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Borland to Provide UML Support to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
VANCOUVER, British Columbia --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 26, 2004 -- Borland Together Products to Support "Software Factories," an Emerging Industry Approach to Making Software Development More Efficient and Predictable
Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL), the global leader for platform independent solutions for Software Delivery Optimization, today joined Microsoft Corp. and other industry leaders in announcing support and future plans for Software Factories, a new industry approach to improve software development.
As part of Borland's support for Software Factories, the company also announced plans to deliver the domain-specific modeling solution providing Unified Modeling Language (UML(R)) capabilities within the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System.
"Today, software development is an art and there will always be a need for the magic that developers perform daily," said Pat Kerpan, chief technology officer at Borland. "While software development will always benefit from the artisan approach, Borland believes there is still huge business value in driving a more efficient and predictable process. The Software Factory approach, which is intended to provide highly customized tools and content, can evolve and automate the development process so developers can focus on their art, while businesses benefit from the value that automation can provide. This alignment of people, process and technology is the backbone of Borland's Software Delivery Optimization vision."
Software Factories, which consist of domain-specific tools, processes and content, promise to automate the repeatable and predictable processes within software development. This will allow teams to focus more on accelerating delivery of quality applications and ensuring those applications meet the business objectives for which they were designed -- important tenets of Software Delivery Optimization.
To speed the creation of Software Factories, Microsoft today introduced a number of software components for developing customized design tools for the Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Borland plans to first support UML 2.0 in its existing Together for Visual Studio .NET modeling solution within the first half of 2005. Borland then expects to use Microsoft's recently announced components to support similar functionality within Visual Studio 2005 Team System upon its availability.
As part of Borland's own effort to make visual design more approachable, the company also announced this week a set of role-specific modeling solutions for Architects, Designers and Developers. Borland's line of Together modeling products are designed to offer advanced modeling capabilities via a collaborative role-based perspective, making it easier to examine, analyze and communicate design information across teams and throughout the application lifecycle. With editions that support Borland JBuilder(R), Borland C++ Builder(R), Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio, these Together products already transition UML into domain-specific languages.
"Software Factories offer a more specific and simplified approach to software development than UML and other modeling languages can provide today," said Rick LaPlante, general manager for the Visual Studio 2005 Team System at Microsoft. "However there may be customers who want a more rigorous approach to visual design, such as UML. For those customers, Borland will be able to provide a modeling solution that can leverage the best of both worlds."
For more information on the new line of Borland Together modeling solutions, please visit www.borland.com/together.
About Borland
Founded in 1983, Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL) is the global leader in platform independent solutions for software delivery optimization. The company provides the software and services that align the teams, technology and processes required to maximize the business value of software. To learn more about delivering quality software, on time and within budget, visit: http://www.borland.com.
Together, JBuilder and C++ Builder are 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 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 anticipated dates of availability of Together for Visual Studio, the projected acceptance by existing or potential customers of Together for Visual Studio, the potential features of Together for Visual Studio, 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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