25 mei 2004 Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM: BORL) introduceert de nieuwste versie van haar complete ontwerp- en modelleertool Borland® Together® Edition for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Met deze nieuwe versie kunnen Microsoft-ontwikkelaars en -architecten op een eenvoudigere en voordeligere manier software modelleren en creëren die aansluit op de wensen en eisen van de organisatie.
Een recent onderzoek van Borland laat zien hoe belangrijk modelleren is. Het onderzoek, naar de zakelijke en technologische problemen bij de adoptie van .NET-technologieën, werd in maart 2004 uitgevoerd onder circa 145 applicatieontwikkelaars, architecten en IT-managers. Uit het onderzoek bleek de grootse zorg van de respondenten het beheer en de controle van de ontwikkeling van op het .NET raamwerk gebaseerde applicaties te zijn.
Wanneer u interesse heeft in dit onderzoek, kunt u contact opnemen met Viviane Brokerhof van LEWIS Communicatie (vivianeb@lewispr.com; +31 (0)40 235 46 00).
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Press release
Borland® introduces new release of Together® Edition for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to facilitate successful adoption of Microsoft .NET technologies
~ Borland survey shows strong uptake of Microsoft. NET and offers insight to those planning, developing and investigating Microsoft .NET Technologies ~
(Microsoft TechEd 2004) San Diego, Calif. May 25, 2004 Borland Software (NASDAQ: NM: BORL) today announced the second release of Borland® Together® Edition for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, a complete design and modeling tool for developers. This new release offers additional support for the extensive Microsoft developer community and provides developers and architects with an easier and more cost effective way to collaborate, model and create software so that it better aligns with business requirements.
Industry analysts expect adoption of Microsoft .NET technologies to become more mainstream by 2005, especially as companies employ the Microsoft .NET Framework and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) to develop Web services. The advanced topologies of SOAs and the distributed nature of both systems and companies themselves introduce a new level of complexity and risk into the development environment. Application modeling stands out as a way to manage these risks.
The importance of modeling is supported by a recent Borland survey on the business and technology concerns surrounding adoption of .NET technologies. The survey, conducted in March to approximately 145 application developers, architects and IT managers, found that respondents¹ number one concern was the ability to manage and control the development process of .NET Framework-based applications.
Survey results also highlighted development concerns around the ability of .NET to integrate with existing IT investments, the cost and time to retrain staff on .NET technologies, and issues around a maturing technology. For companies with a legacy and investment in 32-bit Windows, COM, DCOM, ActiveX and the family of pre-.NET languages, re-use and integration of pre-Microsoft .NET languages is essential. Borland Together for Visual Studio .NET offers a modeling and design tool that is both familiar, yet can be used to build .NET applications that generate and consume Web services.
"Many forward-looking companies are already on-board with Microsoft .NET for the competitive edge it offers, but they face an increasingly complex application development environment," said Raaj Shinde, vice president and general manager for the Borland Together Business Unit. "This is why enterprises, as well as small and medium businesses, are looking to industry leaders like Borland to help them reduce these development risks. Modeling is playing a key role. Together Edition for Visual Studio was the first advanced modeling environment to exist for .NET technologies, and we¹re now building on its success to bring more affordable modeling to the masses."
As Microsoft .NET spreads across the enterprise, companies are finding modeling an important step in the application lifecycle. Respondents to the Borland survey say that modeling can help them better manage and control the application development process, as well as:
- Reduce the learning curve for developing applications in a complex environment
- Improve developers¹ productivity and collaboration across the enterprise
- Decrease application deployment time
- Avoid the need to rework code as business requirements evolve
"Microsoft is pleased that Borland is integrating its Together solution with Visual Studio .NET and that Borland continues to work with Microsoft to advance the modeling capabilities of Borland Together Edition," said John Montgomery, director in the .NET Developer Product Management Group at Microsoft Corp. "As .NET technologies continue to gain traction in the enterprise, Borland is providing our mutual customers with an important step in managing the lifecycle of an application."