Pervasive Software
{{Infobox company
| name = Pervasive Software Inc.
| logo = Pervasive logo.png
| foundation = 1994
| defunct = 2013
| fate = Acquired by Actian ({{end date and age|2013}})
| location = Austin, Texas
| num_employees =
| industry = Software, RDBMS, Data integration
| products = Pervasive Data Integrator
Pervasive DataRush
Pervasive Data Profiler
Pervasive PSQL
| revenue = $47.2 million USD (Fiscal 2010){{cite web |url=http://www.pervasivesoftware.com/PervasiveNews/PressReleaseArchive/tabid/196/EntryId/452/Pervasive-Software-Reports-Results-for-its-Fourth-Quarter-of-Fiscal-Year-2010.aspx |title=Pervasive Software Reports Results for its Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-27}}
| homepage = {{URL |1=http://www.pervasive.com/}}
}}
Pervasive Software was a company that developed software including database management systems and extract, transform and load tools. Pervasive Data Integrator and Pervasive Data Profiler are integration products, and the Pervasive PSQL relational database management system is its primary data storage product. These embeddable data management products deliver integration between corporate data, third-party applications and custom software.{{cite web |url=http://www.pervasiveintegration.com/industry/Pages/industry_data_integration.aspx |title=Pervasive Industry Solutions |accessdate=2009-08-21}}
Pervasive Software was headquartered in Austin, Texas, and sold its products with partners in other countries.
The company is involved in cloud computing through DataSolutions and its DataCloud offering{{cite web |url=http://www.pervasiveintegration.com/scenarios/Pages/cloud_integration.aspx |title=Cloud Integration |accessdate=2009-08-21}} along with its long-standing relationship with salesforce.com.{{cite web |url=http://www.pervasiveintegration.com/data_connectors/Pages/salesforce_integration.aspx |title=Salesforce Integration |accessdate=2009-08-21}} It was acquired by Actian Corp.{{cite web |url=http://www.actian.com|title=Actian Corp}} in April 2013.{{Cite news |title= Software maker Pervasive completes merger with Actian |author= Christopher Calnan |work= Austin Business Journal |date=April 12, 2013 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2013/04/12/software-maker-pervasive-completes.html |accessdate= January 16, 2014 }}
History
Pervasive started in 1982 as SoftCraft developing the database management system technology Btrieve. Acquired by Novell in 1987,{{Cite book |title= Surfing the High Tech Wave: A History of Novell 1980–1990 |author= Roger Bourke White |pages= 123–124 |publisher= AuthorHouse |year= 2012 |isbn= 9781452023045 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_7EgZxP5LW8C&pg=PA123 |accessdate= November 24, 2013 }} in January 1994 Pervasive spun out as Btrieve Technologies. The company name was changed to Pervasive Software in June 1996. Their initial public offering in 1997 raised $18.6 million.{{Cite web |title= Prospectus |work= Form S-1/A |author= Pervasive Software |date= September 26, 1997 |publisher= US Securities and Exchange Commission |url= https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042821/0000930661-97-002292.txt |accessdate= November 21, 2013 }}
Ron R. Harris was chief executive and founder Nancy R. Woodward was chairman of the board of directors (the other co-founder was her husband Douglas Woodward).{{Cite news |title= Pervasive Living Up to Its Name at 25 |author= P J Connolly |date= March 15, 2007 |work= Software Development Times |url= http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=30319 |accessdate= November 21, 2013 }} Its shares were listed on the Nasdaq exchange under symbol PVSW.
Its database product was announced in 1999 as Pervasive.SQL version 7,{{Cite news |title= Pervasive.SQL simplifies development |author= Tim Fielden |date= January 18, 1999 |work= Info World |url= http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/99/03/rpersqla.dat.htm |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/19990830152239/http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?%2F99%2F03%2Frpersqla.dat.htm |archivedate= August 30, 1999 |accessdate= November 23, 2013 |url-status= dead }} and later renamed PSQL. PSQL implemented the atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability properties known as ACID using a relational database model.
