Apropos Selects Borland Kylix 2 and IBM Informix Dynamic Server for Linux-Based Retail Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002 Borland Delivers Cross-Platform Windows/Linux Development Solution to Leading Retail Solutions Provider Borland Software Corporation (company) Borland Software Corporation - A company that sells a variety of PC software development and database systems. Borland was founded in 1983 and initially became famous for their low-cost software, particularly Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and Turbo Prolog. (Nasdaq:BORL) today announced that Apropos Retail Management Systems, the premier provider of chain retail management systems for small to mid-size chain retailers, has chosen Borland(R) Kylix(TM) 2 and the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (R) Informix(R) Dynamic Server as the development and deployment combination for their Linux(R)-based retail solutions. The combined solution includes a new dbExpress(TM) driver for the IBM/Informix database with Kylix(TM) 2, the latest version of Borland's award-winning, rapid application development (RAD) environment for the Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. with support for developing and deploying Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . Apropos also develops award-winning retail applications using Borland Delphi For the language Borland Delphi is programmed in, see . Borland Delphi (now a product of Borland's subsidiary, CodeGear) is a software development package created by Borland. (TM) 6, and when combined with Kylix 2 offers true cross-platform Windows/Linux development. A whitepaper entitled, "Database Application Development Using Borland(R) Kylix(TM) and IBM(R) DB2 Universal Database(TM) v7.2" is available at: http://www.borland.com/kylix/papers/k2_udv72.pdf. "In the retail industry, Linux is a widely adopted operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. because of its security and cost-saving benefits," said Sten Karlsen, co-founder and vice president of Apropos. "We've chosen to standardize on Delphi 6 and Kylix 2 as we continue to address the unique requirements of the 'All Channel' retailer." "Global organizations turn to IBM database software for performance, scalability, reliability and total cost of ownership," said Lauren Flaherty, vice president of marketing, IBM Data Management Solutions. "Borland's support with Kylix 2 enables developers to fully leverage the rich functionality of Linux on the Informix database." The dbExpress driver allows an application or compiler built with Kylix to access the Informix database. By offering the dbExpress driver to IBM customers, Borland continues to offer corporate developers the ability to create and deploy applications on the database platform of their choice, while enabling IBM customers to take advantage of rich Linux features. "Delivering a database driver for IBM with Kylix 2 continues Borland's long-standing commitment to provide our customers software technology that works across major architectures," said Simon Thornhill, vice president and general manager of RAD solutions for Borland. "We are pleased to work with IBM/Informix to offer our joint customers, like Apropos, a robust solution for developing and deploying their e-business applications." About Apropos Retail Management Systems Founded in 1989, Apropos Retail Management Systems has become the leading supplier of advanced technology retail software and system solutions to the growing market of small to mid-size chains, from 5 to 250+ store locations. Apropos provides complete software systems for growing chain retailers who want to be more profitable and productive. Apropos is a suite of retail applications built on the advanced SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database environment. Apropos provides a complete, one-stop solution from POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale to Back Office to Accounting and Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse - all built on the most advanced technology, and tied together with full professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . For more information, please visit: http://www.aproposretail.com. About Borland(R) Kylix(TM) 2 Borland Kylix 2 provides rapid e-business development with Web Services for the Linux operating system. Kylix 2 features BizSnap(TM), WebSnap(TM), and DataSnap(TM) to allow corporate or individual developers to create Web Services quickly and easily. Combined with Borland Delphi(TM), the RAD solution for Windows(R), Kylix 2 allows developers to use one code base for cross-platform Linux/Windows application development. Kylix 2 also enables immediate and ongoing interaction with Web Services-based vendor platforms including .Net(TM) and BizTalk(TM) from Microsoft, and ONE from Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . For more information about Kylix 2, please visit the Borland Web site, http://www.borland.com/kylix. About Borland (R) Delphi(TM) 6 Borland Delphi 6 is the first rapid application development (RAD) environment for Windows(R) that supports new and emerging Web Services. With Delphi 6, corporate or individual developers can create next generation e-business applications quickly and easily. Major features include BizSnap(TM), WebSnap(TM) and DataSnap(TM) that enable developers to create applications that simplify business-to-business integration with full support for XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , SOAP, XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) A standard from the W3C for describing a style sheet for XML documents. It is the XML counterpart to the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in HTML and is compatible with CSS2. and WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. . 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