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Pervasive Software Introduces Initiative to 'Take Costs Out' of Integration at the Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit Pervasive to Deliver 3-Point Plan to Help Midsize Businesses Radically Reduce Costs and Accelerate Success of Integration Initiatives AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pervasive Software(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:PVSW), a global value leader in data infrastructure software, today announced it will launch an initiative to "Take Costs Out" of integration for midsize businesses at the upcoming Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit September 19-22nd in San Diego, California. Pervasive is redefining TCO from "total cost of ownership" to "take cost out," by providing IT executives with cost-effective solutions to the challenges and pitfalls of data integration, a critical and traditionally costly issue for the midsize enterprise seeking software solutions with significantly lower total costs of ownership. ROI is a major component of determining the total cost of ownership for infrastructure software. According to Gartner Research, infrastructure software vendors seeking to be successful among small to midsize businesses (SMBs) should ensure that demonstrable payback can be achieved within one year of purchase. This payback must be articulated in business terms the SMB can understand.(1) According to a recent Pervasive integration customer survey conducted by OpenSky Research, 74% of Pervasive customers saw a payback on their Pervasive investment in 12 months or less, with more than half realizing ROI in less than 6 months, a critical factor in lowering total cost of ownership (TCO). "The escalating costs associated with traditional data integration have put connecting data and applications beyond the reach of today's midsize business who absolutely demands high efficiency and lower total cost of ownership in their integration efforts both within and beyond their organization," said Mike Hoskins, chief technology officer for Pervasive Software. "Pervasive is redefining TCO to help 'take costs out' of integration for midsize enterprises by providing rich connectivity, accelerated time to value and substantially lower total cost of ownership for data integration challenges." Pervasive gives midsize enterprises the power to migrate and integrate data (no matter the data format), making seamless, automated application integration a reality. Pervasive's 3-point TCO Plan to "Take Costs Out" outperforms the traditional approach with 1. Connectivity -- With more than 150 source and target connectors, Pervasive offers more than 3 million ways to get data where and how customers need it -- with no customized connector code needed -- whether it be for internal business intelligence initiatives or external trading partner requirements. 2. Speed Time to Value -- Pervasive's integration product suite features a comprehensive set of easy-to-use visual design tools to rapidly build and test integration processes, regardless of size and complexity, across hundreds of data formats and applications within and outside of the enterprise. This allows customers to "start small, grow global," recognizing value immediately without reinventing their organization. 3. Payback -- The ability to realize return on investment within one year of purchase is absolutely critical for the midsize business. 74% of Pervasive customers achieve ROI in one year or less. Pervasive helps reduce the complexity, costs and risks associated with traditional labor-intensive integration methods by providing a single, open integration platform designed to grow and scale for diverse integration projects, providing the industry's best combination of performance, flexibility and total cost of ownership. For more information visit http://www.pervasive.com/integration . The Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit is the industry's premier event for senior IT executives and business strategists to evaluate mid-market solutions and make purchasing decisions that will maximize return on investment (ROI). Pervasive will be hosting three Boardroom Sessions with premier retail customer Artline Inc. and demonstrating its integration product suites in booth #516 Sept 19-22nd at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. For more information visit http://www.midsizeenterprise.com/north_america/main_menu.htm About Pervasive Software Pervasive Software is a global value leader in data infrastructure software. The company's award-winning products enable customers to manage, integrate, analyze and secure their critical data, providing the industry's best combination of performance, reliability and cost. Pervasive's strength is evidenced by the size and diversity of its customer base, serving tens of thousands of customers in virtually every industry market around the world. With headquarters in Austin, Texas, Pervasive was founded in 1994 and sells its products into more than 150 countries. More information may be found on the Web at http://www.pervasive.com/ . Cautionary Statement This release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally preceded by words such as "may," "plans," "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates" or "intends." All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to Pervasive as of the date hereof, and Pervasive assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned that actual results could differ materially from Pervasive's current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the risk that the data infrastructure software does not achieve market acceptance, that the future plans with respect to the data infrastructure software do not materialize and the factors and risks discussed in Pervasive's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation, the risk that Pervasive may face problems in connection with license arrangements, the risk that Pervasive may face problems in connection with product line expansion, the risk that Pervasive depends on third-party technology in its products, and the risk that current revenues are substantially dependent upon continued market acceptance of and revenues from the company's data infrastructure products. All Pervasive brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pervasive Software Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. (1) Gartner Research: Forecast: SMB Infrastructure Software, United States, 1Q04, Robert P. Anderson and Joanne Correia, June 17, 2004 Contact: Michelle Bush Corporate Communications 512.231.6786 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040503/PVSWLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Pervasive Software Inc. CONTACT: Michelle Bush, Corporate Communications of Pervasive Software Inc., +1-512-231-6786, or Web site: http://www.pervasive.com/ http://www.pervasive.com/integration http://www.midsizeenterprise.com/north_america/main_menu.htm

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