Sonic Software Announces 2004 'Excellence Awards' Winners.

BEDFORD, Mass. -- ABNA, City of Seattle and Online Business Systems, IntercontinentalExchange, Prebon Yamane, Proflowers and Vodafone D2 Honored for Innovation in Integration

Sonic Software (http://www.sonicsoftware.com), the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB), today announced the winners of the 2004 Excellence Awards. The Sonic Excellence Awards recognize innovative application of Sonic technology in enterprise integration deployments. The 2004 Excellence Award winners are ABNA, City of Seattle, IntercontinentalExchange, Online Business Systems, Proflowers, Vodafone D2 and Prebon Yamane Technology Group.

"The Excellence Awards recognize integration projects that showcase the power and agility of Sonic technology," said Greg O'Connor, President of Sonic Software. "This year's honorees represent outstanding leaders in their respective industries, and the pioneers of the standards-based enterprise integration and the enterprise service bus (ESB)."

ABNA

ABNA was one of the very first Sonic ESB(R) customers in the world. Since their initial deployment in September of 2002, ABNA has gone on to significantly expand the reach and role of its ESB. ABNA has solved several of its most significant business challenges with the ESB, providing B2B integration with its suppliers and customers through an exchange, and enabling the company to optimizing its trucking logistics. Today, ABNA is cutting five to 10 percent of its annual multi-million dollar logistics costs with its ESB-based solution.

City of Seattle & Online Business Systems

The City of Seattle has developed an advanced information sharing system for its public safety systems using Sonic ESB. The system, called SeaJIS, enables the reliable and secure exchange of information between various departments within the city's justice system. The system was designed and implemented by Online Business Systems (OBS), a SonicSynergy(R) partner. OBS has made Sonic Software one of its most strategic go-to-market partners for enterprise integration. Together, Sonic and Online Business Systems have achieved success on many projects, including SeaJIS.

IntercontinentalExchange

IntercontinentalExchange operates an online energy and metals trading platform known as the Interchange for over-the-counter (OTC) and futures market trading with total daily trading values ranging from US$2 billion to US$4 billion. Using Sonic technology, Intercontinental has developed and deployed a standards-based, service-oriented architecture (SOA) that dramatically increased the flexibility of the infrastructure and simplified the integration of new services and functionality.

Prebon Yamane

Prebon Yamane, a premier broker for financial institutions worldwide, has standardized on the SonicMQ(R) enterprise message server from Sonic Software to provide the messaging backbone for its Global Brokering System (GBS). By deploying Sonic, Prebon can achieve Straight-Through Processing (STP) across its major offices in New York, London and Singapore.

Proflowers

Proflowers, the consumer floral business operated by Provide Commerce, developed a highly flexible and scalable payment processing system with Sonic ESB. This system helps Proflowers reduce the time its perishable products stay in the supply chain from 12 days to about four, and meet its "7-Day Freshness Guarantee" for every order.

Vodafone D2 GmbH

Vodafone D2 in Germany, has developed an advanced General Service Provisioning platform with Sonic technology, providing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that automates the provisioning of new services and features to consumer mobile devices. Vodafone D2 has been able to significantly reduce time to market and experienced enormous cost reduction in comparison to the traditional provisioning approach.

About Sonic Software Corporation

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.

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