Interactive Broadcasting Selects Borland's Delphi Client/Server For New Generation of Games; Delphi Increases Productivity Five-Fold for Commercial Games Company.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1996--Interactive Broadcasting Ltd., a leading world-wide supplier of commercial massively multi-player games have selected Borland International's Delphi Client/Server rapid application development (RAD) environment to build Windows front-end components for their new generation of graphical client/server games. Creative Director Alan Lenton explained, "Using Borland's Delphi Client/Server has given us a five-fold increase in programmer productivity. We have found that using Delphi enables designers to create screen interfaces directly before sending it over to the programmer to write in the underlying code. This contrasts with the situation where a designer would need to first draw out what he or she wanted and then have the programmer try to match it, usually with only partial success." Interactive Broadcasting develops commercial games that are client/server-based and designed for playing by hundreds of simultaneous users. Most of the game intelligence resides in the Unix server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. , and the displays are Microsoft Windows-based. Interactive Broadcasting currently uses the 16-bit version of Delphi to develop the displays for two multi-player games -- Barbarossa, a strategy wargame, and Explorer, a role-playing game role-playing game n. A game in which players assume the roles of characters and act out fantastical adventures, the outcomes of which are partially determined by chance, as by the roll of dice. set in the Victorian era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Although commonly used to refer to the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901, scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as . The company will be moving to the new 32-bit Delphi 2.0 version as soon as Windows 95 becomes more widespread in the home market. "Interactive Broadcasting is breaking new ground in multi-media entertainment by using Delphi to provide a high-performance, fully scalable architecture for game players," said Zack Urlocker, director of Borland's Delphi Product Management. More and more multi-media developers are selecting Delphi for its record-breaking performance, code reuse Code reuse, also called software reuse, is the use of existing software, or software knowledge, to build new software. Ad hoc reuse has been practiced from the earliest days of programming. Programmers have always reused sections of code, templates, functions, and procedures. , easy-to-use RAD environment, and scalability for client/server applications." About Delphi The Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 is Borland's 32-bit, Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. version of the new industry standard for high-performance, client/server application development tools. Introduced in March, Delphi 2.0 is winning awards and customer praise due to its suite of powerful client and server development tools that enable large corporations and government organizations to build robust, scalable applications in shorter amounts of time. More information on Delphi and Borland is available on Borland's Internet World Wide Web (WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. ) site, at http://www.borland.com. Borland: Making Development Easier Borland International Inc. (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) is a leading provider of products and services for software developers. Borland is distinguished for its high-quality software development tools, which include Delphi, Delphi Client/Server Suite, Borland C++, Visual dBASE See dBASE versions. (language) Visual dBASE - A Rapid Application Development suite with a compiler and intranet tools to enable developers to publish data on the World-Wide Web. Originally a Borland product, the first version released by dBase, Inc. was Visual dBase 5.7. , Paradox, ReportSmith and InterBase. Borland's award-winning products are supported through comprehensive programs for small- and large-sized software developers, corporate developers, value added resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, Calif. About Interactive Broadcasting Interactive Broadcasting games currently run on commercial networks in the USA, Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , France and Greece, and are also available in most European countries. The games are Unix server- based and can be accessed through the host networks. Further information on Interactive Broadcasting is available on Interactive Broadcasting's Internet World Wide Web (WWW) site, at http://www.ibgames.com. CONTACT: Borland International Inc. Vallee Hubbard, 408/431-4705 vhubbard@wpo.borland.com or Interactive Broadcasting Barb Byro, 212/942-2085 byro@ibgames.com |
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