Delphi 2.0 Receives Microsoft BackOffice Logo; Borland Products to Also Support Microsoft's New Windows NT 4.0 Operating System

Business Wire, July 30, 1996

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 1996--Borland International Inc. today announced that its Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 rapid application development tool has received the Designed for Microsoft BackOffice logo from Microsoft. In addition, Borland announced plans to support Microsoft's new Windows NT 4.0 operating system with its entire family of application development tools and databases, including Delphi, Borland C 5.0, Paradox 7, ReportSmith, InterBase 4.0, and the company's new Intranet development tool, IntraBuilder. Today's announcements were made at the Borland Developers Conference, the company's annual customer conference being held here this week at the Anaheim Convention Center.

"Borland is recognized for providing high-performance software development tools," said Collin Hemingway, Director, Microsoft's Desktop and Business Systems Division. "We welcome Borland's product support for the BackOffice family and Windows NT Workstation 4.0."

Microsoft's "Designed for Microsoft BackOffice" logo program provides a way for customers to quickly identify applications that are designed to work with the BackOffice family. The products are tested and approved by Microsoft's own BackOffice Software Testing Labs. Borland's products are also currently applying for Microsoft's new "Designed for Windows NT and Windows 95" logo program, to be tested by VeriTest Inc., one of the world's leading independent microcomputer product test laboratories.

"Delphi Client/Server Suite and Microsoft BackOffice combine to deliver an ideal, high-performance, scaleable solution for client/server application developers," said Zack Urlocker, Borland's director of product management. "Borland also strongly believes in the future of Windows NT 4.0 as a corporate computing standard. It is very important for all our development tools to support NT 4.0 so that our customers can take full advantage of its power and reliability for their Intranet, Internet, LAN, and client/server applications."

About Microsoft BackOffice

Microsoft BackOffice integrated family of server software, built on Windows NT Server operating system, forms the core of an information network -- one that combines traditional file and print services with rich new server solutions. So desktop users can easily and economically access information from a variety of sources improving decision making and streamlining business processes. The BackOffice family products consists of Windows NT Server, SQL Server, SNA Server, Exchange Server, and System Management Server.

About Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0

Windows NT Workstation 4.0 now features the Windows 95 interface, combining the ease of use of Windows 95 with the reliability and security of Windows NT. This new interface enables you to work more easily and efficiently, and means that you can enjoy the same user interface for all your Windows 32-bit desktops and servers.

About Delphi

Delphi is Borland's family of high-performance RAD tools for Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT. Delphi takes complete advantage of the entire Win32 API, supporting such important Microsoft system standards as multi-threading, MAPI, OLE, DDE, ISAPI, ODBC, VBX and ActiveX. Introduced in March 1996, Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 is winning awards and customer praise due to its suite of powerful client and server development tools that enable large corporations and government organizations to build robust, scalable applications in shorter amounts of time. Borland has recently issued an update to the Delphi Client/Server Suite that includes new Internet and Intranet development capabilities, support for third-party CASE and software testing tools, as well as significant performance enhancements to Delphi's native SQL database drivers for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, Borland InterBase, Informix, and DB2.

Borland: Making Development Easier

Borland International Inc. (NASDAQ:BORL) is a leading provider of products and services for software developers. Borland is distinguished for its high-quality software development tools, which include Delphi, Delphi Client/Server Suite, IntraBuilder, Borland C , Visual dBASE, Paradox, ReportSmith and InterBase. Borland's award-winning products are supported through comprehensive programs for small- and large-sized software developers, corporate developers, value added resellers and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. -0-

NOTE TO EDITORS: Copies of previous Borland press releases and additional corporate and product information are also available on Borland's Internet World Wide Web (WWW) site, at http://www.borland.com.

Microsoft, Windows NT, and Windows 95 are registered trademarks, and BackOffice is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

CONTACT: Borland International

Steve Curry, 408/431-4863

scurry@wpo.borland.com