In 1998, Pervasive acquired Canadian web tools developer EveryWare Development for CA$16,232,00, shutting down EveryWare's Mac-only database server Butler SQL{{cite web |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/151938/panorama-2.html |title=Panorama 4.0 |last=Duncan |first=Geoff |date=31 October 2001 }} and continuing support for their Tango web development environment and Bolero website tracking software.{{cite web |url=https://www.internetnews.com/it-management/everyware-agrees-to-take-over-by-u-s-firm/ | title=EveryWare Agrees to Take Over by U.S. Firm |website=InternetNews |date= 2 October 1988}} Pervasive sold the Tango technology to Australian company Witango in 2001.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/two-to-witango-and-take-on-the-world-20020813-gdfj76.html |title=Two to Witango - and take on the world |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=13 August 2002 }}
In August 2003, Pervasive agreed to acquire Data Junction Corporation, makers of data and application integration tools renamed Pervasive Data Integrator, for about $51.7 million in cash and stock shares.{{Cite news |title= Pervasive buying Data Junction: Database, integration vendors combine |author= Paul Krill |date= August 11, 2003 |work= Info World |url= http://www.infoworld.com/t/platforms/pervasive-buying-data-junction-892 |accessdate= November 23, 2013 }} Data Junction, founded in 1984, was a privately held company also headquartered in Austin. The merger closed in December 2003.{{Cite news |title= Pervasive completes acquisition of Data Junction; Announces new organizational structure optimized for growth |work= Press release |date= December 8, 2003 |url= http://www.pervasive.com/company/press/releases_show.asp?cid=490 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20040202055037/http://www.pervasive.com/company/press/releases_show.asp?cid=490 |archivedate= February 2, 2004 |accessdate= November 21, 2013 }}
Pervasive also acquired business-to-business data interchange service Channelinx in August 2009.{{Cite news |url=http://www.pervasivedb.com/Corporate/press/Pages/PervasiveSoftwareCompletesAcquisitionofChanneLinxAssets.aspx |title=Pervasive Software Completes Acquisition of ChanneLinx Assets |date= August 3, 2009 |work= Press release |author= Pervasive Software |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090831180334/http://www.pervasivedb.com/Corporate/press/Pages/PervasiveSoftwareCompletesAcquisitionofChanneLinxAssets.aspx |archivedate= August 31, 2009 |accessdate= November 21, 2013 }} Based in Greenville, South Carolina, it continued operating under the name Pervasive Business Xchange.{{cite web |url=http://www.channelinx.com/about_us.html |title= About Us |work= ChannelLinx web site |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090816214740/http://www.channelinx.com/about_us.html |archivedate= August 16, 2009 |accessdate= November 21, 2013 }}{{Cite web |title= Pervasive Business Xchange |url= http://www.pervasivebusinessxchange.com/Pages/Home.aspx |url-status= dead |work= Commercial web site |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100411220557/http://www.pervasivebusinessxchange.com/Pages/Home.aspx |archivedate= April 11, 2010 |accessdate= November 21, 2013 }}
In February 2011, Pervasive announced version 5 of DataRush, which included integration with the MapReduce programming model of Apache Hadoop.{{Cite news |title= Pervasive's parallel development API paired with Hadoop MapReduce |author= Paul Krill |date= February 1, 2011|work= Info World |url= http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/pervasives-parallel-development-api-paired-hadoop-mapreduce-150014 |accessdate= November 24, 2013 }}{{Cite news |title= Dataflow Programming: A Scalable Data-Centric Approach to Parallelism |author= Jim Falgout |date= March 1, 2011 |work= Java Developer's Journal |url= http://java.sys-con.com/node/1678918 |accessdate= November 24, 2013 }}
