This IDC Vendor Profile helps business process management (BPM) software buyers evaluate Progress Software as a viable business partner by providing an assessment of the company's BPM business, products, customers, and partners. In addition, this Vendor Profile highlights Progress' strengths and challenges and compares Progress' RPM Suite with its competitors'. Also included is an assessment of RPM Suite functionality by six common BPM deployment patterns.
This in-depth profile of Progress Software is a companion to Competitive Review of Business Process Management Software and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Business Process Platforms 2011 Vendor Analysis
Table of Contents
IDC Opinion
In This Vendor Profile
Situation Overview
Company Overview
Product Overview
Responsive Process Management Suite
Product Assessment
RPM Suite Strengths and Challenges
Customer and Partner Overview
Company Strategy
Customer Assessment
Progress Partners
Future Outlook
Essential Guidance
Advice for Progress Software
Aligning Progress RPM Suite with BPM Deployment Patterns
Task Management
Process Application
Composite Process Application
Comprehensive Business Process Platform
Business Process Backbone
Business Navigation System
Aligning Products with Requirements
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Related Research
Table: Selected Progress Customers, 2010 and 2011
Table: Selected Progress Partners, 2010 and 2011
Table: Business Process Platform Scores and Rankings
Figure: Comparison of Progress Software RPM Suite Functionality with Market Average and Best of Breed
Figure: Progress Software Performance by BPM Deployment Patterns
