AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 20 -- Pervasive Software(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: PVSW), a global value leader in embeddable data management and agile integration software, today announced PeopleForce, a business process innovation services company, has implemented Pervasive(R) Data Integrator(TM) to compete aggressively on speed of execution and quickly address customers' healthcare data integration challenges. Pervasive Data Integrator adds power and efficiency by providing a comprehensive platform for mapping legacy data into new standards and platforms. For the first time, The New Jersey State First Aid Council (NJSFAC) has the ability to demonstrate the value of EMS agencies statewide, including many volunteer-staffed organizations, in clear, quantitative terms.

PeopleForce leveraged Pervasive Data Integrator to enable its client NJSFAC to consolidate highly disparate data and standardize response records from more than 200 New Jersey EMS agencies and organizations into National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) compliant formats. With first responder organizations ranging in size and staff experience and nearly every emergency response involving more than one agency, multiple records were siloed across disparate sources. PeopleForce began by creating a standard form available to all participating EMS squads over the Internet. As a survey, the form elicits incident reports from first responders across the state, and the reports are then aggregated for later analysis and retrieval. PeopleForce trained more than 1,000 network members statewide, who were up and running within days. First responders now are able to input data over the Internet to be aggregated into a central repository that powers reporting of response times, activities, miles driven, patient data and demographics. According to PeopleForce CEO Dave Herman, the result makes PeopleForce one of a few companies nationwide to have achieved NEMSIS compliance for its customers, and the company is now considered a leading vendor candidate in other state EMS compliance projects.

Agencies in New Jersey now analyze the data to anticipate and improve performance. In addition, PeopleForce is working with the Office of Information Technology for the New Jersey State Police to integrate crash and citation data with New Jersey EMS data for a next-generation platform that will feed statistical research and resource allocation for both funding and equipment. In July, PeopleForce was invited to present to a U.S. Department of Transportation Blue-Ribbon Panel to demonstrate how this project is a model for building consensus among large number of constituents, creating meaningful metrics and reporting, and driving better accountability and document resource requirements for mutual aid agencies and funding reviews.

"This was a high-stakes project," said Dave Herman, president and CEO of PeopleForce. "Custom code could have provided the solution, but we didn't see the justification in paying high prices for specialized developer resources and then waiting weeks or months for a solution. Pervasive allows us to take some of the 'world's ugliest data' and turn it into structured data that can be used across our emergency service organizations."

"Unstructured data is all around us, including emergency services and the healthcare industry," said Mike Hoskins, CTO of Pervasive Software. "Time and again we help partners and customers who realize custom code is costly in time and resources. Pervasive puts more than 20 years of data integration technology and experience at their fingertips to deliver agile, rapid integration with a low cost of ownership."

About PeopleForce
Headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with international offices in London and Amsterdam, PeopleForce undertakes work for private and public sector customers in the US and internationally in Business Process Management and Business Process Improvement. The Company's management team includes highly experienced professionals with an array of backgrounds and skills and its patented business process is gaining a highly positive reputation. Its distributed workforce is an on-line community thousands strong and growing. PeopleForce draws on a diverse group of specialist workers from financial services, health care, technology, government, linguists and the like to provide cost-effective solutions.

About Pervasive Software
Pervasive Software (Nasdaq: PVSW) helps companies get the most out of their data investments through embeddable data management and agile integration software. 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. Pervasive's agile, multi-purpose integration platform accelerates the sharing of information between multiple databases, applications, or hosted business systems and allows customers to re-use the same software for diverse integration scenarios. For more than two decades, Pervasive products have delivered value with a compelling combination of performance, flexibility, reliability and low total cost of ownership. 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 http://www.pervasive.com.

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