Pervasive Software Earns Healthcare IT Summit Executives' Choice(TM) Award for Best Vendor Pervasive Named 'Best Vendor' for the Most Comprehensive Programs and World-Class Service and Support to Healthcare IT Customers AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pervasive Software(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:PVSW), a global value leader in data infrastructure software, today announced that it was named "Best Vendor" by healthcare IT executives attending the 2004 Gartner Healthcare IT Summit for the most comprehensive programs and world class service and support to healthcare IT customers. Leading payers, providers, suppliers and those that serve the healthcare industry rely on Pervasive healthcare solutions to seamlessly integrate healthcare operations in order to improve patient care, lower operations costs and accelerate regulatory compliance. "Best Vendor" award finalists included Siemens and Research in Motion. The 2004 Healthcare IT Executives' Choice Awards(TM) are voted on by the attending IT Executives and not Gartner or any of its affiliates. "A Healthcare IT Summit Award signifies that the attendees viewed the winners as having a level of excellence for healthcare IT Vendors in their category," said Charles Badoian, Global Senior Director for Healthcare IT Summit. "The IT payer and provider executives in attendance review many healthcare IT solutions at the Gartner Healthcare IT Summit. Named Best Vendor, Pervasive was also a finalist for Best of Show and Best Healthcare IT Solution." The Gartner Healthcare IT Summit(TM) is produced by Vision Events(R), a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:ITNYSE:andNYSE:ITB) company. "Pervasive is dedicated to working with leading providers, payer and suppliers to drive down the total lifetime costs of data and application integration in order to improve operational performance and optimize healthcare service levels without disrupting core systems," said David Sikora, president and chief executive officer of Pervasive Software. "We are pleased to be recognized for our commitment to delivering fast, easy and affordable healthcare solutions that help organizations achieve their goal of becoming real-time, customer-focused and federally-compliant organizations." Leading healthcare providers, payers and suppliers such as Intermountain Healthcare, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Greater CO, MedAssets HSCA, Premier Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield, Per- Se Technologies, Nebraska Hospital Association, WellPoint, Sutter Health, and United Healthcare rely on solutions from Pervasive to take costs out of integration and maximize the value of their data. Pervasive provides real- time data integration solutions for clinical systems and business intelligence warehouse creation; direct connectivity to clinical, operational and accounting applications; access to legacy data stores, and support for global healthcare messaging standards. "We have embedded Pervasive integration products into several of our own offerings, which allows our clients to implement our applications and continue to process healthcare transactions without having to modify their back-end systems," said Healthcare IT Summit attendee Peggy Honts, vice president of AXIOM Systems, Inc. a leading IT consulting firm that specializes in healthcare consulting and integration services. She adds, "we continue to recommend Pervasive to our healthcare customers who prefer a stand-alone integration tool. It is cost-effective, easy-to-use and provides immediate business value." 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. 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. 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. 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/

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