Progress Software Corporation Certifies IBM Network Station Series 1000 for Apptivity

Business Wire, June 1, 1998

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1998--

Critical Business Applications Now Easier to Create and Access at Lower Corporate Cost

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS), a leading supplier of application development tools, database technology and support services for business applications, today announced the IBM Network Station Series 1000 has passed Progress Software's standards for seamless integration with Apptivity(TM)2.1, the latest version of its popular integrated Internet application environment.

"The benefit of Progress Software Corporation's Universal Application Architecture is to reduce total cost of ownership while not compromising employee, partner and customer access to enterprise computing resources," said Dennis Moore, vice president, Apptivity product unit marketing for Progress Software Corporation. "To help our many mutual customers achieve this benefit, we're pleased to work closely with IBM to optimize Apptivity with IBM technologies, including the IBM Network Station."

"IBM's Network Station customers benefit because, by using Apptivity, they can build enterprise Java applications quickly in a cost-effective manner and deploy them in a highly managed way," said Dr. David McAughtry, worldwide vice president of marketing, IBM's Network Computer Division.

Apptivity is the only Java-centric application server and development tool with support for heterogeneous, Web-based, enterprise intranet and extranet applications. Combining new features such as HTTP tunneling and new database drivers including PROGRESS(R) RDBMS, an integrated distributed debugger and CORBA support and easy integration with object request brokers (ORBs), Apptivity continues to lead the Java marketplace in both product capability and deployment speed.

The IBM Network Station Series 1000 allows customers to use Java applications, develop new ones, and combine them for seamless operations using a graphical user interface on IBM's network computer, an easy-to-use, easy-to-manage lower-cost desktop device. The Series 1000 is ideal for customers who need access to applications delivered throughout corporate extranets, such as order tracking, package tracking, inventory management, customer services or help desk services, as well as manage documents and perform crucial-business tasks.

About Progress Software Corporation

Progress Software Corporation is a worldwide supplier of application development tools, database technology and support services, with 1,100 employees in more than 50 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Professional developers use Progress Software solutions, including the Apptivity(TM), WebSpeed(TM), ProtoSpeed(TM) and PROGRESS(R) products, to build, deploy and maintain applications across Internet, client/server and host/terminal computing environments. Progress Software's products are used by application partners (APs) and customers, who in turn generated more than $1.5 billion in applications sales in 1997. For more information, visit http://www.progress.com or call 1-800-477-6473.

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PROGRESS is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation. Apptivity, WebSpeed and ProtoSpeed are trademarks of Progress Software Corporation. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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