DataDirect Technologies Brings Expert Series Architect Tutorials to Toronto

Market Wire, October, 2007

What:   Toronto software developers and architects are invited to
        attend the Expert Series Architect Tutorials 2007 hosted by
        DataDirect Technologies, the unparalleled leader in data
        connectivity and mainframe integration and an operating
        company of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS).
        The free, half-day seminar is designed to provide attendees
        with first-hand knowledge and how-to advice from industry experts
        skilled at developing modern IT architectures that support
        application development for critical business systems. Attendees
        will learn how to build and deploy high-performance software
        applications using state-of-the-art data access, mainframe
        integration and XML query technology.
        Presentations include:
          --  Designing a High Performance Data Architecture
          --  Designing a Standard for Data Access in an SOA Environment
          --  Building Data-Rich Service Oriented Business Applications in
              a Heterogeneous Environment

Who:    SOA luminary, author and avid blogger, David Linthicum joins
        respected leaders in the fields of data connectivity, integration
        and software development as a featured speaker.  As principal and
        CEO of the Linthicum Group, a consulting organization recently
        acquired by ZapThink dedicated to excellence in SOA product
        development and implementation, Linthicum has formed or enhanced
        many of the ideas behind modern distributed computing in wide use
        today.

When:   Thursday, Oct. 11 in Toronto, Ontario
        Breakfast and registration open at 9:00 a.m.; program begins at
        9:30 a.m. with lunch served from 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Where:  The Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario
        M5J 1A6

How:    To register for the Expert Series Architect Tutorial in Toronto,
        please visit  http://www.godatadirect.com/forms/DDATS 

Media Contact: April Harned DataDirect Technologies 646-246-0484 Email Contact