Thursday, June 05, 2008

Technology: Progress Software names Eric Lim as Managing Director for Asia

Singapore and Malaysia (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a leading provider of application infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, has appointed Eric Lim as Managing Director for Asia.

Based in Singapore, Lim will be responsible for all aspects of the business including sales, services, support, marketing and education throughout Southeast Asia, Greater China, Korea and India. A key aspect of the role will be fortifying and expanding the network of sales partners and distributors through which Progress applications are delivered.

Lim is a 23-year veteran of the IT industry and has held a number of senior roles in the software industry.

"Eric Lims appointment will enable Progress to substantially increase its service to customers and partners in the region, and further capitalise on the wide variety of opportunities available," said Larry DiLoreto, vice president for Asia Pacific. "We are seeing strong demand for Progress software tools and applications across a wide variety of industries, fuelled by strong regional economic growth."

Before joining Progress Software, Lim was general manager, Asia, for Software AG and led its webMethods business and was previously general manager for South Asia for the same company before its acquisition by Software AG. Lim has also previously held various management positions with Yahoo!, TIBCO Software and IBM in South and Southeast Asia.

Progress Software has been established in the Asia Pacific region for more than 10 years, in 15 countries.

Progress products are used primarily by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Application Service Providers (ASPs). Its partner solutions span a wide range of applications including: automobile, call centre, management systems, construction management systems, courier services, customer service management, ERP, freight forwarding, healthcare, hotel systems, insurance, legal systems, property management systems, supply chain systems, treasury management systems and warehousing.

About Progress Software

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. Over 60,000 organizations, including 80% of Fortune 100 companies, utilize annually over US$5 billion of our technology, partner applications and services at over 100,000 sites in over 120 countries.

Progress can be reached at http://www.progress.com .

Contact:
Jezmynn Koh
Progress Software
Tel: +65-6303-5013
Email: jkoh@progress.com
SOURCE Progress Software Corporation

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