DataDirect Technologies to Host Breakfast Session on Data Connectivity in the .NET Framework at Microsoft TechEd 2005

Business Wire, June 7, 2005

WHAT:         DataDirect Technologies, the leading provider of
              components for connecting software to data, will host an
              informational breakfast session on data connectivity
              architecture in the .NET Framework at Microsoft TechEd
              2005.

              Led by Rob Steward, senior .NET program manager for
              DataDirect Technologies, the session will cover
              different ADO.NET data connectivity options and how the
              right provider can significantly improve enterprise data
              access. The event will also feature a presentation from
              DataDirect Technologies' customer Conrad Wolf, system
              architect and database administrator for Beverly
              Enterprises, a premier provider of healthcare services
              that recently moved its legacy data to a new .NET
              infrastructure.

              DataDirect Technologies will exhibit at Microsoft
              TechEd in booth #651, where visitors can learn more
              about its suite of .NET data connectivity components,
              DataDirect Connect(R) for .NET. The industry's only full
              suite of 100 percent managed code .NET data providers,
              DataDirect Connect for .NET supports all major
              databases, enabling developers to quickly build and
              deploy more reliable .NET Framework-based applications.

WHERE:        Microsoft TechEd 2005
              The Peabody Hotel, Orlando, Fla.
              Breakfast registration:
              www.datadirect.com/dotnetbreakfasts

WHEN:         Wednesday, June 8, 2005
              7:30-9:30 a.m. ET

ABOUT
DATADIRECT
TECHNOLOGIES: DataDirect Technologies is the industry leader in
              standards-based data connectivity, enabling software
              developers to quickly develop and deploy business
              applications across all major databases and platforms.
              Developers worldwide at more than 250 leading
              independent software vendors and thousands of corporate
              IT departments rely on DataDirect(R) products to connect
              their applications to a wide range of data sources using
              standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC and
              ADO.NET. Developers also depend on DataDirect to
              radically simplify complex data integration projects
              using XML products based on the emerging XQuery and XQJ
              standards. DataDirect Technologies is an operating unit
              of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a
              global software industry leader. Headquartered in
              Bedford, Mass., DataDirect Technologies can be reached
              at www.datadirect.com or  1-800-876-3101.

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