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Progress, the trusted provider of AI-powered infrastructure software, announced new and powerful enhancements in the latest release of Progress® LoadMaster® 360, its cloud-based unified application delivery platform. These enhancements help organisations protect their web applications against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and provide customers with an optimal application experience. With the release, Progress provides customers with an enhanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) offering that delivers improved security insights, minimises the time required for WAF configuration and tuning and easily identifies false positives for legitimate application traffic. With its intelligent false positive identification and smart rule tuning, LoadMaster 360 empowers customers to more easily secure their applications. Precise WAF configuration Enabling all OWASP-based WAF filters can inadvertently block legitimate users Web applications present attractive targets for malicious actors seeking to exploit vulnerabilities and gain unauthorised access to sensitive information. Enabling all Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP)-based WAF filters can inadvertently block legitimate users and impact application performance, but disabling the same filters without careful consideration can make applications vulnerable to attacks.  LoadMaster 360 helps customers find the right balance between the two extremes by providing precise WAF configuration and tuning based on smart traffic analysis. Application security capabilities “To address the complexity of today’s evolving web-based threats, infrastructure teams need intelligent and advanced technology that can precisely filter, monitor and block malicious traffic without impacting operations,” said Sundar Subramanian, EVP & General Manager, Infrastructure Management, Progress. “With today’s release of LoadMaster 360, we are giving our customers powerful technology, which, when combined with other application security capabilities such as single sign-on and pre-authentication, can help them combat cyberthreats and maintain their application performance.”  LoadMaster WAF technology LoadMaster 360 users can take rule of their application delivery and help deliver an optimal application Identifying attacks from false positives is a challenging and time-consuming effort, especially for non-security experts. With access to detailed data in LoadMaster 360, they can more easily configure and customise the LoadMaster WAF technology and quickly identify a potential security issue only when it occurs.  Through a powerful combination of load balancing, WAF protection, monitoring and tuning, LoadMaster 360 users can take control of their application delivery and help deliver an optimal application performance experience for end users. LoadMaster workloads LoadMaster 360 provides organisations of all sizes with the controls and insights necessary to maintain optimised application performance and deliver the best possible application experience for users. As a cloud service, LoadMaster 360 provides a single interface to manage application delivery performance, security and configuration in relation to LoadMaster workloads.

Progress, the trusted provider of infrastructure software, announced a strategic partnership with Veeam® Software, the #1 pioneer by market share in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery, to provide customers with an enterprise-ready cyber defence solution that strengthens the security of their business-critical data. Cybersecurity attacks are occurring at an ever-increasing pace, crippling organisations and costing millions of dollars in ransom payoffs, lost productivity, reputational damage and diminished consumer confidence. According to the 2024 Veeam Data Protection Trends Report, 76% of organisations were attacked at least once in the past 12 months and 26% of those reported being attacked at least four times. Partnership between Progress and Veeam Flowmon ADS is officially verified within the Veeam Ready Security program To reduce the time to detect and respond to these threats, deploying a solution that quickly and intelligently aggregates multiple network inputs and automates remediation is vital. The partnership between Progress and Veeam combines the intelligent network detection and response capabilities of Progress® Flowmon® Anomaly Detection System (ADS) with the security features of the Veeam Data Platform. Flowmon ADS provides network layer visibility of potential attacks, so customers can leverage early detection and warnings to trigger the Incident API in Veeam Backup & Replication™. Flowmon ADS is officially verified within the Veeam Ready Security program. In-depth cyber protection and support “Veeam’s world-class capabilities and market reach makes them a highly strategic partner for us,” said Sundar Subramanian, EVP & GM of Infrastructure Management at Progress.  “We share the desire to provide customers with in-depth cyber protection and support, and the combination of our respective threat detection and data protection technologies provides a powerful offering to help enterprise organisations strengthen their security posture.” New Flowmon ADS 12.2 New Flowmon ADS 12.2 harnesses the power of AI to provide a more advanced and holistic view Powered by an intelligent detection engine, Flowmon ADS applies automated behaviour analysis algorithms to detect anomalies concealed within network traffic to quickly expose malicious behaviours, attacks against mission-critical applications, data breaches and other indicators of compromise.   of detected security events, empowering cybersecurity professionals to identify crucial ones, prioritise them with context, guide efficient decision-making and respond proactively. Cyber protection capabilities "Progress, renowned for its market success in network detection and response with Flowmon, has achieved a significant milestone by partnering with Veeam and integrating into the Veeam Incident API,” said Andreas Neufert, Vice President of Product Management, Alliances at Veeam. “This integration brings automated cyber protection capabilities to our shared customers, enabling them to respond instantly to cyber threats and ensure the safeguarding of their most actual business-critical data from further harm. Progress’ commitment to delivering innovations in NDR makes it a natural Alliance choice as we expand our cybersecurity portfolio ecosystem and help our customers address their toughest technology challenges.” NDR category Flowmon ADS won gold in the Network Detection and Response (NDR) category of the 2023 Globee® Cybersecurity Awards and was named a Technology Pioneer by Quadrant Knowledge Solutions in the 2023 SPARK Matrix™: Network Detection and Response (NDR) report.

