Global Partners Endorse Newest Release of Borland Development Solution for Java; Enables Customers to Excel throughout the Entire Software Application Lifecycle.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2002

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL) today announced strong partner support for its new releases of JBuilder(R) and Optimizeit(TM), key components of the Borland award winning Java(TM) development solution. Offering tightly integrated products that address various stages of the application development lifecycle, the Borland development solution for Java has gained broad support from industry leaders including BEA Systems, Inc., IBM, Intel, Mercury Interactive Corp., Nokia, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Sybase. The Borland Java development solution includes JBuilder, Optimizeit Suite, JDataStore(TM), and TeamSource(R) DSP.

"Borland has established a vibrant and diverse ecosystem built around JBuilder for developing code and Optimizeit for managing performance," said Tony de la Lama, vice president and general manager of Java solutions at Borland. "The breadth and depth of our Java partnerships reflects our leadership in the market and our enduring commitment to provide customers application portability and freedom of choice."

The Borland development solution for Java has already gained broad support from fellow industry leaders who share the Borland commitment to provide integrated solutions that enable businesses to excel throughout the entire software application lifecycle.

AltoWeb,(R) Inc.

"Well-designed, sophisticated products like Borland JBuilder truly help to put J2EE(TM) within reach of all Java developers. AltoWeb(R) shares this vision, and we are pleased that the open tools platform available in JBuilder allows us to bring our integrated product to market both quickly and effectively. We are impressed by the success of Borland with JBuilder and remain focused on tightly integrating JBuilder with the AltoWeb Production Platform."

-- Katherine Barnhisel, vice president of marketing -- AltoWeb,

Inc.

BEA Systems(R), Inc.

"The industry-leading Borland development solution for Java(TM) is designed to assure that BEA(R) WebLogic(TM) customers can fully leverage their vital investments in J2EE(TM) applications. BEA has been working closely with Borland to ensure that BEA WebLogic integrates seamlessly with JBuilder 8 and Optimizeit 5 -- fundamental components of the JBuilder, WebLogic Edition. By marketing and selling the JBuilder, WebLogic Edition together, BEA and Borland offer a uniquely compelling Java solution."

-- Olivier Helleboid, president of products -- BEA Systems

Droplets(TM)

"JBuilder(TM) is clearly the easiest to use, most robust and the most popular Java development solution available for rich thin client Droplets(TM) applications. We worked closely with Borland to ensure that our User Interface Server and SDK integrated tightly with the latest release of JBuilder and we are very pleased to be including evaluation copies on the JBuilder 8 companion tools CD."

-- Lou Franco, chief architect -- Droplets, Inc.

HP(R)

"With the latest release of Optimizeit on HP(R)-UX,(R) Borland enables a critical class of Java developers to create and deliver applications more quickly and with enterprise-level performance characteristics. We are pleased that Optimizeit supports HP-UX so that HP and Borland can cooperate in driving value to customers."

-- Martin Fink, vice president and chief technology officer -- HP

Business Critical Systems

IBM(R)

"A key goal for IBM(R) is to deliver a platform that unifies our customers investments among multi-vendor offerings, and we are pleased that Borland has enabled JBuilder to support WebSphere(R). Growing numbers of companies and business partners are relying on the IBM WebSphere Software platform to transform and integrate their core processes in order to become 'on-demand' businesses."

-- Scott Hebner, director of marketing, WebSphere, IBM Software

-- IBM

Intel(R)

"Intel(R) and Borland have been working together to ensure that Borland JBuilder and Optimizeit Suite are effective in developing and managing the performance of complex applications on Intel Architecture based platforms. Open-standards, scalable Intel architecture platforms based on Intel Pentium(R) 4, Intel Xeon(R) and Itanium(R) processors provide an ideal infrastructure to deploy dynamic, distributed rich-client, and Web services solutions across the enterprise."

-- David L. Brown, general manager of Platform Enabling Group --

Intel Corporation

Macromedia(R)

"Macromedia(R) and Borland are both committed to providing comprehensive, standards-based Java development solutions. Macromedia Dreamweaver MX is built on an open architecture to ensure it can work seamlessly as part of the JBuilder and Optimizeit development workflow to round out this best-of-breed solution from Borland."

-- Susan Morrow, director of product management -- Macromedia

Mercury Interactive

"With the launch of JBuilder 8 and Optimizeit Suite 5, LoadRunner(R) users can test the performance and reliability of an application earlier in the development phase. Customers will continue to benefit from the integration of the industry's leading load testing technology with the leading cross-platform environment for building enterprise Java applications."

-- Simon Berman, director of product marketing -- Mercury

Interactive Corp.

NewMonics(TM)

"NewMonics(TM) is pleased to collaborate with Borland and the industry-leading Optimizeit Suite of products. Customers for our high-performance Java virtual machine have zero tolerance for crashes and unreliable, inefficient code. Optimizeit is without equal and helps our customers easily deliver high-performance Java solutions."

