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[Linda Trim <linda@saffroncoms.com>]

 SONICMQ IS FASTER THAN TIBCO ENTERPRISE FOR JMS

SonicMQ 5.0.2 outperforms TIBCO Enterprise™ for JMS 3.1.0 in nine key publish/subscribe benchmark tests


BEDFORD, Mass — 4 November 2003 — In a new series of comparative performance benchmark tests conducted by
Sonic Software, SonicMQ® 5.0.2 outperformed TIBCO Software Inc’s (Nasdaq: TIBX) TIBCO Enterprise™ for JMS
(E4JMS) 3.1.0 by over 300 percent in key real-world scenarios. SonicMQ was faster than E4JMS in each of the
nine tests. The results and testing methodology are reported in a white paper available at
www.sonicsoftware.com/whitepapers/tibco.

Real-World Test Results
The test scenarios represent stress level conditions for real-world applications, measuring the performance of
the messaging systems’ publish/subscribe (pub-sub) capabilities with varying quality of service (QoS) levels
based on message reliability (persistence), subscriber durability and session transactionality. Examples of
these applications include:

? Financial institutions managing multiple data feeds; Small to large retail companies’ pricing uploads;
? Pricing distribution for B2B marketplaces;
? Telco monitoring applications; and
? Telco last mile broadband equipment management.

Summary of Results
? In durable, persistent tests with transacted messages, scenarios which provide the highest quality delivery
assurance, such as those demanded in post-trade confirmation and allocation, SonicMQ is up to 316 percent
faster than Enterprise for JMS;

? In durable, persistent tests, scenarios which reflect use in high- volume, high-availability messaging
systems, such as those used in trading floor applications, SonicMQ is up to 329 percent faster than Enterprise
for JMS;

? In non-durable, non-persistent tests, SonicMQ is up to 26 percent faster than Enterprise for JMS.

“This new series of performance benchmarks proves yet again that SonicMQ beats the competition when it really
counts — in real-world, mission-critical messaging scenarios,” said Bill Cullen, vice president of Engineering
for Sonic Software. “In industries that support global, high-availability environments, such as financial
services, retail or telecom, customers need to know they can count on their enterprise messaging system to
perform at scale.”

“In addition to publishing the results, we have published the full test conditions, including product
configuration, messaging scenarios, and the hardware environment, as well as a test harness so that customers
can create their own test environment according to usage requirements,” continued Cullen.

About Sonic Software Corporation
Sonic Software provides the first comprehensive business integration suite built on an enterprise service bus
(ESB). The Sonic product line delivers a distributed, standards-based, cost-effective, easily managed
infrastructure that reliably integrates applications and orchestrates business processes across the extended
enterprise.

Sonic is the world’s fastest growing integration and middleware company and counts global leaders among over
500 customers in financial services, energy, telecommunications and manufacturing. Sonic is an independent
operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a $300 million software industry leader.
Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., Sonic Software can be reached on the Web at www.sonicsoftware.com, or by
phone at +1-781-999-7000 or 1-866-GET-SONIC.

SonicMQ and Sonic Software (and design) are registered trademarks of Sonic Software Corporation in the U.S.
and other countries. Any other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their
respective owners.

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