Borland announces a slew of Java tools

BANGALORE: In a series of news announcements at the JavaOne conference, Borland Software Corporation advanced its leadership in Java, offering solutions and best practices for leveraging today's most comprehensive enterprise computing software platform. Borland was also highlighted as a keynote speaker during the first day of JavaOne, where more than 10,000 software developers and enterprise IT managers attend to hear views from leading companies on the challenges and opportunities facing Java in the year ahead. Other featured companies include BEA, Nokia, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.






"As a global leader in the software industry for more than 20 years and the voice of almost three million developers, Borland has the opportunity and a responsibility to help the Java community meet today's challenges and prepare for the future," said Dale Fuller, CEO of Borland. "The Borland(r) Application Lifecycle Management solutions on display today enable the world's leading organizations to stay ahead of new opportunities, while reducing the cost and risk associated with leveraging the best of all available technologies and talent."





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Borland issued the following announcements at the conference, underscoring its commitment to bringing the best technology to Java and its developer community:





Borland Launches Borland Optimizeit ServerTrace 3 - Borland Optimizeit ServerTrace 3, a performance optimization and management solution for the J2EE platform and its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments, is designed to reduce the business risks and costs associated with poorly performing business applications and downtime. Optimizeit ServerTrace 3, the performance testing element in the ALM cross-platform portfolio of solutions, is designed to enable teams to optimize software performance from development, testing and now into production. The product now integrates with Borland(r) StarTeam(r) for more effective application management, and a wider range of third-party load testing tools and production monitoring frameworks.

Borland Offers Borland(r) Together(r) Edition for JBuilder(r) X Developer - This new product can take team development skills, communication and application quality to a higher level. Together Edition for JBuilder X Developer offers Java developers robust modeling and analysis functionality at a lower cost than today's existing solutions, enabling them to realize the benefits of UML(tm), streamline code reviews, and automate documentation generation. These capabilities should help improve design, accelerate time to market and improve software quality. Together Edition for JBuilder X Developer is expected to be available in July 2004 and integrates with the already shipping JBuilder X Developer. For more information, please visit http://www.borland.com/together/ and http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/developer/index.html.





Borland and eBay Expand Strategic Relationship Opening New Opportunities for Java Developers - Through a joint distribution agreement, Borland will make the eBay(r) and PayPal(r) Software Development Kits (SDKs) available to millions of JBuilder developers. This agreement will provide JBuilder developers with tools and resources designed to build highly-available Java applications that tap into the eBay marketplace and PayPal online payment services. (See press release "Borland, eBay and PayPal to Expand Opportunities for Java Developers"







Borland Joins the Java(tm) Tools Community (JTC) - Borland today joined the JTC, the organization formed by tools industry leaders to promote tool-friendly Java technology standards. As a core member, Borland will contribute to the resolution of important toolability issues so developers can have access to the standards-based tools they need to build better software, faster. (See press release "Borland Joins Java Tools Community")





Borland Strengthens Relationship with Sun Microsystems - Borland will extend existing support for the Sun Java System Application Server 7 (J2EE 1.3) in Borland JBuilder, the company's number one IDE for Java. Borland will also offer a JBuilder plug-in for the Sun Java System Application Server 8 (J2EE 1.4).