Borland and SQA Announce SQA Suite Support for Delphi; Provides object-level integration of SQA's automated testing tools with 32-bit Delphi; strengthens Delphi's role in enterprise client/server development

Business Wire, June 17, 1996

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1996--SQA, Inc., the leader in automated testing of Windows client/server applications, and Borland International today announced a version of SQA Suite that supports Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0, Borland's 32-bit visual component-based rapid application development (RAD) tool, on the Windows NT and Windows 95 platforms. SQA will make this support available in an update to SQA Suite 5, the 32-bit version of SQA's automated testing solution that SQA began shipping in May 1996. The updated version of SQA Suite 5 will integrate with Delphi via an object-level API provided by Borland.

"Borland and SQA are both innovators and leaders in their respective markets," said Karen Moser, senior analyst at the Aberdeen Group. "As more corporations use Delphi to build robust client/server applications, they are finding that automated testing is an essential part of the development process that cannot be overlooked. Integrating Delphi with SQA's innovative solution will assist users in building and deploying industrial-strength client/server applications."

"We're excited about SQA's support for Delphi Client/Server Suite," said Zack Urlocker, Borland's director of Delphi product management. "SQA has been a leading innovator in the object-level integration of test tools with development tools. As more organizations implement mission-critical applications with Delphi, they are looking for automated testing solutions to ensure the quality of their applications. Integrating SQA Suite with Delphi Client/Server Suite will be a major benefit for Delphi users."

Previously, Borland selected SQA, Inc. as a premier automated test tool vendor to participate in the worldwide launch of Delphi. Borland and SQA have worked together to identify and pursue technical opportunities for enhanced integration between SQA Suite and Delphi Client/Server Suite. With this new announcement, Borland has extended their Open Tools API to include the interfaces and information that SQA needs to bring its industry-leading Object-Oriented Recording and Object Testing technologies to Delphi Client/Server Suite. This object-level integration will allow users of SQA Suite to rapidly create reliable, position-independent test scripts for Delphi applications, and automatically test the properties and data of objects in 32-bit Delphi applications, including ActiveX and OLE controls. In addition, SQA Suite will provide integrated load, stress, and multi-user testing of Delphi applications in LAN and WAN environments.

"We're excited about the integration of SQA Suite with Borland's Delphi," said Dwight Hearns, technical consultant at First Chicago NBD Bank Corp. "As a current user of SQA Suite on several client/server projects, this integration will allow us to successfully automate the testing of our Delphi applications, saving us the time and resources typically associated with the manual testing process. Combined with SQA Suite's integrated client/server test repository and defect tracking capabilities, the object-level integration with Delphi will provide us with comprehensive testing coverage of our applications."

"The Delphi Open Tools API meets our SQA Testability API specification perfectly," said Eric Schurr, SQA's vice president of product management and marketing. "Borland has done a great job of building this API, and our integration efforts with it are moving along very fast, with very exciting results. Borland is showing its commitment to providing an enterprise-level solution by delivering this API. Delphi Client/Server Suite users will benefit from this integration by the ability to use SQA Suite, the leading testing solution for client/server applications."

SQA will be demonstrating its unique Delphi integration at the Borland Developers Conference on July 28-31, 1996 in Anaheim, CA. SQA expects to have field test versions of SQA Suite for Delphi in customers' hands this summer. Final pricing and release date are unavailable.

About Borland International

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, 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. Additional corporate and product information is available on Borland's World Wide Web site, at http://www.borland.com.

About SQA, Inc.

SQA, Inc., (NASDAQ: SQAX), is the leader in automated testing of Windows client/server applications. SQA has received more industry awards than any other testing solution, winning the PC Week Corporate IT Excellence Award, PC Week Labs' Analyst Choice Award, the PowerBuilder Developer's Journal Product Excellence Award twice, the 1994 and 1995 DBMS Readers' Choice Award, and three Software Development Productivity Awards. SQA offers information about SQA's products and services via the World Wide Web at http://www.sqa.com.