"We are excited to introduce IBM's San Francisco Project to Borland developers worldwide as part of Borland's Golden Gate initiative to bridge between both client/server and Internet architectures," said Zack Urlocker, director of product management at Borland. "This is an opportunity for all tiers of developers to leverage IBM's Java-based application framework with Borland JBuilder, Borland's cross-platform application development tool for Java development. The San Francisco Project will allow developers to focus on application capabilities rather than infrastructure, giving them a head start in reusability, productivity, and interoperability."

"Borland JBuilder is an outstanding solution for San Francisco developers with its ability to easily create Java components and applications," said Steve Ladwig, IBM General Manager, Network Computing and Solutions Frameworks, WW General Business. "Together, Borland JBuilder and San Francisco frameworks will provide a truly open Java solution for business application development and deployment."

About San Francisco Project
With the San Francisco Project, IBM and leading solution and tool providers worldwide are teaming up to dramatically change how business applications are developed. By starting with planned frameworks, such as general ledger, order processing, and warehouse management, developers should be able to reduce the expense, complexity, and time to deliver customized, business-critical applications. More information about the San Francisco project can be found on the Internet at www.softmall.com/sf.

About Borland JBuilder
Borland JBuilder provides next-generation visual component-based development tools for high-performance Java-based cross-platform development. Borland JBuilder is a highly productive development environment for projects ranging from content-rich, web-delivered applets and applications that require client/server database connectivity to enterprise-wide distributed computing solutions. It brings together powerful visual development tools, a reusable Java Beans component architecture and robust scalable database connectivity, including InterClient, the first JDBC/Net implementation from a major database vendor, to give developers a complete toolset for Internet/Intranet development. Its open and extensible environment provides customers with the flexibility to incorporate add-ins, Java Beans components, and Experts to greatly expand the capabilities of the tools.

Borland International Inc. (NASDAQ:BORL) is a leading provider of products and services targeted to software developers. Borland is distinguished for its high-quality software development tools, which include Delphi, Delphi Client/Server, Borland C++, Visual dBASE, Paradox and InterBase. Borland's award-winning products are supported through comprehensive programs for small- and large-sized software developers, corporate developers, value added resellers and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California.