Borland AppServer Demonstrates Superior Performance on New Sun System.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001

Borland's J2EE(TM)-Compliant Application Server

Delivers High Performance at a Lower Total Cost of Ownership

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM: BORL) today announced the immediate availability of full ECperf(TM) Benchmark testing results that demonstrate the high performance of Borland(R) AppServer(TM) 4.5 as a fast, highly scalable and cost-effective application server. The Borland ECperf results have been verified by the ECperf Expert Group and posted to http://www.borland.com/appserver/ecperf and to http://www.theserverside.com/ecperf, the official site for hosting ECperf results.

"Today's announcement reinforces Borland's technology leadership and adherence to industry standards that enable Borland customers to maximize the performance of their applications while achieving a lower total cost of ownership," said Alan Shoap, vice president of enterprise solutions at Borland. "The high level of performance demonstrated by Borland AppServer is a direct result of its unique scalability and clustering capabilities as well as efficient resource management. These features map directly into performance and cost savings for both server and database hardware requirements for Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM)) deployments."

Borland conducted tests of the Borland AppServer at Sun Microsystems' benchmarking facility and was instrumental in providing these results for the launch of Sun's new 8-way Sun Fire(TM) V880 which was announced in late October, see http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-10/sunflash.20011029.5.html. The results publicly demonstrated the world's first system ever to run ECperf Benchmarks. Using Borland AppServer 4.5, an 8-way Sun Fire V880, Oracle 8i and Java 1.3.1, the resulting world-record performance of 5961.77 BBops/min@Std and price performance ratio of $51/Bbops/min@Std, confirms Borland AppServer as a fast, highly scalable and cost-effective application server. Today's announcement follows the recent posting of the Borland(R) AppServer(TM) Kit for the ECperf(TM) 1.0 Benchmark to enable companies to independently measure the real-world performance and scalability of Borland AppServer.

About ECperf

ECperf, composed of the Specification and the Kit, is a benchmark designed to measure performance and scalability. Prototyped and built in conjunction with Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition server vendors, it was developed under the Java Community Process. The audience is both the J2EE user and server vendor. ECperf can assist the J2EE user in understanding J2EE scalability and tuning. The J2EE application server vendor can use ECperf to improve and showcase product performance. The ECperf Specification Benchmark is available at http://jcp.org/jsr/detail/4.jsp. For more information on ECperf, see http://java.sun.com/j2ee/ecperf.

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 serves the rigorous needs of global e-business customers. Built upon Borland VisiBroker(R), the most deployed CORBA(R) solution on the market, Borland brings this technology innovation and heritage to the J2EE platform. For more information visit http://www.borland.com/appserver

About Borland

Borland Software Corporation is a leading provider of technology used to develop, deploy and integrate software applications. Delivering best-in-class technology solutions dedicated to interoperability, Borland allows enterprises of all sizes to move into Web based computing while leveraging legacy systems. From the Fortune 1000 to the Borland Nation consisting of millions of developers, Borland provides customers the freedom to develop applications, deploy them anywhere, and integrate and manage them across the enterprise. Borland solutions enable organizations to increase productivity and deliver higher performance projects faster and on budget, while lowering total cost of ownership.

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.

Note to Editors: All Borland brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of the party using such names.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, J2EE, EJB, Java Community Process and ECperf are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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