Accounting, payroll and business software house Pastel Software has adopted the Pervasive database for its range of accounting and business software solutions.
"We believe this will significantly improve the stability of the operating system and enhance the compatibility of our software programs," says Terry Kier, managing director of Pastel Software, a Softline company.
"Our most recent product release, Pastel Accounting V6, is a 32-bit application that integrates perfectly with the Pervasive database. The advantages that will accrue from this for our users include enhanced speed, stability and reliability," adds Kier.
Pastel has gone with Pervasive because of an obligation to users to integrate to a more modern platform as well as the fact that Btrieve has been discontinued and is no longer supported.
Pervasive is well-suited to mission-critical business software applications such as accounting and payroll programs. The Pastel Accounting V6 package is shipping as standard with the Pervasive database as a free upgrade for the workstation version. Workgroup users will be charged a small upgrade fee.
"We cannot afford to compromise on quality," says Kier. "We took the decision to go with Pervasive because it is a highly stable and reliable new generation database compatible with today`s operating systems. In financial software, data integrity is paramount and therefore stability of the database is as important as the software source code itself."
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