Four Soft', a global leader offering software solutions for the logistics, transportation and supply-chain industries has announced that it has been honored with the Visionary Award for EMEA region by Progress Software Corporation, a global supplier of application infrastructure software. The conference and award ceremony was held at the Global Progress Partner Conference, Las Vegas.

This is the first time that Four Soft has received an award from Progress for its demonstrated success and ability to stay ahead of industry demands using the latest Progress technology. Four Soft was selected amongst the top 1400 Global suppliers and partners of Progress.

Four Soft Visionary Award:

This award recognizes ISVs that uniquely use Progress Software technology in an innovative manner in order to meet a specific market need. In 2013 Four Soft will release multi-tenancy on the launch of its SaaS application, including Failover and TDE

Accepting the award, Willem van Anrooij, Director, Four Soft Netherlands BV, said: 'I am extremely delighted and honored to receive the prestigious Visionary Award. It is recognition to our application that has helped global customers to transform, grow and sustain a profitable business, while achieving long-term business goals, greater agility and leadership position in its market.' He further added, 'This consultative relationship will help us in providing superior technology to uniquely address market needs.'

About Progress Software Corporation:

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) simplifies the development, deployment and management of business applications on-premise or on any Cloud, on any platform and on any device with minimal IT complexity and low total cost of ownership.

The comprehensive Progress portfolio provides leading solutions for enterprise integration, data interoperability and application development, including SaaS enablement and delivery in the cloud. Progress solutions are used across a variety of industries, including Travel & Leisure, Capital Markets, and Communications. Today the company has over 1,600 employees in over 90 countries. Progress is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, and is a worldwide leader in application infrastructure software. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com.