Borland Announces New Version of Enterprise Studio for Java; Tighter Integration of Industry Leading Solutions to Meet Growing Demands of Enterprise Application Developers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL), a leading provider of e-business platform solutions, today announced at its 12th Annual 2001 Borland Developer Conference (Borcon), the new Borland(R) Enterprise Studio for Java(TM) (the Studio), the latest and most comprehensive application development lifecycle solution for building enterprise applications. The new version of the Studio offers significantly tighter integration of market-leading Java software from Rational Software (Nasdaq:RATL) and Borland. The improved integration between Rational Rose(R) and Borland JBuilder(TM) features seamless roundtrip engineering and greater consistency of interface for enterprise Java developers to more quickly and efficiently build complex Java applications.

Highlights of the New Studio

              --  JBuilder 5 offers new features such as XML
                integration, validation and error-tracing;

              --  For applications developed using the Studio, Borland
                AppServer(TM) 4.5 allows developers to debug or run
                applications locally and remotely;

              --  Rational's latest version of Rational Rose
                Professional J Edition, is an indispensable tool for
                companies with Java and J2EE(TM) platform architects,
                and for Java and J2EE platform developers working on
                mission critical Web-enabled e-business solutions;

              --  As an optional addition, Macromedia(R) Dreamweaver(R)
                UltraDev(TM) 4 is available for professional Web
                application development.

Meeting the Needs of Java Developers

According to Gartner Group, Java is the fastest growing development platform with currently more than one million Java developers worldwide. Gartner predicts the number of Java developers will reach three million by 2004.

"Today, Java developers are faced with increasingly complex applications, and they need to bring modeling into their development process," said Mark Driver, research analyst for Gartner Group. "As the complexity of applications increases, the need for integration between the IDE and modeling environment is crucial."

"Now that we have a tighter integration with JBuilder, customers will truly be able to speed time-to-market for complex Java applications," said Jim McGee, senior vice president and general manager, Practitioner Desktop Products for Rational. "With this combination of market-leading products, we know customers will derive great value from the Borland Enterprise Studio and continue to create world-class Java applications."

"With this solution, Borland is delivering capabilities that offer businesses a valuable competitive edge," said Tom Hale, senior vice president of product marketing for Macromedia. "Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 enables rapid visual development of Web applications, and its open architecture enables it to integrate seamlessly into any development workflow."

"Consistent with Borland's mission, Rational and Macromedia are committed to offering customers the highest standards in Java development," said Tony de la Lama, vice president and general manager of the Java business unit at Borland. "The initial release of the Studio earlier this year was very successful for Borland. We will continue to work closely with Rational and Macromedia to bring our customers the best the Java platform has to offer with a comprehensive application analysis, design, process management, development and deployment

environment."

About Borland(R) Enterprise Studio for Java(TM)

Borland Enterprise Studio for Java combines Borland JBuilder 5, Borland AppServer, Rational Rose Professional J Edition, and Rational Unified Process(R) (RUP(R)) into a single, easy-to-use package that enables companies to build enterprise-level e-business software more efficiently and effectively. The Studio is optionally bundled with Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 for building Web application interfaces to provide all the necessary tools for development and deployment of e-business applications.

Key Components include:

          --  Borland JBuilder 5, the number-one rated, award-winning,
            and market leading Java development environment with new
            support for XML development;

          --  Borland AppServer 4.5, an industrial strength J2EE
            platform application server that combines the benefits of
            Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) (EJB(TM)) and CORBA(R);

          --  Rational Rose Professional J Edition, the new version of
            the world's leading visual modeling solution with direct
            integration to JBuilder 5;

          --  Rational Unified Process(R), to ensure best practices and
            methodology for software development.

Pricing and Availability

Borland Enterprise Studio for Java is expected to be generally available later this month for $4,699 or optionally bundled with Macromedia DreamWeaver UltraDev 4 for $5,199. Upgrades will be available for current customers of the Borland Enterprise Studio Java Edition and for JBuilder 4 Enterprise. For more information please contact your Borland representative, call 800/632-2864 or visit www.borland.com.

About Borland(R) JBuilder(TM) Enterprise

Borland JBuilder Enterprise is a rapid application development environment for creating business, database and distributed applications based on the Java 2 platform. The product supports development on the Windows(R), Linux(R), and Solaris(TM) operating environments. It includes strong support for the J2EE platform so programmers can rapidly deliver reliable and scalable EJB technology-based components. JBuilder provides wizards and visual tools for creating reusable JavaBeans components and deploying to BEA(R) WebLogic(R), IBM(R) WebSphere(R) and Borland AppServer, all of which support J2EE platform technology standards. JBuilder provides visual tools and reusable components for rapidly creating platform-independent applications for the Java 2 platform. A detailed matrix of features included in JBuilder is located at http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/jb5/feamatrix.

About Borland(R) AppServer(TM)

Borland AppServer provides an industrial strength infrastructure for an e-business platform solution. The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) 1.2.1 certified Borland AppServer provides clustering, load balancing and back-end integration, to enable customers with a powerful platform-independent application server that meets the rigorous needs of global e-business customers. Built upon the most widely deployed CORBA object request broker in the world, Borland brings this technology innovation and heritage to the J2EE platform.

About Rational Rose(R) Professional J Edition

Rational Rose is the world's leading modeling tool for development of robust, efficient solutions to real business needs in the Web-centric distributed enterprise and real-time systems environments. Rational Rose uses the standard UML as the visual modeling language accessible to non-programmers wanting to model business processes as well as to programmers modeling applications logic. Rational Rose Professional J Edition accelerates, simplifies and streamlines Java development through full integration with Borland JBuilder, including roundtrip and reverse engineering capabilities.

About Rational Unified Process(R)

The Rational Unified Process is a software development process, delivered through a Web-enabled, searchable knowledge base, that enhances team productivity and delivers software best practices via guidelines, templates, and tool mentors for all critical software lifecycle activities.

About Macromedia(R) Dreamweaver(R) UltraDev(TM) 4

Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 is the first authoring software that allows developers, programmers, and designers to visually create and edit data-driven Web applications on multiple server platforms. Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev generates applications that take advantage of Microsoft(R) Active Server Pages (ASP), Sun Microsystems(R) JavaServer(TM) Pages (JSP(TM)), and Allaire(R) ColdFusion(R) Markup Language (CFML) technologies to connect to industry standard servers, making it ideally suited to today's heterogeneous development landscapes.

About Borland

Borland is a leading provider of high-performance e-business platform solutions designed to increase developer productivity and reduce time to market for enterprise software projects. E-business platform solutions consist of software products that allow businesses to develop, deploy and manage e-business applications. Borland is the vendor of choice for professional e-business solution providers who demand a vendor-independent platform that supports rapid time to market, high productivity, performance and availability. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, Calif., with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Borland at http://www.borland.com, the community site at http://community.borland.com or call Borland at 800/632-2864.

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