Borland Unifies Design, Development and Deployment with Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2002 Comprehensive Suite Includes 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) Delphi(TM) 6 and Rational Rose(R), Integrated to Speed Time to Market, Reduce Costs and Maintain Design Integrity 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) today announced Borland(R) Enterprise Studio for Windows(R) (the Studio), a new, tightly integrated suite of powerful, industry leading products. Designed for enterprises that require rich 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. (TM) modeling capabilities for development and a secure and reliable deployment platform, the Studio provides a complete design-to-deployment solution for the Windows platform. The Studio integrates best-in-class products from industry-leading vendors into one complete Model Driven Architecture(TM) (MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. (TM)) environment aimed to reduce total cost of ownership, speed time to market and maintain design integrity throughout the development process. MDA is a framework that enables applications to rapidly evolve in response to business and industry changes, providing faster turn-around times in adopting new technology or business practices. Bundling Borland(R) Delphi(TM) 6, Rational Rose(R) and Bold(R) for Delphi(TM) from BoldSoft, the Studio delivers first-class design and modeling capabilities. It also includes a development license for Borland(R) Enterprise Server, Web Edition, and is optionally bundled with Macromedia(R) Dreamweaver(R) UltraDev(TM) 4. With the Studio, companies can streamline the modeling, development and deployment of advanced enterprise applications to build applications that are easier to manage and maintain throughout their lifecycle. "Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows and the BoldSoft system development software have increased our application development ten-fold, dramatically reduced costs, and ultimately improved the robustness and stability of the Parliament's document management system," said Lars Hellstrom, senior project manager at the Swedish Parliament. "With Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows, Borland is providing for the first time a broad range of functions for Windows development and deployment from a single vendor," said Simon Thornhill, vice president and general manager for RAD (1) (Rapid Application Development) Developing systems incrementally and delivering working pieces every three to four months, rather than waiting until the entire project is programmed before implementing it. solutions at Borland. "The Studio enables companies to respond to accelerated development cycles while reducing the risks inherent in today's Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the environment by providing the option of deployment to secure and reliable Web servers." Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows: -- Borland Delphi 6 Enterprise -- With Borland Delphi 6, the first rapid application development environment for Windows to support new and emerging Web Services, corporate or individual developers can create sophisticated e-business applications quickly and easily. Delphi 6, with full support for Web Services standards XML, SOAP, XSL and WSDL, enables immediate and ongoing integration with emerging Web Services platforms such as .Net(TM) and BizTalk(TM) from Microsoft(R), and ONE from Sun Microsystems(R). -- Borland Enterprise Server, Web Edition -- Borland Enterprise Server, Web Edition, is a complete, scalable and robust deployment platform for Web applications. The Web Edition integrates the Borland Web Server, based on Apache(TM) technology, with Delphi technologies, making it an ideal deployment platform for Web applications and services designed with the Studio. Borland Enterprise Server is built on Borland VisiBroker(R), the most widely deployed CORBA(R) solution on the market. -- Rational Rose Professional Data Modeler Edition -- Rational Rose, the industry leading modeling tool for development, combines the modeling environment with the development environment, using the standard UML to model both business processes and applications logic. Rational Rose Professional Data Modeler Edition allows database designers, business analysts and developers to work together as a team, using one common language. -- Rational Unified Process(R) -- The Rational Unified Process (RUP(R)) is a Web-enabled software engineering process that enhances team productivity by providing extensive guidelines, templates and examples for critical development activities. -- Bold for Delphi -- Bold for Delphi delivers a powerful Model-Driven Architecture business object framework which links the UML modeling environment in Rational Rose to the applications design environment in Delphi. -- Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev(TM) 4 (available as an optional component) -- Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 is a customizable, visual environment for professional Web development that accelerates development with code-friendly features and a simultaneous split pane view of code and design, where changes made to one are immediately demonstrated in the other. With UltraDev, developers can quickly make design changes, integrate business objects and create menus and buttons with Macromedia Flash(TM). Pricing and Availability Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows is expected to be available later this month in two editions -- Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows and Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows with Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4. Special upgrade pricing for Delphi 6 Enterprise customers will also be available. Additional information on features in each edition is available at http://www.borland.com/estudio/. About Borland(R) Enterprise Studio for Windows(R) The Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows (the Studio) is a complete design-to-deployment solution that integrates the modeling, development and deployment of Windows-based business and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. solutions. A bundle around the Borland Delphi For the language Borland Delphi is programmed in, see . Borland Delphi (now a product of Borland's subsidiary, CodeGear) is a software development package created by Borland. 6 development environment, the Studio delivers the design and modeling capabilities of Rational Rose and the team productivity and software best-practices framework of Rational Unified Process The Unified Software Development Process or Unified Process is a popular iterative and incremental software development process framework. The best-known and extensively documented refinement of the Unified Process is the Rational Unified Process or RUP. . Bold for Delphi, which links these technologies, and 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. , Web Edition, a complete, scalable and robust deployment platform, complete the framework that saves time, improves quality and increases return on technology investment. By integrating the leading development applications into a single, easy-to-use package, the Studio simplifies the application lifecycle and speeds time to market. The Studio is also available with Macromedia(R) Dreamweaver(R) UltraDev(TM) 4, the professional's choice in Web design environments. For additional features and benefits of the Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows, visit http://www.borland.com/estudio/. 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 The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , Borland allows enterprises of all sizes to move into Web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. computing computing - computer while leveraging legacy systems. From the Fortune 1000 to the Borland Nation comprised of millions of developers around the world, 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 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. Note to Editors: All Borland brand and product names are 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. 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