
company that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive to
changing conditions and customer interactions as they occur – to
capitalize on new opportunities, drive greater efficiencies and reduce
risk. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class
infrastructure software spanning event-driven visibility and real-time
response, open integration, data access and integration, and application
development and deployment – all supporting on-premises and SaaS/Cloud
deployments. Progress maximizes the benefits of operational
responsiveness while minimizing IT complexity and total cost of
ownership. Progress can be reached at www.progress.com
or +1-781-280-4000.
Progress and Apama are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress
Software Corporation or one of its affiliates or subsidiaries in the
U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the
property of their respective owners.
About match2blue
match2blue is the leader in state of the art social networking and
location services for brands and businesses. It is a premier mobile
solutions provider, based in Mainz, Germany and New York, USA. The
company has developed a one-of-a-kind mobile matching engine that
enables interest based matching of people, locations, events and goods
on the go, anywhere, anytime.
Furthermore match2blue has developed a number of sub-divisions that
specifically cater to the needs of special interest organizations, e.g.
one of their products is “match2green” for environmental organizations.
For further information please contact www.match2blue.com
or call +49 69 40 8 957 62.
Source: Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation
Rachel Harnden, +44 7785 285551
rharnden@progress.com
or
OCTANE
PR
Laura Gillen, +44 207 802 2662
progress@octanepr.com
or
Progress
Software Corporation
Lisa Coulouris, +1-781-280-4995
lcoulour@progress.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Melissa Schulz, +1-212-824-2676
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
