Agence France Presse Chooses Borland Development and Deployment Technology for Java.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002

Borland(R) Enterprise Server and Borland JBuilder(R) Used

to Build Satellite News Distribution Management System

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL) today announced that leading Agence France Presse(R) (AFP(R)) has upgraded its satellite news distribution system with Borland(R) Enterprise Server and Borland JBuilder(R). The advent of multimedia technology such as animation sequences and videos brings a heavy increase in the transmitted volume of materials, causing AFP to rethink the design, development, and deployment of its technical model. The entire AFP news distribution model needed to be transformed with a faster, flexible and reliable development solution.

"The technical model we developed for text transmission was reaching its limits. We needed bigger throughputs to guarantee the quantity and quality that our clients have come to expect," said Jean-Christophe Garnier, project manager at AFP. "Moreover, we were burdened with an aging technical platform whose main drawbacks were high maintenance costs and proprietary lock-in, giving us little possibility of moving with the times."

AFP drew up a detailed specification for a full overhaul of the system. The project for the overall restructuring of the satellite distribution system was divided into three sub-projects. The first was devoted to the transmitters located worldwide; the second covered the receivers installed with the clients that retrieve and store data for subsequent access; and the third concerned overall system control.

The immediate priority was to establish a solid foundation using standard, reliable building blocks to minimize future difficulties in the development and integration of the new system. AFP opted for Digital Video Broadcasting. By using numerical technology, the solution enables a reduction in the cost of renting bandwidth from operators and an increase in throughput.

AFP had to resolve a number of issues including compatibility with industry standards, cost of maintenance and upgrades, reliability and platform independence with multiple operating systems.

"We soon realized that in order to keep up with our ambitions, we needed to go with Java(TM)," Garnier said. "For development and deployment, Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) components provided the reusable, upgradeable building blocks we needed."

AFP is now embarking on the deployment phase of its project. Each of the main press agency's sites -- Paris, Washington and Hong Kong -- will have one or two servers deployed.

"Using Borland's leading technology for Java has allowed us to create these mission critical systems in-house, thereby reducing costs on external resources," Garnier said. "AFP chose Borland Enterprise Server, AppServer(TM) Edition and JBuilder for their reliability, speed, compliance with standards, Enterprise JavaBean re-usability and above all, the availability of J2EE(TM) development and implementation."

"Borland Enterprise Server provides linear scalability, strict compliance with J2EE and CORBA(R) standards and tight integration with Borland JBuilder, making it the solution to be reckoned with in this critical project," said Daniel Damin, country manager for France.

For more information on Borland Enterprise Server and Borland JBuilder, visit http://www.borland.com/besappserver/index.html and http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/index.html.

About AFP(R)

Agence France Presse (AFP) is a worldwide multilingual and multimedia news agency. AFP is the world's oldest established news agency, founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, the father of global journalism. Today, the agency continues to expand its operations worldwide, reaching thousands of subscribers (radios, TVs, newspapers, companies) from its main headquarters in Paris and regional centers in Washington, Hong Kong, Nicosia and Montevideo, with journalists in 165 countries, built around five regional headquarters. It employs more than 2,000 staff, 900 working outside France. AFP produces 400,000 to 600,000 words in text, 700 photographs and 50 news graphics daily.

About Borland

Borland Software Corporation is a leading provider of technology used to develop, deploy, and integrate software applications. Delivering best-in-class technology solutions dedicated to interoperability, Borland allows enterprises of all sizes to move into Web-based computing while leveraging legacy systems. From the Fortune 1000 to the Borland Developer Network comprised of millions of developers around the world, Borland provides customers the freedom to develop applications, deploy them anywhere, and integrate and manage them across the enterprise. Borland solutions enable organizations to increase productivity and deliver higher performance projects and on budget, while lowering total cost of ownership.

Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Borland at http://www.borland.com, the Borland Developer Network at http://bdn.borland.com, or call Borland at [phone].

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