Progress Software (PRGS) 10-K/A 2008 FY Annual report (amended)

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 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Progress Software Corporation (the Company) for the year ended November 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Amended Report), each of the undersigned, Joseph W. Alsop, Chief Executive Officer, and Norman R. Robertson, Senior 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 Amended 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 Amended Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ JOSEPH W. ALSOPChief Executive Officer	/s/ NORMAN R. ROBERTSONSenior Vice President, Finance and
	Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 27, 2009	Date: March 27, 2009