BORLAND DEMONSTRATES DELPHI 2.0 INTERNET SUPPORT; Delphi Wins Jolt Cola Award for Best Development Tool.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1996--At a customer event held this week at the Software Development 96 conference and exhibition, Borland International Inc. demonstrated how developers can seamlessly integrate Internet technologies on both the client and the server side of applications created using Delphi 2.0. Also at the conference, Delphi received the Jolt Cola Jolt Cola is a carbonated soft drink produced by Wet Planet Beverages. It was created in 1985 by C. J. Rapp as a highly caffeinated cola. It is targeted towards students and young professionals, stressing its use as a stimulant in a similar manner as energy drinks. award for Technical Excellence in a field which included Microsoft Corporation's Visual C++ and Visual Basic, and SunSoft's Java. Delphi is Borland's high-performance client/server and Windows application A program that is written to run under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Such applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows, but earlier applications might also run under the 16-bit versions (Windows 3.x) as well. See Windows. development tool. Delphi 2.0, which was introduced earlier this month, is rapidly gaining customer acceptance due to its suite of powerful client and server development tools that provide large corporations and government organizations with a competitive advantage through the ability to build more robust applications in shorter amounts of time. Borland's presentation demonstrated how Delphi can use Microsoft's recently announced Internet technologies, including the Internet Control Pack, ActiveX controls, and WinInet and ISAPI (Internet Server API) A programming interface on Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's Web server. Using ISAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs that are written as DLLs on the server, typically to access data in a database. application programming interfaces (APIs), to create a Delphi web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. client application running on Windows 95, and a Delphi web server application running on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . Delphi components that support these new Microsoft technologies are now available to customers electronically on Borland's CompuServe forums and World Wide Web site (http://www.borland.com/techinfo/delphi). Borland also announced plans to add server support for Netscape's NSAPI (NetScape API) A programming interface on Netscape's Web Server. Using NSAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs on the server, typically to access data in a database. NSAPI is an alternative to using CGI scripts on Netscape Web servers. as well as other popular web server APIs. By supporting emerging Internet technologies, Delphi gives developers a competitive advantage in creating high-performance Internet applications, said Michael Greenbaum, vice president and general manager of Borland's Client/Server Development Tools Group. Delphi's object-oriented architecture allows customers to extend applications to take advantage of powerful technologies for client/server and Internet development. About Delphi The Delphi 2.0 product line is now available in three versions designed for specific types of developers. Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 for corporate client/server developers; Delphi Developer 2.0 for professional developers doing local and LAN-based development; and Delphi Desktop 2.0 for individual programmers. Delphi is the only completely object-oriented development tool for Windows and client/server development that combines a two-way visual programming environment, a high-performance optimizing native code compiler and scalable database tools. Delphi 2.0 features a 32-bit optimized native code compiler that is 15 to 50 times faster than P-code interpreters, such as Powersoft's Powerbuilder and Microsoft's Visual Basic. Borland: Making Development Easier Borland International Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BORL) is a leading provider of products and services targeted to software developers. Borland is distinguished for its high-quality software development tools, which include, Delphi, Delphi Client/Server, Borland C++, Visual dBASE See dBASE versions. (language) Visual dBASE - A Rapid Application Development suite with a compiler and intranet tools to enable developers to publish data on the World-Wide Web. Originally a Borland product, the first version released by dBase, Inc. was Visual dBase 5.7. , Paradox and InterBase. Borland's award-winning products are supported through comprehensive programs for small- and large-sized software developers, corporate developers, value added resellers and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city located in eastern Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about ten miles (16 km) south of San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the beach in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 11,385. . -0- Note to Editors: Copies of previous Borland press releases and additional corporate and product information are available on Borland's Internet World Wide Web (WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. ) site, at http://www.borland.com. CONTACT: Vallee Hubbard Borland International Inc. 408/431-4705 vhubbard@wpo.borland.com |
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