Borland enhanced eclipse support for open source platforms

Borland Software, a software provider of the Software Delivery optimization solution, further strengthens its support for Eclipse, an open-source development platform. The eclipse platform is widely recognized by open source code supporters and is a universal deployment platform that supports multiple languages. Borland joins the Board of Directors of the eclipse Foundation and leads the development of eclipse technology as a strategic developer. Borland will also organize a full-time development team dedicated to expanding the eclipse platform and contributing to technical fields such as software models. In fact, software model technology is an important part of Borland's Software Delivery optimization philosophy.

Borland will also provide more support for the eclipse platform in the full-line application development cycle (ALM) products. With Borland's added support for Microsoft Visual Studio, The ALM solution customers will enjoy greater freedom in selecting development technologies, so that they can easily simplify the IT environment where different technologies are originally mixed. Eclipse and Visual Studio have both developed into a leading development platform. Borland will be committed to helping customers integrate the two and give full play to the value of their investment.

Borland Software Delivery optimization solutions and services using eclipse technology can bring great benefits to eclipse users, Borland customers and partners. Eclipse users can enjoy Borland's series of enterprise-level ALM products, while Borland customers can also enjoy new technologies derived from eclipse's full set of technologies, plug-ins, and Eclipse open-source code projects. For Borland partners, this provides a more common integration platform to help provide integrated products at a lower cost and faster speed.

Carl zetie, vice president of Forrester Research, said in an article entitled "Eclipse changes the game rules of Developer Tools" (October 2004: "eclipse will become one of the ways for IT organizations to take control of their development environments. Its true value lies in the ability to skillfully combine appropriate tools and resources to fit the needs of teams or different positions. Any development tool manufacturer that can seize the opportunity of eclipse will be able to rewrite the market landscape ."

To promote the development of ALM on the eclipse platform, Borland will lead the establishment of a brand new graphic software model framework based on the existing software model technology of Eclipse. Nowadays, enterprises are eager to reduce it complexity, improve team efficiency and collaboration capabilities, and connect it and business requirements more closely. Therefore, software model technology is becoming increasingly important. This technology is also an important element of Borland Software Delivery optimization, so Borland will invest a lot of resources to improve eclipse's ability to support software models.

Borland has always been dedicated to supporting open systems, platform independence, and customer choice. It will continue to develop products and services that support both eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio frameworks. Borland will also continue to expand its award-winning JBuilder Java IDE features