Pervasive Software Partners with Edifecs to Bring Value-Added Products to Healthcare Customers
Bellevue, WA. January 31, 2006 — Edifecs, Inc., the proven leader in B2B transaction-based
interoperability today announced that Pervasive Software (NASDAQ: PVSW), a global value leader in data infrastructure software,
has signed a partnership agreement to jointly market Edifecs products to its customers. The agreement covers Edifecs SpecBuilder,
XEngine transaction validation software, and Edifecs Ramp Manager community enablement solution.
Pervasive will leverage Edifecs products to provide comprehensive and deep HIPAA and healthcare transaction validation capabilities,
as well as specialized functionality for healthcare content based routing, code set validation, response and acknowledgement generation,
trading partner testing, and reporting.
Edifecs has become the market leader in providing healthcare EDI solutions and a partner of choice for most leading
integration vendors. With over 200 customers in healthcare, and with very active and extensive participation in
healthcare industry groups, Edifecs is also the dominant vendor in the market for HIPAA and other healthcare transaction
testing & certification. Edifecs products help customers realize dramatic ROI by reducing friction in the transaction
workflow within and between healthcare enterprises, and achieve the highest levels of transaction-based interoperability.
“Pervasive and Edifecs are committed to serving the mid-market companies with enterprise class solutions at affordable
prices,” said Sunny Singh, CEO of Edifecs. “By leveraging our best of breed tools with Pervasive’s market
leading integration platform, customers will be the beneficiaries.”
“This partnership enables us to extend Pervasive’s HIPAA and EDI-based solutions with greater functionality
to meet the needs of our customers,” said Chip Harmon, general manager, Integration Division for Pervasive Software.
“The combination of our integration solutions and Edifecs tools, technology and EDI-centric applications
assures success for both companies.”
About Pervasive Software
Pervasive Software (NASDQ: PVSW) provides data infrastructure software that helps companies unleash the value of
their data investments. For more than two decades, Pervasive has delivered an enduring value proposition and the best
combination of performance, reliability, functionality and connectivity. Today Pervasive is leading its chosen markets
by defining and accelerating the inevitable transition from high cost to high value.
Pervasive’s value is proven by 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 around the world, rely on Pervasive
to manage, integrate, analyze and secure their critical data. For additional information, go to
www.pervasive.com.
About Edifecs, Inc.
Edifecs, Inc. helps organizations achieve interoperability and dramatic return on investment by enabling,
managing and deriving business value from standard electronic transactions within trading partner communities.
Edifecs products include the Edifecs Healthcare Suite — a set of powerful applications and technologies that reduce
friction in the administrative, clinical, financial and pharmaceutical transaction workflows, both within and between
healthcare enterprises. The Suite includes business performance management applications that automate and manage the full
lifecycle of transactions; from community enablement, to testing and data validation, real-time transaction monitoring,
claim repair and reconciliation, facilitating direct connectivity and providing rich transaction analytics.
Edifecs also provides General Industry solutions for guideline authoring, data validation and partner enablement.
2006 marks 10 years of Edifecs’ leadership and expertise in providing innovative technology solutions to over 1600
customers worldwide. Edifecs has over 200 customers and partners in healthcare that include 16 Blue Plans, 35 Medicaid,
State and Federal Agencies, along with partnership arrangements with all leading middleware stack vendors. Founded in 1996,
Edifecs is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. Company website: www.edifecs.com.
Contact: Kevin Pierce 425-452-0622, kevinp@edifecs.com.
