1. COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search & Query
Lisle D. Holgate
Sr Director of Marketing

2. Progress Technology Stack
Sonic
Orchestration Server
Apama Event Stream Processing
Sonic Enterprise Service Bus
Mainframe
.NET
J2EE
OpenEdge
OpenEdge
SQL Server
OpenEdge
Oracle
DB2
DataXtend Data Services
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

3. Historical Efforts Query Builders DB Applications Database Reports
Self-Service
DB Applications
Database Reports
First 2 are IT Centric/Expert Centric
Oracle
etc.
Widespread Adoption
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

4. Complete Solution Query Builders Business Language DB Applications
Self-Service
DB Applications
Database Reports
First 2 are IT Centric/Expert Centric
Oracle
etc.
Widespread Adoption
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

5. Knowing “Where to Look”
Business
Management
Business
Users
Application
Users
Application
Developers
DBAs
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

6. Knowing “How to Ask” ? Lab Mgmt Lab Staff Client pymt_mtd order_id
Who are my new customers this year?
What is the order total this year by country?
Who are my top 5 sales reps?
What products did they sell?
A/R
ERP
H/R
CRM
Lab Mgmt
Folks responsible for results can’t interface with the information!!
Lab Staff
Client
pymt_mtd
order_id
status_code
LTD_code
order_date
policy_date
line_item
cust_id
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

7. EasyAsk. Easy Answers. Building an EasyAsk Application
Answering Complex Questions, Simply
Adjusting to Everyday Language Questions
(Ambiquity, Synonyms, Phrases, Search Terms)
Extending an EasyAsk Application
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

8. You Benefit…… Combines “Search” and “Reporting” Enable Your Sales Team
EasyAsk Provides a clear Competitive Advantage over your competition
EasyAsk Appeals to the Business Decision Maker
Enable Your Customer
Fulfill the Ad Hoc Query Requirements of your Application
Provides Feedback on how users are using or would like to use your Application!
Increases satisfaction (everyone likes self-sufficiency)
Broaden Your User Base
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

9. Your Customers Benefit…..
Connect business users to information w/o IT
Accelerate effective business decisions
Deliver a single-point access across multiple data sources
Provide intuitive presentation styles
Reduce IT strain
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

10. Questions?
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

11. Thank you for your time
COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query

12. COMP-2: Improve Your Application with Data Search and Query