Borland Strengthens Its Application Lifecycle Management Support for the Microsoft .NET Environment.BOSTON -- Relationship With Microsoft Yields New Customers for Borland's Lifecycle Products Supporting Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms 2005, as Company Ships New Products for .NET Environment Microsoft Tech-Ed 2006 Conference -- 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 NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BORL), the global leader for Software Delivery Optimization, today announced that its ongoing relationship with Microsoft and support of customers using the .NET environment has resulted in a number of new customer and partner engagements including an agreement with Avanade Inc. -- a leading technology integrator specializing in the Microsoft enterprise platform. Borland also announced today that it is making available new versions of key 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) products supporting Visual Studio 2005 in the areas of UML (Unified Modeling Language) An object-oriented analysis and design language from the Object Management Group (OMG). Many design methodologies for describing object-oriented systems were developed in the late 1980s. modeling, requirements definition and management and requirements-driven testing. Avanade plans to use the Borland Requirements Definition and Management (RDM RDM Ring Deutscher Makler (German Realty Association) RDM Red Mage (Final Fantasy, gaming) RDM Remote Device Management (protocol used in theatre lighting equipment) ) product set as part of their implementations for customers using Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Borland's requirements solution for the Microsoft platform includes Caliber(R) Analyst, one of the first enterprise products to integrate a visual tool for requirements definition with an enterprise-class requirements management system A system for the management of theater and national imagery collection requirements that provides automated tools for users in support of submission, review, and validation of imagery nominations as requirements to be tasked on national or Department of Defense imagery collection, . Caliber Analyst enables organizations to facilitate the elicitation, analysis, specification, validation and management of requirements. "The ability to properly define and manage requirements across the development life cycle, as supplied by Borland's requirements engineering (programming) Requirements Engineering - The task of capturing, structuring, and accurately representing the user's requirements so that they can be correctly embodied in systems which meet those requirements (i.e. are of good quality). DOORS is one product to help with this task. products for Visual Studio 2005 Team System, is a important value add for our platform," said Ian Knox Ian Knox is a political cartoonist for The Irish News. He grew up in England but is now based in Belfast. He also provides drawings for the BBC Northern Ireland current affairs show, Hearts and Minds,[1] usually to add visuals to a speech by a guest commentator, as well , lead product manager for Visual Studio 2005 Team System at Microsoft Corp. "Working closely with Borland on this effort ensures that our joint customers have the ability to get requirements right from the start, thereby increasing overall quality and minimizing the costly re-work that is so often caused by bad requirements." Avanade is not only planning to use the Borland Requirements Definition and Management product set as one of the components of its ALM customer implementations, but also for its own internal development efforts. "Without an effective requirements management The administration and control of the information needs of users. In order to achieve business objectives within an organization via information systems, user requirements must be defined in a consistent manner, prioritized and monitored. process in place, the overall quality and integrity of an application can be adversely affected given that the entire development lifecycle is governed by the initial requirements defined," said Eric Blankenburg, vice president of Applications and Integration at Avanade. "Borland's Caliber Analyst leads to accurate and complete requirements that truly meet our business needs." A Long-Term Relationship Aimed at the Growing ALM Market Borland and Microsoft are working together on a number of go-to-market activities around the Borland RDM offering for Visual Studio 2005 Team System including joint sales, marketing and engineering integration initiatives. The collaboration is aimed squarely at the growing ALM market. Analyst firm IDC forecasts the ALM market will grow to $3.3 billion (U.S.) in 2009, achieving a 9.2 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate ) for 2004-2009.(1) According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry analysts, a significant percentage of organizations are already using, or plan to use, the Microsoft .NET See .NET. environment in their software development efforts. New Visual Design and Requirements-Driven Testing Capabilities for Visual Studio Customers using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 can not only leverage Borland's requirements solution in their .NET Framework-based development projects, but can also benefit from a new version of Borland's visual modeling platform. Together(R) 2006 for Visual Studio is integrated with Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, providing comprehensive modeling support including UML 2.0 diagramming, patterns, and Borland LiveSource capabilities. The product, which Borland plans to make available later this summer, is also integrated with Borland's new requirements definition tool, enabling developers and designers to consume newly elicited requirements and turn them into well architected software solutions. Additionally, Borland now offers Visual Studio 2005 Team System users the integrations and capabilities necessary for requirements-driven testing. The tight integration between Caliber Analyst and Borland's SilkTest(R) and SilkCentral(R) Test Manager products enables quality assurance (QA) organizations to easily construct and execute a set of test cases directly from application requirements. This drives better alignment between business analysts, developers and QA teams, and enables businesses to more quickly deploy high-quality applications. Borland is demonstrating its RDM products at the Microsoft Tech-Ed 2006 Conference this week, at booth number 517. For more information on Borland ALM products, please see http://www.borland.com/us/products/alm/index.html; for a full description of new features in Together 2006 for Visual Studio, please see www.borland.com/us/products/together/index.html. About Borland Founded in 1983, Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ:BORL) is the global leader in platform independent solutions for Software Delivery Optimization. The company provides the software and services that align the people, process, and technology required to maximize the business value of software. To learn more about delivering quality software, on time and within budget, visit http://www.borland.com. Borland, Caliber, Together, SilkTest, SilkCentral and all other Borland brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation 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. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. 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 This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. 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 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, the expected introduction of Together 2006 for Visual Studio, the features available in, and potential benefits to be derived from Borland products, including Borland's Requirements Definition and Management product set, Borland Caliber Analyst, Borland SilkTest, Borland SilkCentral Test Manager and Together 2006 for Visual Studio and the size and growth of the Application Lifecycle Management market. 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: rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for Borland products, shifts in customer demand, shifts in strategic relationships, delays in Borland's ability to deliver its products and services, software errors or announcements by competitors. 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. Information contained in our website is not incorporated by reference in, or made part of this press release. (1) IDC, "Worldwide Application Lifecycle Management Tools 2005-2009 Forecast," March 2005 |
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