Progress Software Captains Shipping Technology Sea-Change
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 31, 2009--
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global provider of
application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate
and manage business applications, announced today that
Royal
Dirkzwager, the Dutch Maritime Information and Service provider, has
chosen
Progress Software solutions to automate the monitoring and
analysis of real-time shipping information that tracks the arrival of
cargo ships to ports around the world. This automation will optimize the
complex maritime logistics and deliver an unprecedented level of
accuracy into the process as well as provide
Royal Dirkzwager instant
access to information that they immediately can act on. Moreover, this
implementation has the potential to save millions of dollars to the
industry in fuel costs and timely delivery of goods.
Royal Dirkzwager has been using the Progress®
Sonic® ESB to integrate systems with the Rotterdam Port Authority,
in order to automate the collection and distribution of electronic
information from multiple tracking systems. The Progress
Apama®
Complex Event Processing (CEP) platform will monitor the information
feeds from the Sonic ESB seamlessly in real-time and detect spatial and
time-based event patterns that may be of importance to customers. This
deployment will also future-proof the company so that it has the ability
to scale and take on the increasing amount of shipping data, supporting
any future expansion plans in line with the growth of the business.
Since 1872, Royal Dirkzwager has been monitoring and forecasting
shipping arrival times in and around the port of Rotterdam using
traditional methods to track the journeys and location of vessels in
North West Europe. Royal Dirkzwager has more recently expanded its scope
globally and is expecting an exponential growth in the information it
will need to analyze. The imminent addition of satellite information
from several position and tracking systems plus the need to integrate
multiple heterogeneous IT infrastructures with validated position data
means Royal Dirkzwager required a robust integration infrastructure
which can detect, analyze and act on several thousand events in
real-time.
Paul Wieland, Manager Maritime & Logistics ICT of
Royal Dirkzwager, explained: “We estimate an increase in volumes from
200 location messages per second to thousands of messages per second. In
turn, we’re also expecting to handle more business events, as shipping
traffic, cargo and passenger numbers increase.”
Additional enhancements include optimized route planning for vessels.
This would mean that the real-time information will enable customers to
make decisions to increase or decrease a vessel’s speed or change course
based on tidal and weather information, to avoid inclement weather and
unsafe routes, or to use fuel economically.
Wieland continued: “Using the Progress Sonic ESB, we will be able to
handle the huge increase in messages created by the satellite tracking
systems. The ESB software can be integrated easily into and can talk to
our many disparate IT systems seamlessly. The Progress Apama CEP
platform will allow us to monitor and analyze event patterns and deliver
real-time information rather than just raw data to our customers.”
Dr. Giles Nelson, Senior Director, Strategy at Progress Software: “The
use of CEP to handle such a large amount of data and provide real-time,
tangible benefits to the shipping community is an innovative and
exciting use of our technology. This is a great example of the
transportation and logistics sector using our best-in-class technology
to transform their customer offering and having a significant impact to
the effectiveness of its operations.”
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) provides application
infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and
management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the
benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and
total cost of ownership. Progress can be reached at www.progress.com
or +1-781-280-4000.
About Royal Dirkzwager
Royal Dirkzwager is a vital link in the 24/7 information chain in and
around NW European mainports and supplies ICT services to virtually all
segments of the maritime-logistics world. At any given moment Dirkzwager
is able to provide the latest European ships positions and detailed
database particulars of any ship around the world. Thanks to this
accurate and continuous flow of data, organizations are enabled to plan
their activities and processes as efficiently as possible. Royal
Dirkzwager can be reached at www.dirkzwager.com
or +31-10-5931600
Apama, Progress and Sonic are trademarks or registered trademarks of
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in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks or service marks
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Source: Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation
Rachel Harnden, (44) 7785 285551
rharnden@progress.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Dan Gaffney, 617-226-8840
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
or
OCTANE
PR
Laura Gillen, (44) 207 802 2662
progress@octanepr.com
