Borland's Delphi Client/Server Wins PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award; High-Performance RAD Tool Recognized as Technically Superior Development Tool.Inc.'s Delphi Client/Server has received the 1995 Technical Excellence Award for Development Tools from the editors of PC Magazine, the most widely read computer trade publication. The Technical Excellence award winners were announced at a COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). ceremony here Monday. The Technical Excellence Award ceremony highlighted the superiority of twenty-seven products in ten categories with Delphi Client/Server winning the Development Tools category over Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0. "This award establishes Delphi Client/Server as the undisputed technical leader in the development tool market," said Gary Wetsel, Borland's president. "This recognition confirms Borland is responding to our customers' needs and the entire client/server development community is benefiting from that process." Other International Awards The Technical Excellence Award is the most recent of several prestigious awards received by Delphi and Delphi Client/Server for their unique combination of the world's fastest optimizing native-code compiler and the rapid application development benefits of a visual two-way development environment, an object-oriented component-based architecture, and scalable database technology. Windows Technical Journal recently gave its 1995 Star Tech Winner Award to Delphi, citing it as "...the summation of everything the software development industry has learned during the first decade of the Windows era." Other awards include Best of LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Times 1995, Visual Programmer's Journal Editor's Choice, PC/Computing's Excellence Award, Ziff-Davis Cannes Software Excellence Award for Overall Technical Excellence to name a few. Borland is publicly previewing Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0, the new 32-bit version of Delphi Client/Server for Windows 95 and NT, all week in its booth. The new version will offer faster performance, more object-oriented capabilities and an entire suite of client and server tools. Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 will also include InterBase 4.0 NT, a more integrated 32-bit version of ReportSmith 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. , and Expanded Open Tools API for integrating third-party CASE tools such as LBMS LBMS Long Beach Middle School (New York) LBMS Lake Bluff Middle School (Lake Bluff, Illinois) LBMS Lake Belton Middle School (Belton, TX) , Popkin System Architect and CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. SilverRun. 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: Borland International Inc. Marcy Schrader, 408/431-4304 mschrader@wpo.borland.com |
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