POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Stephen H. Faberman, Chief Legal
Officer of Progress Software Corporation (the "Company"),
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or
10% shareholder of the Company, Form 144 Notice of Proposed
Sale of Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933;

2.    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10%
shareholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

3.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Forms 144, 3, 4 or 5 and timely
file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

4.    take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interests
of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended and Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144,
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed this 21st day of August, 2018.



/s/Anthony Murphy
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_Anthony Murphy_________________
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