Progress OpenEdge Partners Recognized for Impressive Growth and Collaborative Efforts.

BEDFORD, Mass. -- Discovery Travel Systems, Epicor, Infor, Integrated Warehousing Solutions, NextStage Analytics, Publishing Business Systems, QAD, and Skyward Systems, Among Winners for Innovative Use of OpenEdge Technology

The OpenEdge Division, an operating unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) and a leading supplier of technology for building business applications, announced today that Discovery Travel Systems (DTS), Epicor, Infor Global Solutions (Infor), Integrated Warehousing Solutions, NextStage Analytics (NSA), Publishing Business Systems (PBS), QAD, and Skyward Systems won partnership awards at Progress' North American Application Partner (AP) Kick-off event in Phoenix, Arizona last month. Partners were recognized for their innovative use of Progress(R) OpenEdge(TM) technology, their focus on high-value initiatives, and joint efforts to deliver higher business value to their customers through collaborative applications that have allowed them to achieve impressive growth.

Of the over 800 Progress partners eligible for the awards, eight winners were selected in the following categories:

Partner of the Year Award - Epicor - For three consecutive years Epicor, a leading provider of integrated enterprise software solutions for the midmarket, has received this honor because of their ability to stay ahead of industry demands using the latest Progress technology. Epicor continues to dominate the manufacturing space by collaborating with Progress and its partners to offer their customers proven, best-of-breed technology. The company recently collaborated with another Progress partner, BMH, a leading provider of Human Resource Information Systems, to offer Epicor manufacturing customers a seamless HR solution, further improving their customers' experience. In the last year alone, Epicor's total revenues were up 46 percent. For more information about Epicor, please visit www.epicor.com.

Partner Collaboration Award - QAD - A leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturers, QAD has consistently demonstrated the true power of collaboration by working with Progress to address the latest industry challenges, such as RFID and SOA. By pairing OpenEdge technology with in-depth manufacturing knowledge, QAD helps its global customers achieve competitive advantage and improved operations. QAD solutions help streamline the manufacturing enterprise, improve quality and customer service, shorten product time-to-market, and increase supply chain responsiveness across geographies, languages and currencies. For more information about QAD, please visit www.qad.com.

Fastest Growing Partner Award - PBS - Providing newspapers with individual and fully integrated software solutions to manage their circulation, advertising production, and business management operations, PBS's MediaPlus(R) solutions are installed in more than 500 newspapers of all sizes at points around the globe to help them integrate business matters and operate more efficiently, manage data more effectively and sell more successfully. In 2004 alone, PBS nearly doubled its OpenEdge-based revenue. With a continued focus on new accounts, PBS is poised to outpace that growth in 2005. For more information about PBS, please visit www.pbs.com.

Visionary Award - Integrated Warehousing Solutions and Infor - Integrated Warehousing Solutions, the leading provider of affordable software for demand-driven supply chains received this award for their outstanding vision, market penetration and accomplishments in the pharmaceutical and public health industry. Recognizing this emerging market, Integrated Warehousing Solutions expanded their OpenEdge-based application beyond the manufacturing and distribution supply chain into the pharmaceutical distribution marketplace. This new initiative is opening doors with pharmaceutical distributors, manufacturers and federal and state public health agencies. For more information about Integrated Warehousing Solutions, please visit www.iws-irms.com.

Infor provides vertical-specific, enterprise-wide business solutions to select manufacturing and distribution industries worldwide. With offices in 30 locations globally and over 13,000 customers in 45 countries, Infor delivers best-in-class products that address the essential challenges their customers face in areas such as supply chain planning, relationship management, demand management, ERP, warehouse management, marketing-driven distribution and business intelligence. For more information about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.

Business Focus Award - DTS and Skyward Systems - DTS offers travel systems for all types of travel marketers and cruise lines, from small niche players to mega producers such as Cunard Cruise Lines. Based on the OpenEdge platform, the DTS Ship Partner application is the technology hub for the largest cruise ship ever built, the Queen Mary 2. It handles all of her embarkation/disembarkation information capture and dissemination in accordance with federal regulations. Within the ship itself, DTS provides a cashless billing environment with interfaces to a variety of point-of-sale systems, including bars, gift shops, an Internet cafe, arcades and minibars; integration with critical areas, such as crew and vessel safety and door locking mechanisms; and access to shipboard amenity systems, such as telephone, interactive TV and credit card approval systems. DTS also offers a Reservation Management System for cruise lines and tour operators worldwide. For more information about DTS, please visit www.discoveryts.com.

Skyward Systems offers the first integrated student and financial management software, giving administrators, educators and families the power of real-time information with a simple point and click(TM). The company has been able to achieve 25 percent year-over-year growth by continually evolving their software, including offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) option that gives schools, which are constantly facing budget challenges, the ability to rent the technology they need so that they can focus more time and money on their number one priority - their students. For information about Skyward Systems, please visit www.skyward.com.

Know Thy Customer Award - NextStage Analytics - NSA, a new Progress AP, provides behavioral and demographic analytics tools and consulting services that improve Website performance, increase Web sales conversions and enhance the effectiveness of search engine, email and other online advertising/marketing campaigns. The company is working with Progress and its APs to analyze AP Websites and determine which APs' Website is doing the most consistent job of reaching the right audience, and looking for ways that Progress APs can maximize their Web presence. For more information about NSA, please visit www.nextstageanalytics.com.

About the Progress OpenEdge Division

The Progress OpenEdge Division is an operating unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a $300+ million global software industry leader. The Progress OpenEdge Division simplifies the development, deployment, integration, and management of the world's best business applications. The Progress OpenEdge Division and its 2,000 Application Partners offer more than 5,000 OpenEdge-based business applications that precisely fit customer needs and deliver competitive advantage. Customers purchase more than $5 billion annually in OpenEdge-based software and services from Progress Software Corporation and its partners.

The Progress(R) OpenEdge(TM) platform enables its partners to rapidly build and deliver lowest cost-of-ownership applications. Progress Software Corporation also conducts business through its other operating units: Sonic Software, DataDirect Technologies, and ObjectStore. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., Progress Software can be reached on the Web at http://www.progress.com or by phone at [phone].

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