Data Integration Summit: Let us host you in Boston.

Metamorphosis 5.0, Boston May 8-9, is the only integration-focused summit where you can join fellow ISVs, SIs and ASPs to exchange ideas and cultivate opportunities to extend your business' reach. It's the perfect setting to learn directly from other companies' experiences with both Software as a Service (SaaS) and on-premise applications, discuss best practices for delivering integration, drill down into technical challenges and solutions, and foster partnerships for growth.
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Issues in Integration

Integration is key to successful SaaS offerings

OpSource SaaS Summit 2006, held March 1-3 in Napa Valley, highlighted how integration to existing applications was a key component of successful Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. Mike Hoskins, Pervasive chief technology officer and speaker at the Summit, discussed how progressive organizations successfully utilize integration to support SaaS initiatives with approaches that include transformation services, microflow-oriented services, and gateway-style services to pull data out and make it available for consumption at the edge of enterprise.
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Survey throws light onto Open Source PostgresSQL deployment

About 70% of Pervasive's PostgreSQL Insights newsletter readers surveyed plan on adopting PostgreSQL within the next year. Read more about the survey results: reasons for migrating, platforms used,
and more!
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Is on-demand CRM right for you?

Hosted, on-demand CRM solutions can seem like a no-brainer – easy implementation and high ROI. However, successfully implementing and integrating this solution into your business can be more difficult than you anticipate. Check out this recent article in CIO Magazine that examines on-demand CRM solutions: "The Truth About On-Demand CRM" by Stephanie Overby, CIO Magazine.

Radio Integration

Radio Integration: Software as a Service Primer.

Software as a Service is one of the most innovative movements in software, so it's not surprising that it poses special challenges for data integration.
CTO Mike Hoskins discusses those challenges and some of the solutions Pervasive is working on now and for the future.
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Product Updates

'Project Dataflow' update: Scalable data processing for Java is nearing.

We've received some really great feedback regarding our "Project Dataflow" over the past two months and some very insightful questions. In this issue, Insights will be providing a roadmap update and answering key questions posed by customers: "So how's this different from J2EE? From enterprise ETL vendor products?"
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If you missed information about the new release of 8.10 to Pervasive's product suite, check out some of the additional functionality – SOA and Web Services support, more connectivity, and more support for standards.

Pervasive lowers integration costs for healthcare industry

Pervasive's newest release to its product suite provides healthcare customers with a high-value, low-cost way to share patient data, improve care delivery, and to automate or outsource claims and billing processes. This new functionality offers the broadest and most versatile integration support for the U.S. National Health Information Network (NHIN), Canadian Health Infoway and U.S. Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) or health jurisdictions.
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Integration support for real-time CDI

Pervasive's recent release of its new infrastructure platform for Customer Data Integration (CDI) offers the broadest and most versatile integration support for real-time CDI, including support for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementations. The new release provides channel partners and their customers with a fast, low-cost way to empower customer-centric organizations by incorporating powerful data and business integration functionality and data remediation in an easy-to-use suite of products.
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Best Practices

Best practices for mapping EDI/HIPAA

EDI/HIPAA mapping has unique concerns because of the structure of the documents. There are loops that repeat any number of times that contain repeating segments, which can be optional with fields that may be optional as well. Also, when mapping to/from EDI/HIPAA documents, there are many (perhaps hundreds) of Record Types mapping to many other Record Types. Therefore, the mapping event actions can become quite complex. Learn some helpful tips when using Pervasive Cosmos tools that can increase your productivity.
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Customer Successes

Mailer's Choice Expands Market Opportunities, Lowers Operating Costs With Pervasive Software Data Integration Solutions

Guidewire Migrates Hard-to-Reach Legacy Data Into Its Web-based Systems With Pervasive Software Integration Solutions

Pervasive Software Provides Fast, Easy Data Integration For Intuit's QuickBooks 2006

Pervasive Software Provides Integration Solution For NetSuite As Part Of The NetFlex Applications Program

Training and Accelerated Services

Get the most out of your Pervasive solutions with our in-depth training programs, which include:

• Modular, hands-on training
• Certified expert instructors
• User-friendly courseware
• Efficient training methods
• On-site training options

Upcoming classes include:

• Data Integrator and Business Integrator Fundamentals, April 3-5, May 1-3, June 12-14.

Check out our quick reference guide to all of our training courses or register online.

Hit the ground running and maximize your integration ROI.

Pervasive's professional consulting group can help whether you need initial benchmarking/proof-of-concept, rapid client-oriented deployment and implementation, or long-term consulting. Our team is composed of seasoned and experienced developers, product specialists, and business analysts who will help shorten the learning curve and allow your business to recognize value immediately. Our services include:

• Fast Track Training and Implementation: Designed specifically to give new users of the Pervasive Integration Platform an immediate working knowledge of the integration development environment, including the command-line interface of the Integration Engine.
• Optimization Analysis and Implementation: Designed for organizations that want a fast, easy, and affordable way to enhance their integration process to improve the efficiency, speed, and quality of their Maps and Processes.
• IE and SDK Clinics: Designed to provide advanced instruction to developers who will be implementing Transformation Map and Process designs.

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