Progress, the trusted provider of infrastructure software, announced the latest release of Progress® OpenEdge®, the flagship application development platform used by over 100,000 customers across the globe to simplify the delivery of mission-critical business applications. By leveraging the new features and enhancements of OpenEdge 12.8, organisations can optimise their development processes, improve database performance, enhance application security and stay current with the evolving technology landscape. Author's quote “For decades, Progress has provided the technology businesses need to not only run effectively, but to thrive as markets evolve and end-user needs change,” said John Ainsworth, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Application and Data Platform, Progress. Progress has provided the technology businesses need to not only run effectively, but to thrive" “Whether you're an ABL developer seeking enhanced productivity tools, a database administrator aiming to streamline management tasks or a security-conscious professional striving to protect critical assets, OpenEdge 12.8 enables you to develop, deploy and manage business applications that are more secure, scalable and agile.”  Developer productivity   OpenEdge 12.8 enhances developer productivity by equipping Advanced Business Language (ABL) developers with tools and features to streamline their workflows, including: Enhanced OpenEdge observability: OpenEdge 12.8 integrates OpenTelemetry, a powerful observability framework, with instrumentation to provide operational metrics and trace information. Metrics assist in managing your OpenEdge applications, while traces provide developers with deep insights into application performance to identify code bottlenecks and optimise application performance. Faster turn-around on builds: With incremental build support, developers can change their codebase and quickly rebuild only the affected parts. This significantly reduces build times, enabling faster iterations and accelerated development cycles. Integration and management    OpenEdge 12.8 delivers advancements in application integration and environment management through improved monitoring and administration capabilities. Real-time messaging and streaming with Apache Kafka: Integration with Kafka enables businesses to use it to enhance their applications with event streaming and data integration for real-time data feeds. OpenEdge Command Centre (OECC): A state-of-the-art, cloud-ready tool and APIs that simplify managing OpenEdge applications. OECC provides centralised monitoring, administration and diagnostics, integrating popular Application Performance Management (APM) tools that are likely already in your environment. Database online maintenance: This release includes various database improvements that enable more administrative tasks to be performed online, eliminating the need for downtime for offline maintenance operations. It also offers a variety of performance improvements, especially in the areas of database scan/repair and backup/restore. Application and data protections  OpenEdge 12.8 introduces several features to reinforce application security and help safeguard critical data. Data Regulation Support with Dynamic Data Masking (DDM): For a Security Administrator or Database Administrator who needs to enable OpenEdge business applications with data privacy and integrity compliance requirements like GDPR or HIPAA, the DDM capability offers an easier approach to disguise the sensitive data at run time, based on user role permissions. Hardware Security Module (HSM) support: OpenEdge 12.8 supports HSMs, which help provide a more secure environment for cryptographic operations, facilitating the protection of sensitive data and supporting compliance with stringent security standards. Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 support: OpenEdge 12.8 adopts OpenSSL 3.1, the latest version of the open-source cryptographic library that supports TLS 1.3. This helps enhance security protocols and cryptographic algorithms to promote robust encryption and data integrity for OpenEdge applications. OpenEdge application development platform OpenEdge is the pioneering platform for developing enterprise applications needing high performance, high availability and flexible deployment options for extensibility, scalability, security and reliability.  Developers around the world are using the OpenEdge application development platform to build innovative business applications that are the backbone of healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and other industries.