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Progress Software’s Colleen Smith to Discuss “How SaaS Players Work Together” During Third Annual SIIA On-Demand Conference

Nov 17, 2008
Progress Software’s Colleen Smith to Discuss “How SaaS Players Work Together” During Third Annual SIIA On-Demand ConferenceBedford, Ma –November 17, 2008 – Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a provider of leading application infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications today announced that Colleen Smith, director of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for Progress Software, will participate in a panel discussion on how SaaS players work together at the 3rd annual SIIA On-Demand Conference on November 19th. 
  • When: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 2:45 pm EDT.  


  • Where: San Jose Marriott, San Jose, CA  
  • What: Colleen Smith will participate in a SaaS panel discussion titled: “How Do SaaS Players Work Together”.  This panel will examine the web as a global ecosystem and how SaaS customers can select best-of-breed components on demand to meet their every need. The session will also discuss emerging issues and best practices for managing integration, customer management, financial compensation and collaborative marketing within SaaS ecosystems.
  • Why:  SIIA On-Demand is the industry's only comprehensive conference for enabling and delivering Software as a Service.

 Colleen Smith joined Progress Software in 2005 with over 20 years of software and technology experience.  She develops key strategies and business opportunities for Progress Software around all of the firm’s SaaS Channel and business initiatives.  Colleen is a former AMR Research analyst and is an accomplished industry speaker.  She has garnered numerous industry accolades for her channel leadership and role in developing the SaaS market. She was named in 2007 and 2008 as a CRN “Channel Chief” as well as a Rising Star among ChannelWeb’s 2007 “Women of the Channel” list.
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) provides application infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and total cost of ownership. Progress can be reached at www.progress.com or +1-781-280-4000.

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