Oct. 1, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Pervasive Software^® Inc. (NASDAQ:PVSW), a global value leader in embeddable data management and agile data integration software, announces the launch of a new corporate initiative aimed at connecting virtually all on-premises and on-demand applications and data sources. Universal CONNECT!™ is the industry's first initiative to provide comprehensive connectivity to essentially anything - from legacy to SaaS applications, data files to databases, Web to mainframe. Universal CONNECT! delivers total connectivity to nearly every on-premises or on-demand application or data source. Already offering the industry’s broadest array of pre-built adapters and connectors, Pervasive is uniquely poised to offer what few other vendors can – speed, accuracy, connectivity and flexibility to many markets including healthcare, financial services and CRM/ERP.

Currently, Pervasive provides out-of-the-box connectivity to thousands of on-premises and on-demand applications and data sources. However, occasionally out-of-the-box is not enough. Due to a lack of pre-existing commercial connectors or the inability to connect to certain formats, business processes or computing engines, some applications and data sources are not compatible with one another. Universal CONNECT! solves this problem by offering extremely easy to use, extensible and rapid connectivity to virtually anything – no matter how unusual, tricky or obscure the data source. Pervasive end-users and partners can now conquer even the most difficult connectivity problems, typically in less than a day.

“We wanted to extend our Planview OpenSuite offering, in a short timeframe, with an embedded connector for Planview’s applications,” said Louise K. Allen, Planview vice president of product management. “Pervasive Universal CONNECT! delivered for us with extensive connectivity and a rapid development environment.