Butler Report: Software Delivery Optimization

Butler Group, March 2005

"…a new generation of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools is rising to the challenge of improving development productivity, and also addressing the need to inform business executives about the process of development and of how applications perform post-deployment. This information then feeds in to tools that can help manage project resources, and better align application development to business needs.

Borland is at the forefront of this evolutionary turn in application development, and its Software Delivery Optimization (SDO) vision now goes beyond ALM, to embrace business at higher levels, and also combines tools and methodologies to offer software development as a complete package. Part of this growth also reflects changes in what customers want, so where Borland’s customers and partners were looking for spot product solutions in the past, this has now changed to solutions, and Borland is geared to delivering that need."

Borland: No Longer Talking Just Tools

Ovum, March 2005

"Fundamentally, Core SDP (Software Delivery Platform) is Borland’s development platform for transforming the software development process into a managed business process – a move towards addressing the underlying weakness of IT development projects. Core SDP is a smart product creation that allows Borland to bring into play the full breadth of its portfolio and development heritage. It does so in a way that focuses directly on the needs of the roles within the IT team."

Borland Software Acquiring TeraQuest to Boost Process Consulting

Gartner, February 2005

"Borland's acquisition of TeraQuest reflects its understanding that its "software delivery optimization" (SDO) vision cannot be realized via products and technology alone. We believe this vision is a sound one, emphasizing that good tools are essential to software development, but that how those tools are used is even more important. The revised offering should let Borland tap into the increased emphasis on CMM/CMM-Integrated-related process-improvement efforts that we see in our clients and development organizations in general."

Configuration Management Vendor Evaluations

Ovum, April 2005

"StarTeam is a good all-round CM product suitable for most projects. It has an innovative and useful feature in conversation threads that more expensive products would do well to emulate. Recent enhancements include a Cache Agent to improve performance and aid distributed development, a new vault structure which supports online back-ups, and integration with Borland’s unique search server."

Borland: Pulling IT All Together

Meta, January 2005

"Borland now has several tools to expand its reach across the development life cycle. These include the Together Modeling products, Caliber RM for requirements management, Starbase for source management, and the Optimizeit memory profiling tools. Each of these products continues to offer solid functionality and usability as independent functions. More importantly, Borland has rapidly created integrations across its product line to enhance overall team productivity."

Borland's ALM Road Map: Up-Leveling to Software Delivery Optimization

IDC, December 2004

"SDO (Software Delivery Optimization) is more than just marketing: It marks Borland's shift from a development tools vendor to an enterprise-focused, life-cycle solutions provider. IDC believes that Borland is taking the right tack with its new strategy… IDC believes that Borland’s SDO strategy is well-conceived to position the company as a strategic vendor to enterprise IT departments."

Achieving J2EE and .NET Platform Interoperability Today Using Borland Janeva

IDC, May 2004

"Companies that don't want to wait for Microsoft and Sun to solve the J2EE and Microsoft.NET framework interoperability issues can turn to Borland. The company's message was always about platform neutrality and providing its customers with the freedom to choose best-of-breed technologies. Borland has been developing and delivering technology solutions that support both platforms as well as one that could deliver interoperability between them... Developers who want the ability to use a mixture of .NET and J2EE (and CORBA) technologies in their environment should consider using Borland Janeva."

Net Support Expands

Integration & Development Strategies, Application Delivery Strategies
Thomas Murphy

"Borland will be the first vendor in the market to ship a full IDE competing with Visual Studio. This is a key element in Borland's strategy to ship products that support deeply integrated and automated life-cycle management, and to be a platform-neutral provider of tools...Borland provides a number of significant features that should appeal to organizations with mixed platform strategies. In particular, the product supports interoperability with CORBA and Java components by adding IIOP support to .Net with its Janeva technology. In addition, C#Builder adds data access to Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, and InterBase with native drivers instead of the generic ODBC bridge. Borland's product will also provide full life-cycle support, including UML modeling (through its Together products), version control and configuration management via StarTeam, requirements with CaliberRM, and profiling and performance tuning with Optimizeit. A key element of Borland’s product strategy is the support for an integrated development life cycle. By providing support for both J2EE and .Net, together with deep integration across all phases of development, Borland has created a compelling value."