Company overview:

The Progress Company is a global supplier of software and services that simplify the development, deployment, integration, and management of business applications. The Progress OpenEdge platform, with the industry's leading embedded database, delivers lowest cost-of-ownership applications that are rapidly implemented and easily integrated with other enterprise, extended enterprise and Internet applications.

With the expertise of more than 2000 independent software vendors (ISVs), and application service providers (ASPs), the Progress Company and its application partners supply more than $5 billion annually in Progress technology, Progress®-based applications, and related services. Progress customers span 50,000 organisations in more than 120 countries including 70 percent of the Fortune 100. The Progress Company, and Sonic Software are operating companies of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS). Sonic Software designs and develops the Sonic range of products in the USA. In Europe, they are distributed by Progress Software. The Progress Company, an operating unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), is headquartered in Bedford, Mass., and can be reached in the UK at 01753 216300 or on the web at www.progress.com.