Minneapolis, Minnesota; Toronto, Ontario - April 6, 2005 - Online Business Systems, an international provider of business and technology consulting and enterprise integration solutions, and Sonic Software, an integration software provider, will host two Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) forums in Minneapolis and Toronto on April 6 and April 13 respectively. Integration experts from Online and Sonic will be present to discuss with attendees the best practices and principles used in deploying service-oriented architectures.

David Chappell, Vice President and Chief Technology Evangelist for Sonic Software, will present key architectural principles of service-oriented architectures and concepts surrounding the enterprise service bus (ESB).

Eric Hey, Senior Systems Architect for Online Business Systems will present a case study from a State government integration project where Online used Sonic’s ESB platform as the primary integration tool. “As integration specialists we have the opportunity to use and analyze numerous vendor integration tools for our clients,” said Hey. “Sonic is unique in that it provides an out of the box SOA infrastructure aimed at accelerating an organization’s transition from inflexible and expensive integration platforms to a SOA platform while significantly reducing SOA project risk.”

A panel discussion on designing, building, and deploying common integration patterns will follow the presentations.

About Online Business Systems

Online is a private North American business and technology integration company providing services and solutions in the areas of Enterprise Integration, Planning Services, Technology Services, Business Intelligence, IT Delivery, Application Management Services, and Education and Training. For more information about Online, please visit www.obsglobal.com, call 1-800-668-7722, or email info@obsglobal.com.

About Sonic Software Corporation

Sonic Software is the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB). Sonic enterprise integration and messaging products deliver flexibility, scalability, and continuous availability through patent-pending innovations. Sonic Software enables over 700 customers to integrate their organizations from the department to the extended enterprise with a standards-based, service-oriented architecture (SOA). Sonic Software is an independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS, a US$300+ million global 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.

Online Business Systems and Sonic Software are committed to helping organizations identify, evaluate, capture, and share intellectual capital for better corporate performance and decision-making. Watch for future integration forum dates and webcasts at www.obsglobal.com or www.sonicsoftware.com.

For more information:
Laurie Reimer
Online Business Systems
Telephone: 204-982-7833
Email: media@obsglobal.com

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