-- Tim Tumilty, vice president, Sales and Marketing -- NewMonics,

Inc.

Nokia(R)

"As leaders in our respective markets, Nokia(R) and Borland realize the importance of development tools that make it fast and easy to bring wireless applications to the market. JBuilder 8 and Optimizeit 5, along with the Nokia Developer Suite for J2ME 1.1, will enable Nokia developers to create and performance tune their wireless Java applications."

-- Jouko Hayrynen, vice president, Global Forum Nokia

Object Venture(TM)

"ObjectVenture(TM) is committed to supporting the industry leading Borland Java development solution, specifically through our planned integration with JBuilder 8. ObjectVenture has a solid partnership with Borland and provides Borland customers with a comprehensive environment for designing J2EE and web-based applications through software design patterns included in our ObjectAssembler solution."

-- Dana Scott Kaufman, CEO/founder -- ObjectVenture Inc.

Parasoft(R)

"Parasoft(R) is a strong Borland partner, and we will continue to offer integration between Jtest and JBuilder to provide our mutual customers with solutions for building and managing the performance of industrial-strength enterprise Java applications. Customers can extend the power of JBuilder by using Jtest to automatically create and execute JUnit test classes, improving application quality, reducing development cycles and decreasing development costs."

-- Roman Salvador, vice president of research and development --

Parasoft

Savvion(R)

"As the company that knows business process, Savvion(R) chose to build the industry's first Business Process Lifecycle Manager, Savvion BPM Studio, on the foundation of the industry's leading Java development lifecycle manager, JBuilder. The robust architecture and flexibility of JBuilder allowed us to bring together our process design tools, rules editors, wizards and process integration transformation components under one umbrella that can then be used by our customers' entire project teams."

-- Dr. M.A. Ketabchi, founder, chairman and CTO -- Savvion

Softera

"Softera was easily and effectively able to leverage the highly extensible open architecture of JBuilder to develop a tight integration between SoftModeler Enterprise Edition and Borland JBuilder. We are committed to continuing to support the Borland industry-leading development solution for Java(TM) to provide customers with a platform on which to build highly interactive, highly portable, real-time Java applications for a wide variety of client devices."

-- Ron Navon, chief technology officer -- Softera

Solar Metric

"Borland JBuilder is clearly the most widely used Java development environment in the industry, and SolarMetric will continue to support it by providing developers with the ability to leverage the Kodo JDO(TM) APIs in JBuilder 8. JBuilder is designed with highly extensible open architecture that made it extremely fast and easy for our engineers to create a tight and highly effective integration."

-- Neelan Choksi, president -- SolarMetric.

Starbase

"The integration of StarTeam with JBuilder supports the versioning of source code and tracking of code changes from within JBuilder, providing developers with a single integrated environment for development of code and change and configuration management. The continued integration of our products gives developers best-of-breed solutions that support the entire development lifecycle and dramatically accelerates their capability for incorporating changes throughout the development process."

-- Denny Michael, executive vice president of marketing --

Starbase Corporation

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

"The Borland release demonstrates the value of Java technology in delivering integratable solutions. Borland products work not just with other Borland products, but with products from the broad industry community supporting Java technology. This industry community delivers choice, innovation, and value through vigorous competition."

-- Mark Herring, senior director, Sun ONE Java Web services and

tools -- Sun Microsystems

Sybase(R)

"Sybase(R) standardized on JBuilder as the Java development solution of choice for the Sybase e-Business infrastructure software due to its clear market leadership and open, extensible platform. By adding support for EAServer in JBuilder 8, Borland and Sybase continue to provide the best-in-class Java development solution."

-- Billy Ho, senior vice president and general manager,

e-Business division -- Sybase

VisualSoft(TM)

"VisualSoft(TM) is pleased to be partnering with Borland to support its leading Java development solution through seamless integration between JBuilder and VisualSoft JBPro Suite(TM). Together, we aim to provide the Java application developers with the ability to design and deliver scalable, cost-effective J2EE applications. The ongoing relationship with Borland reflects the VisualSoft continued commitment to provide best-in-class technology solutions to our customers."

-- Mr. D.V.S. Raju, chairman and managing director -- VisualSoft

Technologies.

ZeroG(R)

"Zero G(R) and Borland have been strong partners since Borland first made its award-winning Java development solution available to the market. We are committed to supporting industry-leading JBuilder 8 and Optimizeit 5 with our own leading installation software and look forward to providing our joint customers with the ability to develop highly effective Java applications in less time."

-- Eric Shapiro, chief executive officer -- Zero G

For more information about Borland partners, please visit: http://info.borland.com/jbuilder/resources/jbtools.html.

For more information about Borland Java solutions, please visit: http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/index.html.

About Borland

Borland Software Corporation is a leading provider of technology used to develop, deploy, integrate, and manage 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 Developer Network 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, Calif., with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Borland at http://www.borland.com, the Borland Developer Network at http://bdn.borland.com, or call Borland at 800/632-2864.

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