Pervasive Software Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant for Data Integration Tools

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

AUSTIN, TEXAS – December 3, 2009 - Pervasive Software® Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW), a global leader in cloud-based and on-premises data integration software, today announced it was positioned in the Visionaries players quadrant in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools .

According to the report, for vendors to be included in this Magic Quadrant, “They must possess within their technology portfolio the subset of capabilities identified by Gartner as most critical from within the overall range of capabilities expected in data integration tools.” Additionally, “The data integration tools market comprises vendors that offer software products to enable the construction and implementation of data access and delivery infrastructure for a variety of data integration scenarios, including: data acquisition for BI and data warehousing, creation of integrated master data stores, data migrations and data conversions, synchronization of data between operational applications, creation of federated views of data from multiple data stores, delivery of data services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) context and unification of structured and unstructured data.”

In the report’s overview, Gartner noted that, “Vendors in the data integration tools market experienced increased scrutiny from buyers with regard to pricing, cost models, time to implementation and the quality of service and support.   Customer organizations reacted to imperatives to reduce costs and derive a new interpretation of value from their investments. The new value concept is the increased scrutiny of the audit trail and the lineage of data integration efforts, and the ability to expose it as a result of the demand for greater transparency into how information is used in the current economy.”

“We are committed to being a value leader.  We are pleased that Gartner’s report has recognized, in my opinion, our role as a visionary in the data integration space.  We are gratified by what we believe is the recognition of our vision for a ‘configure once and deploy anywhere’ platform for cloud, on-premises and highly distributed integration,” stated Mike Hoskins, Pervasive CTO and general manager for Integration Products.  “We continue to push the boundaries of cloud, SaaS and on-premises integration with pioneering capabilities such as universal connectivity, self-service pre-packaged integration and cloud-based data services – which collectively have been implemented by more than 1,000 SaaS customers and 150 customers running on Amazon EC2.”

Pervasive’s integration solutions are the result of more than 20 years of solving real-world integration problems.  Pervasive Data Integrator™ spans the range of data and application integration scenarios, including one-time data migration; extract, transform and load; bi-directional interfaces between diverse applications, both on-premises and in the cloud; and complex data exchange both inside and beyond the firewall between multiple entities with data in multiple formats and applications.

Pervasive continues to expand its position in the market with a compelling integration solution that has been adopted by more than 4,000 customers including ISVs, SaaS vendors, and organizations of all sizes. 

About Pervasive Software
Pervasive Software (NASDAQ: PVSW) helps companies get the most out of their data investments through agile and embeddable software and SaaS services for data management, data integration, B2B exchange and analytics. The embeddable Pervasive PSQL™ database engine provides robust database reliability in a near-zero database administration environment for packaged business applications. Pervasive's multi-purpose data integration platform, available on-premises and in the cloud, accelerates the sharing of information between multiple data stores, applications, and hosted business systems and allows customers to re-use the same software for diverse integration scenarios. Pervasive DataRush™ is an embeddable parallel-processing platform enabling data-intensive applications such as claims processing, risk analysis, fraud detection, data mining, predictive analytics, sales optimization and marketing analytics. For more than two decades, Pervasive products have delivered value to tens of thousands of customers in more than 150 countries with a compelling combination of performance, flexibility, reliability and low total cost of ownership. Through Pervasive Innovation Labs, the company also invests in exploring and creating cutting edge solutions for the toughest data analysis and data delivery challenges. Robin Bloor, founder of Bloor Research and partner at Hurwitz and Associates, recently cited Pervasive as one of the 10 IT Companies to Watch in 2009. For additional information, go to www.pervasiveintegration.com.

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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.