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Pervasive Software's Mike Hoskins Named Technologist of the Year by the Austin Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals

Company CTO Recognized for Innovative Vision and Passionate Pursuit of Excellence

AUSTIN, TEXAS – October 22, 2007 – Pervasive Software® Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW), a global value leader in agile data management and integration software, today announced CTO Mike Hoskins was named Information Technologist of the Year by the Association of Information Technology Professionals' (AITP) Austin chapter. The awards were announced during the InnoTech conference held earlier this month in Austin, Texas.

Hoskins was nominated for his involvement in the development of Pervasive DataRush™, an innovative software development platform that enables Java developers to easily write massively parallel applications that automatically scale to fully exploit the power of multi-core processors. By dedicating a development team to create a software development platform optimized to create applications with built-in parallelism, Hoskins puts mainstream developers in a position to exploit the multi-core revolution with data-intensive applications.

"I am especially honored to receive the technologist award in Austin, which is a hub of innovation. Organizations such as AITP and the Austin Technology Council dedicate themselves to recognizing and fostering the culture of innovation that thrives in our city and within Pervasive," said Hoskins. "Pervasive continues to build on our 25 years of software development history with innovation both in our flagship products and through new initiatives like Pervasive DataRush."

The annual awards began in 1998 and recognize local executives who have made a significant impact in the IT industry. Winners in other categories include Sam Coursen of Freescale Semiconductor as "Private Sector IT Executive of the Year," Jim Weatherby of the Texas Legislature Council as "Public Sector IT Executive of the Year" and SpiceWorks as the "IT Solution of the Year."

"The passion that Mike possesses for technology development is evident and the committee was intrigued by the possibilities of what Pervasive DataRush can do for mainstream Java developers in light of the multicore revolution" said Steve Guengerich, Chairman of the IT Executive of the Year award selection committee and chief learning officer for BSG Alliance Corporation. "We look forward to seeing the impact that this year's winners will have on the local and larger IT communities. The quality and quantity of strong nominations we received reflects Austin's status as a great place for innovative organizations like Pervasive."

About Pervasive Software
Pervasive Software (NASDAQ: PVSW) provides embeddable data management and integration software to help companies grow and extend the value of their data investments. For more than two decades, Pervasive products have delivered value with a compelling combination of performance, flexibility, reliability and low total cost of ownership. Today, Pervasive is leading its chosen markets by defining and accelerating the inevitable transition from high cost to high value. Pervasive's hallmark is the size, diversity and loyalty of its customer base, partners and channels: tens of thousands of customers in virtually every industry, in more than 150 countries, rely on Pervasive to manage, integrate, analyze and secure their critical data. For additional information, go to www.pervasive.com.

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Pervasive Software's Mike Hoskins Named Technologist of the Year by the Austin Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals

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