Sonic Software and Online Business Systems Host Forums on Best Practices for Service-Oriented Architecture; Forums Will Provide IT Architects with Valuable Tactics for Deploying Enterprise SOAs Based on the Enterprise Service Bus

Business Wire, August 15, 2005

BEDFORD, Mass. -- Sonic Software (www.sonicsoftware.com), the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB), and an operating unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), and Online Business Systems (www.obsglobal.com), an international provider of business and technology consulting and enterprise integration solutions, have partnered to host several Architect Forums on service-oriented architecture (SOA). These half-day events are designed to provide IT architects and senior integration consultants with a solid knowledge base of best practices for implementing a successful enterprise SOA.

The SOA Architect Forums will define the key architectural principles of SOAs and the ESB and will include a presentation by Sonic Software Chief Technology Evangelist David Chappell, author of the definitive book on ESB technology, "Enterprise Service Bus" (O'Reilly Media). Additionally, the seminars will include a live demo of an ESB-based SOA implementation along with key lessons from architects who have deployed enterprise SOAs.

"SOA: Best Practices--An Architects Forum" will be held on the following dates:

Date:  August 16, 2005
Time:  8:00 a.m. PT
Place: Hyatt Regency Bellevue
       900 Bellevue Way NE
       Bellevue, Washington

Date:  August 17, 2005
Time:  8:00 a.m. MT
Place: Calgary TELUS Convention Centre
       120 Ninth Avenue SE
       Calgary, Alberta, Canada

For more information on the Architect Forums with Online Business Systems, or to request an invitation, please visit: http://www.sonicsoftware.com/news_events/seminars.>

About Online Business Systems

Online is a private North American business and technology integration company providing services and solutions in the areas of Enterprise Integration, Planning Services, Technology Services, Business Intelligence, IT Delivery, Application Management Services, and Education and Training. For more information about Online, please visit www.obsglobal.com, call 1-800-668-7722, or email info@obsglobal.com.

About Sonic Software

Sonic Software is the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB), a new communication and integration infrastructure that supports the enterprise requirements of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Sonic's technology delivers the scalability, security, continuous availability and management capabilities necessary to connect, integrate and control distributed, mission critical business processes. Over 1,000 customers use Sonic products to achieve broad-scale interoperability of IT systems and the flexibility to adapt these systems to ever-changing business needs.

Sonic Software is an independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a US$360 million global software industry leader. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., Sonic Software can be reached on the Web at http://www.sonicsoftware.com, or by phone at 1-781-999-7000 or 1-866-GET-SONIC.

Sonic Software (and design) is a registered trademark of Sonic Software Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.