Case Study: Arkansas Department of Education achieves 20% faster data transfer with Progress DataDirect Platinum drivers

Arkansas Department of Education boosts data transfer 20% with Progress Software

The Arkansas Department of Education faced a challenge enabling real-time, data-driven decisions across 265 independent school districts. Their legacy system, which pulled data from district databases into a state warehouse, was overwhelmed by new nightly data demands, suffering from performance failures and read errors. The department needed a solution contained entirely within its own IT systems, without requiring any changes or purchases from the local districts.

Progress Software provided the solution with its DataDirect Platinum ODBC drivers. These drivers replaced the failing built-in ones, resolving the load errors and enabling successful nightly data processing. The implementation resulted in a 20% increase in data transfer speed, helping the ADE avoid additional hardware investment and gain recognition for data quality.

Arkansas Department of Education