Inprise Ships Borland Delphi 4; Aids Major Financial Institution in Acquisitions

Business Wire, August 5, 1998

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--Inprise Corporation (NASDAQ:INPR) today announced the shipment and immediate availability of Borland Delphi 4, a major new version of its award-winning enterprise rapid application development tool for Windows. Designed to help corporations deliver large-scale "enterprise-class" business applications faster, Delphi 4 radically simplifies the integration of client, middleware, and database development.

"Many corporations have already adopted Delphi 4 as their standard development tool to develop, deploy, and manage distributed enterprise applications," said Zack Urlocker, Inprise's vice president of marketing. "With Delphi 4's many new enhancements, corporations will now be able to deliver robust enterprise applications faster, resulting in significant cost reductions and improved profitability."

According to an article that appeared on CMP TechWeb on June 15, 1998, beta tester Bernie Crisostomo, vice president of technology architecture at NationsBank in Dallas, Texas, said the bank is using Delphi 4 to update its two-tier client/server Delphi applications to multi-tier architecture, and expects to add several years to the product life span.

"The basic seamless integration of CORBA services really gives it (Delphi 4) tremendous credibility and renewed life to our application components," he said. "We were looking at a two-year projection for product life, but now we are looking at five years because we can wrap it around CORBA services."

According to Crisostomo, "It is a critical requirement of our recent large-scale mergers and acquisitions, including our completed acquisitions of Barnett Bank and Boatmen's Bank last year and our present 'merger of equals' with Bank of America, to reap immediate benefits by integrating and interoperating our diverse systems and information very efficiently."

Three Versions of Delphi 4

Delphi 4 is available in three versions -- Delphi 4 Client/Server Suite, Delphi 4 Professional, and Delphi 4 Standard. A detailed matrix of features included in the all versions of Delphi 4 is located at http://www.inprise.com/delphi.>Delphi 4 Pricing and Availability

Delphi 4 Client/Server Suite, Delphi 4 Professional, and Delphi 4 Standard are available now from Inprise and major software distribution channels. Delphi 4 Client/Server Suite has an estimated street price (ESP) of $2,499 for new users. Delphi 4 Professional has a new-user ESP of $799 and Delphi 4 Standard has a new-user ESP of $99.95. Current owners of any Borland Client/Server product can purchase Delphi 4 Client/Server Suite for an ESP of $1,699. Current owners of other Borland products can purchase Delphi 4 Client/Server Suite for an ESP of $2,199. Current owners of any Borland or Inprise product can purchase Delphi 4 Professional for an ESP of $249.95. Owners of competitive products can purchase Delphi 4 Professional for an ESP of $299.95. Delphi 4 is also now available in both German and French languages.

For more information and to place orders, customers can call Inprise Corporation at 800/233-2444. These prices are in U.S. dollars and apply only in the United States and Canada. International customers should contact their local Inprise office, distributor or representative.

About Inprise Corporation

Inprise Corporation is a leading provider of software and services that simplify the complexity of enterprise application development, deployment, and management. The company is distinguished for its award-winning Borland family of rapid application development products and for proven scalable middleware. Inprise integrates these offerings with application management products to provide customers with end-to-end solutions. Inprise customers include information technology departments and independent software developers around the world. Founded in 1983, Inprise is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California and has operations around the world. Inprise has more than 900 employees worldwide. For more information on Inprise, customers can visit Inprise Online at http://www.inprise.com.

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