In 2013, Pervasive Software was acquired by Actian Corporation for $161.9 million.{{Cite news|date=2013-01-29|title=Pervasive Software to be acquired by Actian for $161.9 million|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pervasivesoftware-offer-idUSBRE90S04420130129|access-date=2020-07-22}} Actian had initially made offers in August 2012 starting at $154 million 30% higher than its shares traded at the time,{{Cite news |title= Pervasive Software to solicit potential bids |author= Sarah Drake |work= Austin Business Journal |date=September 13, 2012 |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2012/09/13/pervasive-software-to-solicit.html |accessdate= December 9, 2013 }} and raised its price in November. Pervasive agreed to the deal in January 2013,{{Cite news |title= Pervasive Software to be acquired by Actian for $161.9 million |work= Chicago Tribune |publisher= Reuters |date= January 28, 2013 |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/01/28/pervasive-software-to-be-acquired-by-actian-for-1619-million/ |access-date= November 21, 2013 }} and it closed in April.{{cite web |url= http://www.actian.com/press/actian-pervasive |title=Actian Corporation and Pervasive Software Unite to Take Action on Big Data |work= Press release |date= April 11, 2013 |accessdate= November 23, 2013 }}{{Cite news |title= Software maker Pervasive completes merger with Actian |author= Christopher Calnan |work= Austin Business Journal |date= April 12, 2013 |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2013/04/12/software-maker-pervasive-completes.html |accessdate= November 23, 2013 }}
Products
=PSQL=
Pervasive PSQL, also known as Pervasive.PSQL or simply PSQL (originally Btrieve) is a DBMS for embedded applications. There were four editions of Pervasive PSQL:{{cite web|title=Pervasive Documentation Library: Pervasive PSQL v11 SP2|url=http://docs.pervasive.com/products/database/psqlv11/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=welcome/libwelcome.html|publisher=Pervasive Software|date=April 2012}} PSQL Client, PSQL Workgroup, PSQL Server, and PSQL Vx Server.
- PSQL Client is designed for use with PSQL Server and PSQL Vx Server in a client-server network.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
- PSQL Workgroup edition is intended for single- and multi-engine configurations with up to five users.{{Cite web |title=Zen Workgroup for Windows and PSQL Workgroup |author= |website=Actian |date= |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://store.actian.com/collections/zen-psql-workgroup}}
- PSQL Server edition is intended for configurations that have at minimum ten concurrent connections and it is scalable up to thousands of concurrent network users in client-server network and web-based applications on the enterprise level.
- PSQL Vx Server runs under hypervisors in a VM environment. It is designed for customers “who need support for highly virtualized environments enabling live migration, fault tolerance, high availability and cloud computing.”{{cite web|title=Pervasive Software Announces Hypervisor-Friendly PSQl Vx Server 11|url=http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/pervasive-software-announces-hypervisor-friendly-psql-vx-server-11-.html|publisher=ServerWatch|author=Beal, Vangie|date=February 13, 2012}}
=DataRush=
DataRush is a dataflow parallel programming framework in the Java programming language.{{cite web |url=http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=45126 |title=An Introduction to the Pervasive DataRush Framework |accessdate=2009-08-21}}{{cite web |url= http://jtonedm.com/2009/06/04/first-look-pervasive-datarush |date= June 4, 2009 |work= James Taylor on Everything Decision Management |author= James Taylor |title=First Look – Pervasive DataRush |accessdate= November 22, 2013 }}{{Cite web |title= The Next Wave in Big Data Analytics: Exploiting Multi-core Chips and SMP Machines |author= Wayne Eckerson | author-link= |work= Bye Network blog |date= January 4, 2011 |url= http://www.b-eye-network.com/blogs/eckerson/archives/2011/01/the_next_wave_i.php |accessdate= November 23, 2013 }}
DataRush was announced in December 2006{{Cite web |title= Welcome to Pervasive DataRush |work= Original Pervasive DataRush web site |url= http://www.pervasivedatarush.com/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061208123617/http://www.pervasivedatarush.com/ |archivedate= December 8, 2006 |accessdate= November 22, 2013 }} and shipped in 2009.{{Cite news |title= Waking Up Multi-Core Processors |work= Forbes.com |author= Dan Woods |date= August 25, 2009 |url= https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/24/pervasive-software-multicore-technology-cio-network-processors.html |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130123064700/http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/24/pervasive-software-multicore-technology-cio-network-processors.html |archivedate= January 23, 2013 |accessdate= November 22, 2013 }}
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