Industry Solutions

The path to service-oriented architecture (SOA) begins with the principles of broad-based interoperability of services and the flexibility to continually adapt those services to new business requirements.

To create new value, you need to harness your data and services into managed business processes. You need to understand the results of business decisions that are taken, and monitor important business events as they occur.

As the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB), Progress Software understands the need to rapidly and flexibly integrate services across the enterprise.

Sonic's ESB-based distributed services platform has helped numerous clients:

• Deliver reliable service with fast response and throughput to spare, even during peak periods
  
  
• Measure the effects of business decisions through up-to-date and unified views of data on systems deployed across multiple locations
  
  
• Extend their SOA incrementially, delivering value one project at a time while investing for the future
  
  
• Reduce IT capital and labor costs through standardization on open technology

Industry Solutions that Rely on Progress® Sonic® Products

• Financial Services
  Sonic helps securities firms extend their value chain to customers by easily and securely deploying and managing enhanced services remote sites and desktops.
  
  
• Government
  Sonic products integrate people, process and technology inside and across government agencies, reducing costs and providing easier access to information.
  
  
• ISV and OEM
  The Sonic product family has revolutionized the way companies operate. Rapid ROI and near-term results, lower total cost of ownership, and minimal risk are three key reasons why partners chose our messaging software and enterprise service bus (ESB) for many of their critical integration projects.
  
  
• Retail
  Retailers rely on Sonic products to cut cycle time, reduce inventory and speed response to special conditions such as stock-outs and promotion success through real-time integration of best-of-breed point solutions.
  
  
• Telecommunications
  Worldwide telecommunications companies rely on Sonic products to speed introduction of new services while decreasing operational expenses through end-to-end OSS integration.