Hosted by customers and partners, PUG Challenge, Nov. 15-17 in
Prague, offers attendees details on the latest Progress strategy and
products as well as onsite training, support and collaboration from
company executives, partners and end users
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS) today announced that its annual user-organized conference
for EMEA-based customers, partners and end users, EMEA
PUG Challenge, will take place Nov. 15-17 at the Clarion Congress
Hotel Prague in the Czech Republic. With 85 speakers, 66 sessions and 12
hands-on workshops, attendees will learn about the company's latest
strategic initiatives, technology advancements and best practices in
application development, machine learning and more. Registration
is now open.
EMEA PUG Challenge is an independent event, organized by members of
Progress user groups across Europe. Aimed at developers, software
architects, database administrators, infrastructure specialists and
business analysts, the three-day event is an opportunity for the
Progress community to come together and share experiences. Individual
user groups from 13 European countries including France, Germany,
Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, UK and Ireland, will
attend.
"With more than 500 registered IT professionals so far, we're expecting
the largest number of attendees ever at this year's EMEA PUG Challenge
in Prague. Featuring experts from the IT industry and the Progress
community, the event will present IT projects, solutions to real-world
problems, new technologies and many networking opportunities for anyone
working with Progress® technologies," said Mike Fechner, a member of the
Board of EMEA PUG Challenge organization committee, and a Progress
partner.
This year's keynote speakers will include:
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Yogesh Gupta, CEO, Progress
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John Ainsworth, Senior VP, Core Products, Progress
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Mark Armstrong, VP and Managing Director, International Operations,
EMEA and APJ, Progress
Attendees will also hear from technology experts, partners and end users
on best practices for leveraging Progress technology, tips for boosting
app productivity and tackling different IT challenges as well as new
programming and database administration techniques. In addition, during
the practical workshops, top experts will offer deep demonstrations on
new innovations and Progress technology releases.
"At Progress, we are focused on investing in our core and continually
strengthening what we offer to our customers and partners," said John
Ainsworth, Senior VP, Core Products, Progress. "This user-driven event
provides a fantastic forum for engaging with our customers and getting
their feedback, as well as showing them the product directions and
newest innovations from Progress that will bring increasing value to
their businesses over time."
To learn more about the conference, visit http://www.pugchallenge.eu/homepage.
About Progress
Progress (NASDAQ:PRGS) offers the leading
platform for developing and deploying mission-critical business
applications. Progress empowers enterprises and ISVs to build and
deliver cognitive-first applications that harness big data to derive
business insights and competitive advantage. Progress offers leading
technologies for easily building powerful user interfaces across any
type of device, a reliable, scalable and secure backend platform to
deploy modern applications, leading data connectivity to all sources,
and award-winning predictive analytics that brings the power of machine
learning to any organization. Over 1,700 independent software vendors,
100,000 enterprise customers, and two million developers rely on
Progress to power their applications. Learn about Progress at www.progress.com or
+1-800-477-6473.
Progress is a registered trademark of Progress Software
Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and other
countries. Any other names contained herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
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