Select Comfort Enhances Business Analytics to Improve Customer Service and Fuel Business Growth with Data Connectivity from DataDirect Technologies.

BEDFORD, Mass. -- The Nation's Leading Bed Retailer Embeds DataDirect Technologies' ODBC Drivers to Improve Performance and Interoperability in Enterprise Data Warehouse

DataDirect Technologies, the software industry leader in standards-based components for connecting applications to data, and an operating unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), announced today that Select Comfort Corporation (Nasdaq: SCSS), creator of the Sleep Number(R) bed and the nation's leading bedretailer(1),has selected DataDirect Connect(R) for ODBC to overhaul and upgrade the company's data warehouse, integral to the growth and continuing success of its retail business.

Select Comfort will embed DataDirect Connect for ODBC, the fastest and most comprehensive suite of ODBC drivers for all major databases, within the company's new data warehouse to serve as a foundation for migrating data housed on heterogeneous platforms into a single database suite. DataDirect's ODBC components will also enable Select Comfort to extend the value of its customer and financial data, as Select Comfort begins build-out of sophisticated applications allowing advanced metrics reporting and analytics on ROI and effectiveness of its programs.

"DataDirect Connect for ODBC is the only product we found that is capable of supporting our migration to more sophisticated analytical applications," said Steve Etzell, director of technical architecture for Select Comfort. "It's a production-proven technology; we knew we could install DataDirect Connect for ODBC easily and rapidly without encountering performance or integration issues - which frees my team to focus on building front-end, revenue-generating applications."

With data collected from nearly 400 retail stores and other channels, DataDirect's ODBC component will ultimately facilitate creation of better information, supporting enhanced collaboration and business decision-making across the enterprise. These enhanced applications will benefit more than 150 users of Select Comfort's data warehouse across different divisions, including human resources, financial and manufacturing operations.

"Time and again, software architects at customers like Select Comfort choose DataDirect to maximize the value of their most important business systems, said John Goodson, vice president of product operations, DataDirect Technologies. "Our products are the best in the industry and our customers rely on us when performance, uptime, and functionality really matter."

Select Comfort chose DataDirect Connect for ODBC because of its unique architecture and interoperability features. The product's exclusive clientless wire protocol design eliminates the need for database client software and libraries, which simplifies maintenance and dramatically improves performance. In addition, the product's unique SQL leveling functionality allows Select Comfort to easily connect to both Oracle and SQL Server without the need for extensive coding. DataDirect Technologies has been at the forefront of developing standards for data access, actively participating in major standards groups including the DBC Expert Panel, ANSI CLI Committee and SQL Access Group, and delivers solutions to hundreds of independent software vendors and thousands of corporate IT departments, including over 90 percent of the Fortune 100.

About DataDirect Technologies

DataDirect Technologies is focused on data access, enabling software developers at both packaged software vendors and in corporate IT departments to create better applications faster. DataDirect Technologies offers the most comprehensive, proven line of data connectivity components available anywhere. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect(R) products to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC(TM) and ADO.NET, as well as cutting-edge XML query technologies. More than 250 leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on DataDirect Technologies to simplify and streamline data connectivity. DataDirect Technologies is an operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS). For more information, visit www.datadirect.com.

About Select Comfort

Founded in 1987, Select Comfort Corporation is the leading bed retailer in the U.S.(1), holding 32 U.S. issued or pending patents for its personalized sleep products. The company designs, manufactures and markets a line of adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology, branded the Sleep Number(R) bed, as well as foundations and sleep accessories. Select Comfort(R) products are sold through its nearly 400 U.S. retail stores; through selected bedding retailers; through its national direct marketing operations; and on the Internet at www.selectcomfort.com.

(1) Top 25 Bedding Retailers, Furniture Today, May 23, 2005

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