Progress Software's Annual Awards Recognize Partners for Building Powerful Business Applications.

BEDFORD, Mass. -- ADP Dataphile, AXIS Computer Systems, Epicor, Infor, Skyward and VantagePoint Lauded for Innovative and Impactful Use of Progress OpenEdge Technology

Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that Progress Application Partners (APs) ADP Dataphile, AXIS Computer Systems, Epicor, Infor, Skyward and VantagePoint were recognized for their innovative and impactful use of the Progress(R) OpenEdge(R) platform at the company's recent North American Partner meeting in Marco Island, Florida. By leveraging Progress partner programs designed to help them transform their applications to take advantage of the latest OpenEdge technologies and capabilities, these companies are more competitively positioned for even greater market success and profitability. For more information about Progress, its products or its APs, please visit www.progress.com.

Of the hundreds of Progress partners eligible for these North American awards, six winners were selected in the following categories:

Progress Partner of the Year Award - Skyward, Inc. - This award goes to the partner that continually engages with Progress to evolve its business and adopt technologies that address the needs of its customers. Skyward Systems offers the first integrated student and financial management system, giving administrators, educators and families the power of real-time information with a simple Point and Click (PaC(TM)). The company has continually transformed its software to meet today's rapidly changing business needs, including offering a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) option for budget-challenged schools. This provides schools with the ability to 'rent' applications as needed, allowing them to direct more time and money towards their number one priority - the students. For information about Skyward and its offerings, visit www.skyward.com.

Progress Partner Collaboration Award - VantagePoint Systems - Given to a partner that identified and responded to changes in its vertical market, this award goes to VantagePoint Systems for working with Progress to create a business continuity strategy that would fit the unique needs of packaging manufacturers. VantagePoint provides software solutions that address the entire spectrum of packaging manufacturing including corrugated packaging, folding cartons, specialty packaging, retail displays, food and beverage packaging, labels and multi-wall bags. Its flagship products, Business VantagePoint(TM) and VantagePoint Accelerate(TM), successfully support some of the largest packaging companies in the world including Georgia-Pacific, Smurfit-Stone, Menasha Packaging and Longview Fibre. The company's mission is to make packaging businesses worldwide more competitive by providing information technology solutions that maximize plant and worker efficiency, increase customer satisfaction and improve profitability. For more information about VantagePoint Systems, visit www.vpgroup.com.

Progress Fastest Growing Partner Award - Epicor - Whether combining a .NET front-end application with its rock-solid OpenEdge-based back-office application or adopting the Sonic Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) as part of its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Epicor leads in the manufacturing market by offering its customers field-proven, best-of-breed manufacturing solutions. For the fourth consecutive year, Epicor, a leading provider of integrated enterprise software solutions for the midmarket, has received honors due to its ability to quickly adopt the right Progress technology and outpace its competition. For more information about Epicor, please visit www.epicor.com.

Progress Visionary Award went to two companies - ADP Dataphile and Infor. ADP Dataphile and Infor have both won this award because they recognized the value of SOA and adopted Progress Sonic technology as part of their integration and SOA strategies.

ADP Dataphile delivers real-time applications and services for independent securities and mutual fund dealers in Canada. When Dataphile was acquired by ADP in 2003, part of the strategy was to provide new solutions that integrated value-added modules of the Dataphile service with other ADP brokerage services. By introducing SonicMQ as their communication layer, ADP has implemented a foundation to provide a variety of new services, like Mutual Fund processing, Portfolio Reporting and tools, to a much larger segment of the Canadian brokerage market. For more information, please visit www.adpdataphile.com.

Infor is a leading global software provider focused on delivering world-class enterprise applications to select verticals in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Infor delivers integrated best-in-class solutions that address the essential challenges its customers face in areas such as supply chain planning, relationship management, demand management, ERP, warehouse management and business intelligence. For more information about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.

Progress Business Focus Award - AXIS Computer Systems, Inc. - For best utilizing resources available to them through the Progress Partner Program, AXIS won this year's Business Focus Award. AXIS was able to identify new market opportunities through Progress' Business Empowerment offering and evolve its business plans in order to address these needs. AXIS provides solutions for manufacturers and distributors in the metals, wire and cable industries. Through their AXIOM enterprise resource management system, metals manufacturers can integrate their entire business from sales to scheduling, production quality to financial management, gain better insight into their business and make improvements in operational performance. For more information about AXIS please visit www.axiscomp.com.

About Progress Software Corporation

Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq:PRGS) is a global industry leader providing application infrastructure software for all aspects of the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications through its operating units: Progress OpenEdge Division, Sonic Software, DataDirect Technologies and Progress Real Time Division. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., Progress can be reached at www.progress.com or [phone].

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