-PROGRESS SOFTWARE: PROGRESS Certifies IBM Network Station Series 1000 for Apptivity

M2 PRESSWIRE-12 June 1998-PROGRESS SOFTWARE: PROGRESS Certifies IBM Network Station Series 1000 for Apptivity (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110698 -- Critical business applications now easier to create and access at lower corporate cost Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS), a leading supplier of application development tools, database technology and support services for business applications, has announced the IBM Network Station Series 1000 has passed Progress Software's standards for seamless integration with Apptivity 2.1, the latest version of its popular integrated Internet application environment. "The benefit of Progress Software Corporation's Universal Application Architecture is to reduce total cost of ownership while not compromising employee, partner and customer access to enterprise computing resources," said Dennis Moore, vice president, Apptivity product unit marketing for Progress Software Corporation. "To help our many mutual customers achieve this benefit, we're pleased to work closely with IBM to optimize Apptivity with IBM technologies, including the IBM Network Station." "IBM's Network Station customers benefit because, by using Apptivity, they can build enterprise Java applications quickly in a cost-effective manner and deploy them in a highly managed way," said Dr. David McAughtry, worldwide vice president of marketing, IBM's Network Computer Division. Apptivity is the only Java-centric application server and development tool with support for heterogeneous, Web-based, enterprise intranet and extranet applications. Combining new features such as HTTP tunneling and new database drivers including PROGRESS RDBMS, an integrated distributed debugger and CORBA support and easy integration with object request brokers (ORBs), Apptivity continues to lead the Java marketplace in both product capability and deployment speed. The IBM Network Station Series 1000 allows customers to use Java applications, develop new ones, and combine them for seamless operations using a graphical user interface on IBM's network computer, an easy-to-use, easy-to-manage lower-cost desktop device. The Series 1000 is ideal for customers who need access to applications delivered throughout corporate extranets, such as order tracking, package tracking, inventory management, customer services or help desk services, as well as manage documents and perform crucial-business tasks. About Progress Software Progress Software Corporation is a worldwide supplier of application development tools, database technology and support services, with 1100 employees in nearly 50 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Professional developers use Progress Software business solutions, including Apptivity, a Java-based tool; WebSpeed, an HTML-based tool; ProtoSpeed, an Internet debugger; and the PROGRESS Application Development Environment to build, deploy and maintain applications across Internet, client/server and host/terminal computing environments. Progress Software's products are used by application partners and other customers, who in turn generated more than $1.5 billion in applications sales in 1997. PROGRESS is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation. Apptivity, ProtoSpeed and WebSpeed are trademarks of Progress Software Corporation. All other products and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Salli Roskilly, Saffron Communications Tel: +44 (0)1763 208708 Fax: +44 (0)1763 208813 e-mail: roskilly@netcomuk.co.uk *M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES.*