Borland AppServer Delivers High Performance for J2EE Platform; Borland AppServer and AT&T Unisource Case Study Highlighted by Sun Microsystems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2001 WHAT: 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 NM:BORL) continues to receive recognition in the developer community and 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. (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) for Borland(R) AppServer(TM), as illustrated in a case study highlighting AT&T Unisource's successful use of AppServer on the Sun Web site and during the company's recent JavaOne(SM) Developer Conference. As part of a joint venture between AT&T and Swiss telecommunications provider Unisource Carrier Service AG, the two corporations teamed to reduce off-net traffic costs by reconfiguring network switched routing tables. AppServer is the application development, deployment and management solution that enabled AT&T Unisource to significantly cut costs within its voice network business. HOW: AppServer was selected by AT&T Unisource in the early days of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (language, programming) Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition - (J2EE) Sun's Java platform for multi-tier server-oriented enterprise applications. The basis of J2EE is Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB). See also the Standard edition J2SE and the Micro edition J2ME. (J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. (TM) platform) after rigorous technical evaluations and benchmark tests on multiple server platforms. Borland's enterprise solution offered the development team a high performance, scalable J2EE platform certified application server built on Borland VisiBroker(R), the most widely deployed CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global (R) framework in the world. Borland continues to lead the Java community in J2EE platform standards by supporting both the forthcoming J2EE platform 1.3 and EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. (TM) 2.0 specifications as they become publicly endorsed. The AT&T Unisource team built and deployed a reliable application after just four months of development with AppServer. The company's enterprise solution exceeded expectations in terms of persistence, container scalability, load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. , while providing superior transaction, data integration and session management capabilities. WHERE: Learn more about the successes and challenges of the AT&T Unisource case study on Sun Microsystems' Web site at http://java.sun.com/J2EE/inpractice/att.html, or view the complete report at http://java.sun.com/J2EE/inpractice/pdf/att.pdf. CONTACT: For an interview with Alan Shoap, vice president and general manager of Borland's Enterprise Business Unit, or William Louth, an architect in the Borland professional services team for the AT&T Unisource project, at Borcon July 21-25, 2001, please contact:
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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 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. , 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. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement All Borland brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation, formerly known as Inprise Corporation, in the United States and other countries. Other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of the party using such names. This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. All statements that are not historical are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, Borland's future financial performance, capital expenditures, revenues, acquisitions, earnings, costs, product development plans, global expansion plans, estimated size of potential customer markets, demand for Borland's products, the projected acceptance by existing or potential customers of new technologies and the potential features of, or benefits to be derived from, the products developed, marketed or sold by Borland, market and technological trends in the software industry and various economic and business trends. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, the following: general economic factors and capital market conditions, general industry trends, the potential effects on Borland of competition in computer software product and services markets, growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. in the software and professional services markets that Borland participates in, rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for Borland's products, shifts in customer demand, market acceptance of new or enhanced products or services developed, marketed or sold by Borland, delays in scheduled product availability dates, actions or announcements by competitors, software errors, reduction in sales to or loss of any significant customers, the ability to successfully integrate acquisitions, any failure by Borland to protect its intellectual property rights, the dependence of certain of Borland's business units on licenses from third parties, Borland's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and Borland's failure to reduce costs. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Borland's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. Borland is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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