"Borland shares a common vision with IBM: helping corporations to build state-of-the-art e-business applications and enterprise Information Networks," said Thomas Torf, Borland's director of strategic sales. "This announcement is a significant step towards achieving this goal. By using JBuilder and IBM's CICS Gateway for Java together, corporate developers can ensure that their enterprise is Web-enabled."

"Borland is a valued business partner for TS CICS/390," said Rob Lamb, IBM Transactions Series Brand Director. "Their technologies complement IBM's Transaction Systems offerings by providing CICS developers with the ability to join the Web age, providing an excellent way of leveraging existing applications by web enabling them."

IBM's CICS Gateway for Java provides a new and powerful way in which applications can exploit CICS servers. It combines the strengths of the Java environment and CICS to deliver a state-of-the-art e-business server. The Gateway provides seamless integration and interoperability between Java applets and CICS through the use of the defined CICS/ECI Java classes provided. More information on the CICS Gateway for Java is available at http://www.software.ibm.com/ts/cics.

About Borland JBuilder
Borland JBuilder is a family of highly-productive, visual development tools for creating high-performance, platform-independent applications using the Java programming language. JBuilder's scalable, component-based environment is designed for all levels of "Information Network" development projects ranging from applets and applications that require networked database connectivity to client/server and enterprise-wide, distributed multi-tier systems.

The JBuilder product family features fast and easy JavaBeans component creation, a scalable database architecture, robust visual development tools, and the ability to produce "100% Pure Java" platform-independent applications, applets and JavaBeans. The product's open environment supports 100% Pure Java, JDK 1.1, JavaBeans, JFC, CORBA, RMI, JDBC, and all major corporate database servers.

For more information on using JBuilder with the CICS Gateway for Java, customers may call Borland Direct Corporate Sales at 831-431-1064. Customers outside the U.S. should contact their local Borland office, distributor or representative.

About Borland International
Borland International, Inc. is a leading provider of high-quality software products for corporate application developers worldwide. Borland is distinguished for its award-winning family of rapid application development tools and scalable middleware technology for desktop, client/server, Internet/intranet, and enterprise systems. The company's products are supported through comprehensive corporate and independent developer programs, value added resellers, and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California.