Embarcadero Technologies Named to Prestigious SD Times 100 Third Year in a Row; Embarcadero Recognized as Leader and Innovator in the Software Development Industry in Two Categories

Business Wire, May 20, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO -- Embarcadero(R) Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:EMBT), a leading provider of data lifecycle management solutions, today announced that it has again been named to the 2005 SD Times 100 list with awards in both the "Modeling," and "Database & Data Access" categories. Each year, the SD Times 100 recognizes companies and organizations that have demonstrated the greatest amount of leadership, either through market clout or meaningful technological innovation. This year, Embarcadero Technologies was honored in the "Modeling" category, with the publication noting that Embarcadero's "product breadth maintains (its) position at the forefront of data modeling." The company was also recognized in the "Database & Data Access" category where SD Times highlighted that the company's "agentless data management tools dominate enterprise deployments."

"The software development industry is led by innovation," said Alan Zeichick, Editor-in-Chief of BZ Media's SD Times. "When choosing the 2005 SD Times 100, we carefully considered each organization's products and services, reputation with development managers, and the new ideas and thought leadership that it has brought to the industry. Thanks to the SD Times 100 winners, the art of software development continues to advance at a rapid pace."

Embarcadero Technologies provides a suite of award-winning products that enables organizations to efficiently and accurately architect, integrate, administer, and ensure critical enterprise applications and their underlying databases. Embarcadero's products adapt to fit a diverse universe of IT environments ranging from homogeneous to heterogeneous platforms, novice to expert users, and small to enterprise-scale projects. They provide rapid development and optimal performance of the data and database systems that are critical to enterprises as they deploy and extend their key applications and infrastructure.

"We're very pleased that Embarcadero has been recognized three years running for its innovations and leadership in the software development industry," said Robin Schumacher, vice president of product management for Embarcadero Technologies. "The SD Times 100 has become a benchmark for software vendors, including only those companies that achieve high levels of success through technology innovation and industry leadership. We're thrilled to have been awarded this distinction in not just one, but two categories this year."

About BZ Media LLC

BZ Media LLC (www.bzmedia.com) is a New York-based media company combining the best of print and Internet publishing with industry-leading technical conferences and expositions. BZ Media's SD Times (www.sdtimes.com) is the twice-monthly newspaper of record for the software development industry. SD Times reaches more than 55,000 subscribers in 131 countries.

About Embarcadero Technologies

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:EMBT) is a leading provider of data lifecycle management solutions that help leading companies build, optimize, test, and manage their critical data, database, and application infrastructure. Nearly 11,000 companies, including 97 of the Fortune 100, rely on Embarcadero Technologies products to manage the explosive growth in data and ensure optimal performance of their complex, multi-platform applications and systems. Embarcadero Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, call 415-834-3131 or visit http://www.embarcadero.com.

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