Borland Integration Efforts Ahead of Schedule.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2003 New Borland (Borland Software Corporation, Austin, TX, www.borland.com) A software company founded as Borland International in 1983 by Philippe Kahn. The company is noted for its language and development products. It also popularized the desktop accessory for DOS PCs with its Sidekick program. (R) Enterprise Studio 5 for Java(TM) and Borland(R) Together(R) Edition for JBuilder A family of Java development tools from Borland. Supporting J2EE and available in personal and enterprise editions, they are used to create all types of Java applications and applets, including support for JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), JSPs and servlets. (R) Lead Borland Integrated Product Offering Borland Software Corp. (Nasdaq:BORL) today announces sweeping new concepts in 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. resulting from several recent acquisitions. This first integrated product release is the result of the acquisition of TogetherSoft, a leading provider of platform-neutral, design-driven development Design Driven Development (D3) is an agile-based process for creating innovative requirements to build better solutions. It works closely with SCRUM and Extreme Programming (XP) for managing and implementing those requirements. Also it can work with non-agile processes such as RUP. solutions. Delivered well ahead of the planned integration of the post-merged companies, Borland(R) Together(R) Edition for JBuilder(R) and Borland(R) Enterprise Studio 5 for Java(TM) were developed with months of hard work and thousands of hours of development in research centers around the world to provide Borland customers with a new approach to application lifecycle management, uniquely breaking down the barriers that prevent people and technology from working together. The Borland approach integrates analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment technologies to accelerate the time it takes to develop and deploy business applications, increasing customers' competitive advantage. "Today's announcement clearly shows that after careful planning and all the hard work of our integration teams at Borland, our integration plans are proceeding smoothly and ahead of schedule," said Dale L. Fuller, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Borland. "Following a successful worldwide sales conference sales conference n → conferencia de ventas sales conference n → réunion f de vente sales conference n → , where we completed the alignment of our global sales force, Borland is well-positioned to continue executing on its integration strategy. The release of fully integrated products shortly after the close of the TogetherSoft acquisition and months ahead of schedule is proof of our commitment to integration and to delivering new products that revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the way companies develop and design software. We are well ahead of schedule and will continue to help our customers leverage the technology excellence that has become synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as Borland." Together Edition for JBuilder, the latest release of the Together product line, is designed to work seamlessly with market-leading Borland JBuilder and help enterprises deliver better Java-based software faster. This new offering is also an integrated component of the new Borland Enterprise Studio 5 for Java, which features a leading integration of analysis, design, development, testing and deployment technologies. By combining Together technology with JBuilder in Borland Enterprise Studio 5 for Java, Borland provides a high level of integration between the leading Java development solution and design and analysis tools, enabling an increase in productivity and quality. The result is better software getting to market faster. "In today's environment, enterprises are focused on speeding time to market for software applications," said Thomas Murphy Tom or Thomas Murphy could refer to:
Key Components of Borland(R) Enterprise Studio 5 for Java(TM) Borland Enterprise Studio 5 for Java provides customers with an end-to-end end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. Java development solution that combines the best technologies on the market. The integrated solution is designed to increase productivity and reduce time-to-market for software applications. -- Borland Together Edition for JBuilder -- Together Edition for JBuilder is a completely integrated, agile modeling environment for teams developing software with Borland JBuilder. This technology is designed to accelerate the application development lifecycle by integrating the JBuilder development environment with a design-centric solution that visually models software, measures quality and improves team productivity. -- Borland JBuilder -- The leading environment for building industrial-strength enterprise Java applications, JBuilder is built to simplify Web and EJB(TM) development with two-way visual designers and rapid deployment to leading J2EE(TM) platform application servers. -- Borland Optimizeit Suite -- For large-scale Java projects, including J2EEplatform server applications, the Borland(R) Optimizeit(TM) Suite is engineered to identify performance hazards during development and to produce fast, reliable applications. -- Borland Enterprise Server, AppServer Edition -- A high-performance, highly scalable J2EE platform application server made for the deployment and management of mission-critical enterprise Java applications and Web Services. -- Borland JDataStore -- A fast, versatile Java database designed for portable embedded, mobile, and Web server applications. JDataStore features a very small footprint and delivers the performance, scalability, and synchronization capabilities of a full-power database. Pricing and Availability Borland Enterprise Studio for Java can be ordered immediately from Borland and is expected to ship in March 2003. Discounted upgrade pricing is available to current users of the Studio, JBuilder, and Together ControlCenter. A special introductory discount is also available through the month of March. Current JBuilder 7 and JBuilder 8 users who want to add a modeling solution to their JBuilder development environment may also purchase Together Edition for JBuilder separately by contacting their Borland sales representative. For more information on Borland Enterprise Studio for Java, visit http://www.borland.com/estudiojava/. For more information on 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. Edition for JBuilder, visit http://www.borland.com/together/. About Borland Borland Software Corp. (Nasdaq:BORL) is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions that are designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. By connecting managers, testers, designers, developers, and implementers in real time, Borland enables enterprises worldwide to define and sustain their competitive advantage. For more information, visit: http://www.borland.com or the Borland Developer Network at http://bdn.borland.com. All Borland brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corp. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. 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These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in Borland 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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