Progress Software (PRGS) 10-Q 2011 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant To Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Progress Software Corporation (the Company) for the three months ended May 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), each of the undersigned, Richard D. Reidy, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Charles F. Wagner, Jr., Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, of the Company, certifies, to the best knowledge and belief of the signatory, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ RICHARD D. REIDYPresident and Chief Executive	/s/ CHARLES F. WAGNER, JR.Executive Vice President, Finance
Officer	and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Date: July 8, 2011	Date: July 8, 2011