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Borland Unveils Unified Development Environment for Java™, Enhancing Borland's Leadership in Application Lifecycle Management Solutions

Borland® Enterprise Studio 7 for Java™ Unites Software Design, Development and Testing; Extends Market-Leading Borland® JBuilder® to Further Application Lifecycle Management in Single Solution

2003 BORLAND CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, Calif. - Nov 03, 2003 : Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ NM: BORL) today announced as part of its 20th anniversary celebration at the 2003 Borland Conference (BorCon™) the introduction of Borland® Enterprise Studio 7 for Java™, an application lifecycle management solution to unify development teams and speed the delivery of business applications across the enterprise. This new solution is further proof of the Borland commitment to help companies solve business problems — whether it's getting more done with less, leveraging legacy systems, or providing executive visibility into the development process, Borland ALM solutions are designed to help all levels of IT deliver applications with greater communication, collaboration and control.

Specifically, Borland Enterprise Studio 7 for Java brings together three advanced products in their categories to unite application design, development and testing in a single solution. Borland Enterprise Studio 7 offers an unmatched combination of advanced capabilities to increase productivity and quality by bringing together the people and processes 1of the application development lifecycle within a unified development environment (UDE).

"Borland continues to raise the bar for software development. The company has taken a leadership position in establishing the IDE. Now with our Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy we are unifying the development process for organizations and are a leading force behind the UDE," commented Dale Fuller, CEO of Borland. "Software development today spans multiple disciplines, and developers are being asked to participate in more phases of the process. The UDE addresses this need by bringing the people and processes of application lifecycle management together in a single, integrated environment."

The Borland UDE delivers a single point of control for the developer that is designed to multiply productivity gains. Borland Enterprise Studio 7 for Java provides the ability for developers to work in different phases simultaneously, helping developers to be more productive across each of these activities while delivering higher quality software.

"Today's projects are typically much more complex, and developers need tools that manage and reduce complexity as well as helping them perform and/or span multiple roles," said Rikki Kirzner, research director at industry analyst firm IDC. "UDE's allow developers to work across organizational boundaries within a single interface making developers much more productive while helping to reduce development time and costs."

Unified Development Environment for Borland ALM

Borland Enterprise Studio 7 for Java is a single solution that includes tightly integrated technology from multiple Borland products. The Studio includes CaliberRM™ enterprise requirements management features, StarTeam® configuration management features, Borland® Enterprise Server and JDataStore™.

Borland Together® provides an agile design solution that is designed to keep application models and source code synchronized throughout the development process through LiveSource™ technology. Improvements from Together include:

  • UML support, including UML Profiles
  • Database modeling
  • The ability to visually compare models
  • Enhanced support for quality improvement with new audits and design patterns
  • Better usability with new layout capabilities and diagram navigation

Quality analysis and performance management technology is provided by the Borland Optimizeit Suite, which is designed to reduce performance problems in production and improve application quality. New features offered by Optimizeit Suite for Borland Enterprise Studio 7 for Java include:

  • Integrated J2EE™ performance management to address performance issues early in the development cycle
  • Automatic application quality analyzer to catch hidden issues that can cause problems in deployment

The single user interface for Borland Enterprise Studio 7 is delivered through the newly launched Borland JBuilder X which offers advancements in four areas: 2

  • Web application development including a standards-based Struts designer for rapid development of advanced web applications using the familiar drag and drop approach
  • A visual Web Services Designer designed to create, validate, import, and export Web Services faster and easier through the familiar drag and drop approach. This helps to simplify the task of consuming, creating and managing multiple Web services
  • A new deployment descriptor editor that helps to simplify the task of configuring and modifying J2EE deployment descriptors for the leading application servers, now including the JBoss application server
  • A variety of usability enhancements designed to extend the proven productivity gains of the leading Java development tool

Availability

Borland Enterprise Studio 7 for Java is expected to begin shipping on Windows®, Linux® and Solaris™ platforms in December. For additional product information, visit http://www.borland.com/us/products/middleware.

Notes to Editors:

1. Outlines all stages of the application lifecycle from Define, Design, Develop, Test and Manage.

2. Please see related press release on the launch of Borland JBuilder X, announced on October 21, 2003: http://www.borland.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2003/10_21_03_borland_launches_jbuilderx.html

About Borland

Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ NM: BORL) is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions that are designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. By connecting managers, testers, designers, developers, and implementers in real time, Borland enables enterprises worldwide to define and sustain their competitive advantage. For more information, visit: http://www.borland.com/ or the Borland Developer Network at http://bdn.borland.com.

All Borland brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. All statements that are not historical are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, anticipated shipment dates, size of the market for Java development tools, and the potential features of, or benefits to be derived from, Borland Enterprise Studio 7 for Java. 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: technological change that can adversely affect the demand for Borland Enterprise Studio 7 for Java, shifts in customer demand, market acceptance of new or enhanced products or services developed, marketed or sold by Borland, delays in scheduled product availability dates, actions or announcements by competitors, and software errors. 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 and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained from http://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.