Pervasive Software Earns Healthcare IT Summit Executives' Choice(TM) Award for Best Vendor

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.

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