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An Introduction to Progress Arcade™
June 12, 2013
Rob StraightSenior Manager, OpenEdge Product Management
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Market Demand for Cloud
Results from a survey of our ISVs/Application Partners:
90% are investigating cloud computing
88% have given “a lot” or “some” thought on hosting in the cloud
60% will begin work on testing the cloud
50% will make some form of cloud purchase in 2011
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Vision
Progress Arcade accelerates moving ISVs
and BSPs into the Cloud, an enticing
hosting alternative, as they adopt a SaaS business model.
Progress Arcade also makes use of the Cloud
to help OpenEdge developers learn about
the product features offered by Progress and
by Complimentary Solution Providers.
OpenEdge is the leading SaaS Platform for ISVs and Business Service Providers to simplify service development and delivery for the Cloud resulting in
greater Operational Responsiveness
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OpenEdge Cloud Strategy: Progress Arcade
An Extensible Environment Supporting Customer-Oriented Cloud-Based Activities
Goals:
• Accelerate SaaS partner business: facilitate deployment in the Cloud
• App modernization: help customers utilize OpenEdge product features
• Demonstrate the synergy of OpenEdge and the Cloud
Available in Popular Cloud Environments
• Initially Amazon EC2
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Progress Arcade
Community
FeaturesPremium
User
Features
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Progress Arcade - Free Community Resources
Network and discuss all things SaaS and cloud with others just
like you
Take a test-drive of other Progress applications and
solutions with just a few clicks
TRYSHARE SHOP
Visit our marketplace of complementary
products & services
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Progress Arcade - Premium Resources
Configure and prepare your
application for the cloud quickly
and easily
Provide your sales team with
the ability to demonstrate
your products in the cloud
DEMOSTAGE DEPLOY
Deploy your production
application in the cloud with just a few simple clicks
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Progress Arcade Provides:
A Powerful Yet Easy-to-use Interface to the Cloud
A Structured Environment Tuned to Getting OpenEdge Applications Running in the Cloud
• Direct access to more technically advanced features is available for those who are interested
OpenEdge Products Pre-populated & Configured as a Starting Point, Covering a Range of Single- and Multi-system Deployments
• OpenEdge 10.2B through 11.2
Support for Product Demos in the Cloud
Sophisticated Management and Monitoring Capabilities
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Progress Arcade Architecture Overview
Progress Arcade Web Access
Client1
Client2
Clientn
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Progress Arcade Live Demo
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Recent Feature Additions
General Usability
Keeping the Stage & Test Area Current
64-bit Images/Machines Only
Custom Tags
Ease of Use Setting Up and Modifying Security Groups
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Usability: Easy navigation from one door to another
No need to go back to home page to switch doors- easy navigation from one door to another directly
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Currency: Latest OE in Stage & Test
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Currency: Select between 32- and 64-bit OE versions
Users can now choose to install between 32 bit OE version and 64 bit OE version while starting the deployment
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Currency: New Amazon EC2 Regions Available
Four new Amazon EC2 regions: Oregon, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo are now available
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Only 64 bit Machine Instances
Users can now enjoy more efficient, 64-bit machine instances. Only 64-bit machines are supported for new deployments- 32-bit instances are NO longer available. This allows vertical scaling of machines from Small to the largest Large.
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Add “Custom Tags” while launching a machine instance
Users can add Tags in the form of “name=value” pairs by clicking “Add Tags” button while starting a machine. Default namespace “arcadetag” will be added to this and it will be stored as “arcadetag:name=value”. Details on using this feature can be found in white paper: Using New “Add Tags” Feature in Arcade.
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Modify security group (add/ delete security ports)
Click “Ports” button to open dialog box. Click “Add port” to add new ports or click X to delete existing port in security group. Finally click “Update” to update security group.
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Solve “Captcha” on Deploy door to stop a server
To prevent stopping a production server accidently.
To prevent stopping production server by malicious scripts/bots.
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aPaaS Impact
On Premises Development Continues to be Supported
Deployment Option Via Arcade Remains Viable
Ability to Demo Applications is also Still Useful
Progress Arcade Remains Just as Important in the aPaaS Future as it is Today for the OpenEdge Development Community