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www.pervasive.com - Pervasive Software Kim Daugherty, 512-231-6507 kdaugherty@pervasive.com Pervasive Software(R) Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW), a global value leader in embeddable data management and data integration software, is hosting IntegratioNEXT, its annual integration user conference, from October 12-14, 2008, at the Renaissance Austin hotel in Austin, Texas. At the event, Pervasive will be featuring innovative new

technology developments including Pervasive DataCloud(TM), its Integration as a Service (IaaS) platform, as well as Pervasive DataRush(TM), designed to power applications that deliver game-changing parallelism on commodity multicore servers.

Pervasive has long been an industry leader in providing integration to end users for on-premises and SaaS integration, and in delivering embedded integration through partners. Pervasive Data Integrator(TM) provides powerful design-once-use-anywhere capability for a broad range of integration scenarios, including Pervasive DataCloud, which offers the flexibility to deliver integration in yet another incarnation: rented as a utility residing on Pervasive's unique 24/7 integration platform engine.

"IntegratioNEXT is a great opportunity for attendees to get up close and personal with our breakthrough Pervasive DataCloud technology as well as other innovative solutions our customers and partners are using to tackle the ever-present challenges data integration brings to organizations across the globe," said Mike Hoskins, Pervasive CTO and general manager of Integration Products at Pervasive. "Austin will be host to some of the most innovative approaches to integration, spanning a myriad of scenarios across many different types of businesses. I look forward to taking part in such a dynamic and information-rich agenda, which is sure to empower our partners and customers to perform their own agile integration projects with more confidence and finesse."

The conference gathers technical professionals from a wide variety of industries including financial services and healthcare, long-time users of Pervasive integration products, industry analysts and Pervasive experts. The event includes customer and partner presentations based on real-world experiences, Pervasive's flagship Pervasive Data Integrator with new metadata management capabilities, and best practices covering SOA deployment, data quality assessment and SaaS integration.

Pervasive customers and partners to present at the conference include Aha! Software, Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP, Carolina Center for Health Informatics, CGI, Countrywide Tax Service Corporation, Hines Real Estate Securities, Inc., IPS-Sendero (a Fiserve Corporation), and Perot Systems.

"Today's federated business processes must rely on the ability to quickly integrate, secure, and distribute relevant information from disparate data silos such as data warehouses, marts, and operational data stores," states Bruce Bacon, vice president of Products at Aha! Software. "In my session at IntegratioNEXT, I'll give a detailed view into how we used Pervasive integration in a content-based network, providing the level of abstraction necessary for secure distribution of data based on its context, in an analytics-driven healthcare member retention solution."

Conference sessions include:

-- Data Profiling Best Practices

-- Integration as a Service - Options for Hosted Integration

-- New Product Information on Pervasive DataCloud(TM)

-- Building Data Warehouse Solutions for SaaS CRMs

-- Embeddable Integration

-- Pervasive Innovation Roadmaps

-- Data Analysis, Data Quality, Data Profiling

-- Embedded Integration

-- Financial Services Integration

-- Healthcare Integration

-- Integration Performance and Tuning

-- SaaS Integration

Pervasive experts in technical support and engineering will be on hand to provide users with the tools and techniques needed to overcome challenges and achieve fast, easy and affordable integration. For more information on the conference, please visit lp.pervasive.com/content/inext2008. Sponsors of the Conference include Inovis and QuickArrow.

About Pervasive Software

Pervasive Software (NASDAQ:PVSW) helps companies get the most out of their data investments through embeddable data management and agile data integration software. Pervasive's multi-purpose data integration platform 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. The embeddable PSQL database engine allows organizations to successfully embrace new technologies while maintaining application compatibility and robust database reliability in a near-zero database administration environment. 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. For additional information, go to www.pervasive.com.

Cautionary Statement

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