Progress announced the release of Progress® DataDirect® Autonomous REST Connector, the data connectivity solution that enables organizations to build enterprise-grade connectors for any application within minutes without custom coding, delivering seamless, real-time connectivity between REST data and ODBC/JDBC applications and tools. The constantly increasing number of enterprise applications generating massive volumes of data led to the wide adoption of APIs. Through APIs like REST, ODATA and Progress® OpenEdge® JSDO, organizations can access data from widely used BI, analytics and development platforms traditionally based on SQL. However, building and maintaining custom APIs for each application is costly and time consuming. With the DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector solution, organizations can fully access data from SQL-based applications, saving time and cost by minimizing the complexity of custom developing and maintaining integrations. DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector serves a widespread market need at a wide range of organizations, from small companies with limited IT resources, to large enterprise organizations seeking to connect to internal and external APIs. Key benefits of DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector include: Broad connectivity: DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector provides real-time, secure connectivity and integration, giving organizations immediate access to endless applications, data warehouses, data lakes and more. Intelligent sampling and codeless configuration: Without custom coding, DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector can point to an API, OData endpoint or JSDO catalog and automatically create a configuration file that allows enterprises to immediately start working with the data. Once connected, the DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector solution allows customization of the configuration for enhanced optimization, performance, security, or meeting any internal architectural standards or needs. Rapid development of API connections: DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector enables the fast development of API connections that can be seamlessly integrated into the organization’s portfolio.
Progress Software Corporation is a provider of infrastructure software. The Company provides software that enables organizations to develop and deploy their applications, as well as manage their data platforms, cloud and information technology infrastructure. Its global professional services organization delivers business solutions for customers through a combination of products, consulting and education. The Company's consulting organization offers project management, implementation services, custom software development, programming and other services. Its services include application modernization, infrastructure automation, development operations, data management and managed database services, performance enhancements and tuning, and analytics/business intelligence. Its products include OpenEdge, Chef, Developer Tools, Kemp LoadMaster, MOVEit, DataDirect, WhatsUp Gold, Sitefinity, Flowmon, Corticon, MarkLogic and Semaphore. Semaphore is a semantic artificial intelligence platform.
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