Pervasive Software Introduces Tango 2000 Application Server for Linux

Business Wire, Dec 28, 1999

The Tango Development Studio is one of the most efficient visual programming environments available for designing, building and testing Web applications, enabling developers to represent business logic visually. The Tango Application Server enables scalable cross-platform deployment on today's most widely used platforms (Linux, Solaris, Windows NT and Macintosh). Tango 2000 includes a copy of the Pervasive.SQL database, robust reporting functionality and full support for leading databases and industry standards such as JavaBeans, JavaScript, COM objects, ODBC, HTML, XML, SQL, HTTP and CGI, among others.

About Pervasive Software

Pervasive Software Inc. (Nasdaq:PVSW) delivers the freedom to create applications for everyone, everywhere. The company's innovative software powers the next generation of pervasive computing, enabling e-business applications to reach beyond the desktop and easily share information across everything from handheld devices and smart cards to information appliances and the Internet. A channel of more than 10,000 independent software vendors (ISVs), developers, value-added resellers (VARs) and partners builds, distributes and manages thousands of Pervasive-based applications on computing platforms across many corporate, mainstream and vertical markets.

Based in Austin, Texas, Pervasive has offices and partners in Canada, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia and more than 70 distributors covering 80 countries. Visit Pervasive on the Web at www.pervasive.com or via phone at (800) 287-4383.

Cautionary Statement

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