Borland Builds on Application Lifecycle Management Strategy for Java Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers JavaOne 2003 Booth #1509 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2003 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:BORL) Borland(R) Enterprise Studio 6 for Java Helps Drive Collaboration and Productivity for Enterprise Development Teams Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL) today introduced Borland(R) Enterprise Studio 6 for Java(TM), further strengthening the company's application lifecycle management The administration and control of an application from inception to its demise. It embraces requirements management, system design, software development and configuration management and implies an integrated set of tools for developing and controlling the project. (ALM) strategy for the Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). . By integrating the definition, design, development, testing, deployment, and management stages of the software application lifecycle, Borland helps enterprises deliver better software, faster. Borland Enterprise Studio 6 for Java includes award-winning, tightly integrated Borland technologies designed to enhance productivity and enable development teams to deliver quality applications. Studio 6 bundles Borland CaliberRM,(TM) the new Borland Together Together is a product line from Borland that integrates a Java IDE, which originally had its roots in JBuilder with a UML modeling tool. The product line comes in various levels of functionality, called Together Developer, Together Designer, and Together Architect. (R) Edition for JBuilder(R) 6.1, Borland JBuilder(R) 9, Borland Optimizeit(TM) Suite 5.5, Borland(R) Enterprise Server 5.2, Borland JDataStore(TM) 6, and Borland StarTeam(R). "Borland Enterprise Studio 6 for Java is designed to accelerate the application lifecycle, helping developers be more productive," said George Paolini, vice president and general manager of Java solutions at Borland. "Borland is dedicated to providing complete ALM solutions that offer freedom of choice and help companies accelerate the delivery of critical applications. Studio 6 enables enterprises to successfully build and deploy innovative Java applications across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. without vendor lock-in In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, customer lock-in, lock-in is where a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot move to another vendor without substantial switching costs, real and/or perceived. ." The new Borland Enterprise Studio for Java includes enhanced integration between JBuilder and Together Edition for JBuilder as well as new integration with StarTeam and the inclusion of Borland StarTeam Personal Edition. These integrated solutions enable collaboration and management across organizational boundaries by delivering role-specific project views in a common framework. The Application Lifecycle The Borland strategy for application lifecycle management integrates the definition, design, development, testing, deployment and management phases throughout the application lifecycle. Define CaliberRM is designed to help small teams and enterprises automate their requirements processes, enable team collaboration regarding requirements and project objectives, and aid enterprises in successfully delivering applications that meet both performance and productivity requirements. -- Powerful impact analysis and management capabilities. -- Customizable traceability throughout the application lifecycle. Design Together Edition for JBuilder speeds the application development lifecycle by integrating the market-leading JBuilder development environment with a design-centric solution built to visually model software, measure quality and improve team productivity. -- Provides analysis, design and modeling capabilities. -- Automated patterns feature helps to speed development of Java applications. -- Helps to speed team productivity by automatically generating documentation for Java applications. Develop JBuilder 9 includes a number of new enterprise-level enhancements to help development teams deliver better software, faster. -- Support for the entire application development lifecycle via integration with StarTeam and Together Edition for JBuilder. -- New Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Wizards enable faster, easier construction and connection of Enterprise JavaBeans See EJB. (specification, business, programming) Enterprise JavaBeans - (EJB) A server-side component architecture for writing reusable business logic and portable enterprise applications. EJB is the basis of Sun's Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). (TM) with Web-based front ends. -- Additional deployment flexibility with new support and automatic deployment for Borland(R) Enterprise Server 5.2, WebLogic(R) 8.1, WebSphere(R) 5.0, and Sybase(R) EAServer 4.2. Test Optimizeit Suite 5.5, the newest version of the award-winning Borland performance assurance solution, helps enterprises focus on quality and performance from the start. -- Automatic Memory Leak A condition caused by a program that does not free up the extra memory it allocates. In programming languages, such as C/C++, the programmer can dynamically allocate additional memory to hold data and variables that are required for the moment, but not used throughout the program. Detector makes it easier to keep code running fast and efficiently. -- Optimizeit Progress Tracker enables development teams to continuously monitor and measure the impact of performance changes throughout devlopment process. Deploy The Borland ALM strategy for Java supports a wide range of database applications, including JDataStore 6, a fast, versatile Java database for writing portable embedded, mobile, and Web server applications. Enterprises can deploy applications quickly and effectively on Borland Enterprise Server Borland Enterprise Server, also known as Borland Application Server, was Borland's J2EE Application Server. The product was developed in 1999 within the team of former Visigenic company that was acquired by Borland in 1997. , a fast, scalable and reliable application server for Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (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 applications and Web services. Borland Enterprise Server has been noted as an industry leader in J2EE performance and scalability benchmarks. Manage StarTeam provides an automated and comprehensive software configuration management system for supporting the management of assets and application lifecycle tasks, all from within a single repository. -- Easier management and access to development assets. -- Provides integrated support for team discussion, requirements and task management, and defect tracking In engineering, defect tracking is the process of finding defects in a product, (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects. . Availability For additional product information, visit http://www.borland.com/estudiojava/. About Borland Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL) is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions that are designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. 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