SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549




                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 1999







                               Tridex Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



       Connecticut                    1-5513                     06-0682273
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File            (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation)                 Number)                Identification No.)



       61 Wilton Road, Westport, CT                             06880
(Address of principal executive offices                      (Zip Code)



                                 (203) 226-1144
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)






Item 5.  Other Event


     On February 24, 1999, Tridex Corporation  ("Tridex")  announced that it has
filed an Answer and  Counterclaim  in  litigation  with Paul J. Smith,  who sold
Progressive Software, Inc. to Tridex in April 1998. A copy of the press release,
filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report, is incorporated herein by reference.

                                    Exhibits


99.1     Press Release dated February 24, 1999






                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                            TRIDEX CORPORATION




Date:  February 24, 1999                     By: /s/ Daniel A. Bergeron
                                             _________________________________
                                                  Daniel A. Bergeron
                                                  Vice President and 
                                                  Chief Financial Officer




                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


                     Text of February 24, 1999 News Release:

             TRIDEX CORPORATION RESPONDS TO PAUL J. SMITH LITIGATION

Westport, CT - (Business Wire) - February 24, 1999 - On February 3, 1999, Tridex
Corporation  (Nasdaq National Market:  TRDX) ("Tridex")  announced that it is in
litigation   with  Paul  J.  Smith,   who  sold   Progressive   Software,   Inc.
("Progressive")   to  Tridex  in  April  1998.   After  months  of  post-closing
negotiations,  in which Tridex has sought a purchase price reduction,  Mr. Smith
instituted litigation by filing a complaint in January.

     On February 22, 1999,  Tridex  filed its answer to Mr.  Smith's  complaint,
denied the  substantive  allegations  in the complaint,  and made  counterclaims
against Mr. Smith for  violation  of the  anti-fraud  provisions  of federal and
state  securities laws and for fraudulent  inducement and  misrepresentation  in
connection with the sale of Progressive to Tridex by Mr. Smith.  With the filing
of the  answer  and  counterclaims,  Tridex  also  made a  separate  demand  for
arbitration  under its stock  purchase  agreement  with Mr.  Smith.  Tridex  and
independent third parties have recently evaluated  Progressive's  technology and
operations  and,  on  that  basis,   Tridex  has  reconfirmed  its  belief  that
Progressive's products and development expertise are industry leaders.  However,
Tridex has learned, since the April 1998 acquisition, information it alleges was
purposely  withheld by Mr. Smith,  which shows that  Progressive  could not have
achieved,  without  substantial  injection of capital and staff  expansion,  the
revenue and earnings growth projected  within the time frame  represented by Mr.
Smith to Tridex.

     Tridex,   through  its   Progressive   Software  and  Ultimate   Technology
subsidiaries,  is a leading provider of POS and back office enterprise  resource
management  software,  systems  integration  and related  services  for the food
service and specialty retail markets. In 1996 Progressive received the Microsoft
Retail  Application  Developer  (RAD)  Award for its back  office  food  service
software.  Tridex's key customers  are  Starbucks,  McDonald's,  Steak n' Shake,
Golden Corral, Lowe's Home Center, Ace Hardware, ARCO and Shoney's.  Progressive
and Ultimate  have sold more than  115,000  units in North  America,  Europe and
Asia.

     The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts may
be deemed to contain  forward-looking  statements  with  respect to events,  the
occurrence  of  which  involve  risks  and  uncertainties,   including,  without
limitation,  the  results of  operations  and other  uncertainties  detailed  in
Tridex's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.