Borland Brings Optimizeit Suite to Mac OS X; Performance Management Solution Reduces Time and Cost to Develop Java-Based Applications on the Mac

[June 28, 2004]

Borland Brings Optimizeit Suite to Mac OS X; Performance Management Solution Reduces Time and Cost to Develop Java-Based Applications on the Mac

SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- June 28, 2004 -- Borland Software (Nasdaq:BORL) today announced support for Mac OS X in its next release of Borland(R) Optimizeit(TM) Suite, the company's solution for isolating and resolving performance bottlenecks during the development of Java(TM) applications. George Paolini, vice president and general manager of developer tools at Borland, will discuss this support during today's "Java State of the Union Address" at 5 p.m. PST during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference at Moscone Center West in San Francisco.

"As Mac developers move into more complex Java applications, they need enterprise-strength solutions that will assist them throughout the software application lifecycle," said Paolini. "The Borland performance management solution is designed to reduce the time and cost of developing Java-based enterprise software applications. We are pleased to offer it, along with our other industry leading Java solutions such as Borland(R) JBuilder(R) X Enterprise, to Apple's worldwide developer community."

"Apple has fine-tuned Java on Mac OS X while maintaining outstanding compatibility, making Mac OS X the ultimate platform for developing and deploying cross-platform Java applications," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of worldwide developer relations. "Mac OS X delivers Java 2 on every system, and together with the Borland Optimizeit Suite, developers can have powerful solutions to create high-quality Java applications even faster."

The Optimizeit Suite is designed to speed development of Java applications by providing enterprise development teams with powerful Java profiling features, enabling them to isolate performance hazards early in the development process, reduce performance problems in production and speed application time-to-market. The Optimizeit Suite comes with Memory and CPU profiling, thread analysis and code coverage analysis capabilities, as well as progress tracking. It offers a unique scope of performance data that extends from higher-level Java(TM) Virtual Machine (JVM(TM)) diagnostic metrics to deep code-level granularity down to the offending line of source code. It also offers numerous advanced capabilities like Automatic Memory Leak Detector and Application Quality Analyzer to pinpoint performance issues swiftly.

The Optimizeit Suite, an important offering for managing the software testing process, is part of the Borland(R) Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) approach to improving software quality and performance. The Optimizeit Suite integrates with all leading Java integrated development environments (IDEs) and application servers, and supports Windows(R), Solaris(TM) and Linux(R) operating systems. For more detailed product information, visit http://www.borland.com/optimizeit/optimizeit_suite/index.html.

About Borland

Borland Software Corp. (Nasdaq:BORL) is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions 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 for the Borland Developer Network, please visit http://bdn.borland.com. All Borland brands and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corp. 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 U.S. Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, the projected acceptance by existing or potential customers of new technologies and the potential features of Optimizeit Suite, Mac OS X or benefits to be derived therefrom. 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: rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for Borland products, shifts in customer demand, delays in 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 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.

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