Progress Software Announces Availability of Apama 4.2 Event Processing PlatformBEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2009--
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider
that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, today announced
the availability of the
Progress®
Apama® 4.2 Event Processing Platform. The Apama 4.2 release extends
the capabilities of the previously announced Apama Parallel Correlator,
and introduces significant new developer productivity features that
accelerate the deployment of event processing applications.
The Apama Parallel Correlator leverages multi-core, multi-processor
hardware to deliver high throughput, low latency execution that has
achieved seven-fold performance improvements, as benchmarked with
real-world customer applications. In Apama 4.2, this high performance is
made available without the low level scheduling complexities that often
complicate the building of multi-threaded applications. This means
business users can increase their productivity with the click of a
single button within the Apama Event Modeler, which allows non-technical
users to more easily deliver multi-core power to their Apama
applications.
Additionally, Apama 4.2 extends the Apama Studio development environment
with enhanced debugging and application tuning services, and increases
support for Java. Developers are now able to create Java-based
applications within the same environment that is available to the Apama
native event processing language (EPL). Composite applications can
combine Java and the Apama EPL, reflecting a common development model
for many customers.
Apama 4.2 introduces new direct connectivity to both relational and
event/tick databases via the Apama Database Connector (ADBC) and its
supporting application, the Apama Data Player. Customers now have a wide
range of data stores, including standard SQL databases and
industry-specific products such as Vhayu Velocity and KX Corporation,
available for the capture and replay of event streams.
Progress Apama 4.2 includes:
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The Smart Scheduler – Allows developers and business users to take
better advantage of the multi-core architectures of the Apama Parallel
Correlator through intelligent automated parallelization of event
processing without encumbering the development process with low level
concerns about operating system threads.
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An improved Apama language Debugger and Profiler – The graphical
debugger offers enhanced diagnostic support capabilities specifically
designed for event processing applications. The new Profiler provides
better access to execution performance data on both local and remote
systems to support the tuning of applications to improve throughput
and reduce latency.
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A Dashboard Wizard – Enables users to leverage previously developed
scenarios and build new ones quickly and easily with a few simple
clicks.
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Enhanced Java Support – Java developers can now develop all the
business logic of their CEP applications in a familiar environment,
while also having the flexibility to combine Java and Apama’s
specialized event processing language for highly flexible applications
that execute on the Apama platform.
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Data Player and the Apama Database Connector – Provides direct access
to both specialized event databases (e.g. Vhayu Velocity, KX
Corporation’s kdb+) and relational databases. Apama customers now have
a greatly expanded range of databases for event storage and replay for
the testing of new applications and analysis of those in production.
Dr. John Bates, founder and general manager of the Apama division of
Progress Software, said: “Apama continues to raise the bar in complex
event processing (CEP) leadership, as demonstrated in the recently
published Forrester Research report (“The Forrester Wave™: Complex Event
Processing Platforms, Q3 2009” Report). Our continuing commitment to
both productivity and performance is clearly shown in the capabilities
of Apama 4.2. Apama remains unique in the industry with its ability to
bring the power of event processing to both business and IT users. This
two-pronged approach is key to delivering event-driven applications that
will allow organizations to be operationally responsive.”
The Apama platform is recognized as the leading CEP product with the
largest client base in Capital Markets comprising of top sell-side
firms, buy-side firms, hedge funds and regulators, including companies
such as JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and FSA (Financial Services Authority)
of the U.K. Outside capital markets, 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.
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.
Source: Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software
Lisa Coulouris, +1-781-280-4995
lcoulour@progress.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Melissa Schulz, +1-212-824-2676
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
