"We are pleased to provide SuperCede customers with JBuilder so they can continue their Java application development," said John Floisand, president of borland.com. "We are also excited to partner with Instantiations to provide native Java optimization and deployment to the JBuilder user community."

"As enterprise developers create business critical applications that are based on Java, sophisticated optimization and native compilation become critical," said Mike Taylor, Instantiations' CEO. "JBuilder and JOVE are an unbeatable combination for Java developers who need high performance application deployment capabilities. We are also delighted to provide SuperCede users with JBuilder -- a market-leading tool for their development projects."

The JOVE Super Optimizing Deployment Environment product family is scheduled for customer release at the JavaOne Conference in June. Instantiations provides access to JOVE technology today through its JPL (Java Performance Lab). A copy of JBuilder 2 for registered SuperCede users is being provided immediately. Details of this program are available at http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/instantiations

About JOVE
The JOVE Super Optimizing Deployment Environment combines sophisticated whole-program and object-oriented optimization technologies, native compilation, and a scaleable runtime architecture. Instantiations' JOVE product family consists of the JOVE Developer Environment, the JOVE Enterprise Deployment Platform, and the JOVE Professional Deployment Platform. The product family will enable the deployment of highly optimized, natively compiled Java applications for use in fully distributed systems, web-based e-Business systems, or on standalone systems.

About JBuilder
JBuilder is borland.com's award-winning family of comprehensive visual development tools for creating pure Java business and database applications for the enterprise. The JBuilder product family features fast and easy JavaBean component creation, a scalable database architecture, robust visual "Two-Way" development tools, and the ability to produce "100% Pure Java" platform-independent applications, applets, servlets, and JavaBeans. The product's open environment supports the Java 2 platform, JDK 1.1.6, JFCswing components, JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans, CORBA, RMI, JDBC and all major corporate database servers.

About Instantiations
Instantiations, Inc. provides leading edge software products, services, and technologies for object-oriented languages. The company specializes in helping its clients build and deploy very high performance Java-based software systems. Based in Tualatin, Oregon, Instantiations was founded by a team of internationally recognized pioneers in the field of component software technology. Vulcan Ventures, Inc. the investment organization of Paul G. Allen, holds a minority ownership position in Instantiations.

More information on Instantiations may be found at http://www.instantiations.com or by calling (503) 612-9337.

About borland.com
borland.com's mission is to enhance the productivity of independent and corporate software developers through its Borland family of visual development tools -- and as the premiere Web destination for software developers, http://www.borland.com. In addition to its award-winning Delphi, C++Builder, JBuilder, MIDAS and InterBase products, borland.com also plans to offer an online community and E-commerce site for software developers seeking a wide range of technical information, support services, and third-party products. Based in Scotts Valley, California, borland.com is a division of Inprise Corporation (Nasdaq: INPR) -- a leading provider of solutions that simplify the complexity of software application development.