Borland Announces Web Services Strategy for Linux; Web Services Offering Aims to Advance Linux as e-Business Server.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL), a leading provider of e-business platform solutions, today unveiled the company's strategy to provide Web Services support for the Linux(R) operating system. As Linux continues to make in-roads as the fastest-growing operating system for servers(1), the benefits of Web Services and Apache(TM) Web server will help to accelerate the adoption of Linux as an e-business server. Increasingly, companies are looking to the promise of Web Services as a way to leverage the Internet to connect and integrate with their customers, suppliers, business partners and employees worldwide across diverse platforms and technologies.

"When Borland announced Kylix earlier this year, it filled a void in the application development environment area for Linux," said Bill Claybrook, research director, Linux and Open Source Software, Aberdeen Group. "We see Web Services doing a similar thing -- filling the needs of enterprises that want to expand Web capabilities via their Linux platforms."

Known by Fortune 1000 customers as a supporter of open standards and provider of platform independent technologies, Borland is leading the way for businesses to leverage Web Services on their platform of choice. As the first company to provide a rapid application development (RAD) environment for building and deploying Web Services on Windows with Delphi(TM) 6, Borland now plans to provide a RAD solution for Web Services that will expand the Internet capabilities of Apache Web servers and applications for Linux using the Borland(R) Kylix(TM) RAD development platform. Borland RAD solutions for Web Services enable companies to easily create enterprise applications and simplify business-to-business integration of applications running on any platform with support for emerging industry standards: XML, SOAP and WSDL.

The Gartner Group estimates that "80 percent of mission critical systems are 'isolated from the net'" and that there is a "pressing need to represent existing systems on the Web." As companies face the challenge of using the Internet as a way to connect and integrate with their customers, suppliers, business partners and employees worldwide, they can now leverage Web Services to integrate applications within a company as well as connect with any application on any system.

"Extending business processes and systems to the Internet is a high-priority for corporate enterprises," said Simon Thornhill, vice president and general manager of the RAD business unit for Borland. "Borland is committed to the rapid development and deployment of Web Services for Linux, as well as other platforms, so our customers can reap the benefits offered by a connected enterprise."

Following this year's successful introduction of Kylix, the first native RAD environment for Linux, today's announcement marks Borland's continued leadership in providing innovative solutions for Linux that will help drive it into the mainstream.

Earlier this month, Borland announced a Web Services seminar series designed for CXOs and IT decision-makers that will focus on how businesses can leverage Web Services to seamlessly and efficiently connect partners, customers and employees worldwide. The seminars launch in September in the United States and Canada, and the fall in Europe, Asia Pacific and Brazil. For locations, dates and registration visit http://www.borland.com/events/.

About Web Services

Web Services are business processes that can be discovered and run over the Internet using standard technologies. By using Web Services, companies can easily connect applications using standard XML formats over standard Internet protocols to virtually any client, including desktop applications, Web browsers, mobile devices and PDAs. Similarly, Web Services easily interconnect applications from completely different hardware platforms, such as mainframes, application servers and Web servers; Web Services also support connections among disparate operating systems such as Windows, Java(TM) and Unix(R). Web Services enable developers to build e-business applications that can connect with any customer, supplier and business partner anywhere in the world-regardless of the chosen platform or programming language. For more information on how Borland is delivering Web Services, please visit the Borland Web site, http://www.borland.com/webservices.

About Borland(R) Kylix(TM)

Borland Kylix is a high-performance RAD environment for the Linux platform. Kylix is a component-based environment for two-way visual development of graphical user interface (GUI), Internet, database and server applications. Kylix is powered by a new high-speed native Delphi compiler for Linux and implements a native Linux and cross-platform version of the Borland Visual Component Library (VCL) architecture called CLX(TM). CLX is designed to radically speed native Linux application development and simplify the porting of Delphi applications between Windows and Linux operating systems. For more information about Kylix, please visit the Borland Web site, www.borland.com/kylix.

About Borland(R) Delphi(TM) 6

Borland Delphi 6 is the first RAD environment for Windows to support 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, SOAP, XSL and WSDL. Delphi 6 support for industry standard Web Services enables immediate and ongoing integration with emerging Web Services based vendor platforms such as .Net(TM) and BizTalk(TM) from Microsoft(R), and ONE from Sun Microsystems(R). For more information about Delphi 6, please visit the Borland Web site, http://www.borland.com/delphi.

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, California, 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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(1) Source: IDC