Progress Software to Lead SOA Practitioner's Forum at Gartner Application Integration & Web Services Summit 2006

Business Wire, Nov 27, 2006

Gordon Van Huizen and Executives from Great American Insurance, AutoTrader.com and the University of Phoenix Describe Best Practices for Driving Toward Faster Business Change

BEDFORD, Mass. -- Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a provider of leading application infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that Gordon Van Huizen, vice president and general manager of the enterprise infrastructure division, will moderate a forum of SOA practitioners at the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit. The summit will be held December 4 - 6, 2006 at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Fla.

Van Huizen, a highly-acclaimed industry expert on enterprise infrastructure, will lead a discussion with executives from Great American Insurance, AutoTrader.com and the University of Phoenix. The group will discuss best practices for deploying SOA-based integration, SOA runtime governance, and portal projects that support rapid business change.

Following are the details for attending this presentation:

WHAT:  "SOA Practitioner's Forum: Driving Toward Faster Business
          Change"
WHO:   Gordon Van Huizen, vice president and general manager,
          enterprise infrastructure division, Progress Software
WHEN:  Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 9:45 a.m. EST
WHERE: Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit
       December 4 - 6, 2006
       Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
       6000 W. Osceola Parkway
       Sun Ballroom C
       Orlando, Fla. 34746

Progress Software will also be hosting booth number 2 during the Gartner Summit for those interested in learning more about its portfolio of SOA solutions. Progress is a pioneer in the areas of platform-independent, enterprise-grade SOA infrastructure software and web services management. The Progress Sonic ESB([R]) (Enterprise Service Bus) is the worldwide ESB market share leader.(a)

About Progress Software Corporation

Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) provides application infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and total cost of ownership. Progress can be reached at www.progress.com or 1-781-280-4000.

(a) Gartner Dataquest; "Market Share: AIM and Portal Software, Worldwide, 2005," June 9, 2006.