CMP Media's Network Magazine Innovation Awards Recognize Sonic Software for 'Most Influential Infrastructure Software'.

BEDFORD, Mass. -- Sonic ESB(R) Recognized for "Greatest and Most Immediate Impact" on Infrastructure Software Market and Foundation for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Sonic Software (http://www.sonicsoftware.com), the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB), has been named the "Most Influential" winner in the Infrastructure Software category of CMP Media LLC's 2005 Network Magazine Innovation Awards. Sonic was recognized for its enterprise service bus product Sonic ESB(R), which is the foundation of the Sonic SOA Suite(TM), a comprehensive infrastructure platform for service-oriented architecture (SOA). Network Magazine's "Most Influential" Innovation Award is given to the technologies and products that "have the greatest and most immediate impact on their markets."

"Network Magazine's mission is to look beyond the technologies and methodologies that are hot today, concentrating instead on the architectures that will dominate IT a couple years from now," said Art Wittmann, editor-in-chief, Network Magazine. "Given that, the winners of the 2005 Innovation Awards are true innovators that we believe will change the rules of the game. These are innovations that will enable IT organizations to substantially better meet the needs of their business."

In selecting Sonic ESB as the "Most Influential" product from a group of over 200 entrants, Network Magazine wrote, "The main trend in data center software is the shift toward a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). That calls for a new layer of middleware, otherwise known as the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). The most influential player here is Sonic Software."

"Sonic is honored to be singled out as the most influential innovator of infrastructure software by Network Magazine," said Greg O'Connor, president of Sonic Software. "Organizations using Sonic ESB are at the forefront of an enterprise software infrastructure revolution--one in which Sonic Software is enabling businesses to overcome the unreliable, monolithic IT infrastructures of the past. By providing a flexible standards-based infrastructure that can connect any IT resource, Sonic ESB makes it possible for customers to operate more effectively by responding quickly to changing business conditions."

For additional information about Sonic Software and its award-winning SOA infrastructure products, please visit http://www.sonicsoftware.com, or http://www.sonicsoftware.com/products.

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About Network Magazine

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About Sonic Software

Sonic Software is the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB). Sonic enterprise integration and messaging products deliver flexibility, scalability, and continuous availability through patent-pending innovations. Sonic Software enables over 700 customers to integrate their organizations from the department to the extended enterprise with a standards-based, service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Sonic Software is an independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a US$300+ 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 [phone] or 1-866-GET-SONIC.

Sonic SOA Suite, Sonic ESB, and Sonic Software (and design) are trademarks or registered trademarks 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.