February 13, 2003 – Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM: BORL) today launched Optimizeit™ Profiler for the Microsoft .NET Framework, strengthening the company’s support for developers building .NET applications. Optimizeit Profiler extends the reach of the widely-recognized Borland Optimizeit Suite, providing comprehensive insight into performance issues and accelerating application development for the Microsoft .NET Framework. Borland also announced today that it has joined the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integration Program.
With a reputation for delivering award-winning performance solutions, the complete line of Borland Optimizeit products helps enterprises avoid unforeseen performance problems, prioritize improvements and maximize hardware and software investments. Optimizeit Profiler provides a developer-centric solution that is designed to make performance tuning easier, thus, speeding the delivery of high-performance .NET Framework based applications, enabling developers to reduce hardware costs and improve overall ROI.
"Borland Optimizeit Profiler for the Microsoft .NET Framework provides performance management solutions to enterprises, helping to reduce the risk and cost of developing and deploying enterprise class applications," said George Paolini, vice president and general manager of Java solutions at Borland. "Ultimately, Borland performance management solutions are designed to assist enterprises migrating to Microsoft .NET to successfully deliver applications that meet performance and productivity requirements."
Optimizeit Profiler supports all .NET managed code and provides real-time performance profiling that quickly identifies and prioritizes performance issues, highlighting the relevant line of source code for immediate resolution. With Optimizeit Profiler, developers can solve performance issues quickly and focus on creating fast, scalable and reliable applications. For more detailed product information, visit http://www.borland.com/opt_profiler/index.html.
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integration Program
Further underscoring an ongoing relationship with Microsoft and a commitment to advance application development for the Microsoft .NET Framework, Borland announced it will participate in the Visual Studio .NET Integration Program (VSIP), which includes tools, language and component vendors, independent software vendors, academics and researchers. VSIP is designed to facilitate productivity, flexibility and tight integration among products, offering customers a more complete set of tailored solutions.
"We are pleased that Borland, a leader in software development tools, is joining the Visual Studio .NET Integration Program," said Tom Button, corporate vice president for the Developer and Platform Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "The Optimizeit Profiler integration with Visual Studio .NET should provide our mutual customers with a performance management solution to assist them in delivering high-performance .NET Framework based applications."
Borland recently announced it is the first to license the Microsoft .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) for distribution, which will help to accelerate the .NET application development lifecycle. This licensing agreement underscores the Borland commitment to provide fast, flexible Microsoft .NET Connected solutions.