Borland Acquires Gauntlet Systems, Adds Expertise and Emerging Technology to Support ALM and Lifecycle Quality Offerings

Gauntlet technology to provide developers and managers with a more productive way to ensure, measure, and improve code quality

CUPERTINO, Calif. - Mar 20, 2006 : Borland Software Corporation, the global leader for Software Delivery Optimization (SDO), today announced the acquisition of Gauntlet Systems^SM a provider of emerging technology designed to automate quality assurance in the development process. The Gauntlet™ technology, which is expected to be integrated into Borland's next-generation ALM platform and Lifecycle Quality Management solution, is designed to introduce and enforce quality and security standards earlier in the development lifecycle, without slowing down the process or hindering developer productivity.

Gauntlet's technology is designed to detect potential problems before they have a chance to impact other developers by automatically pre-screening all new code against a set of quality guidelines before it enters the build process. This reduces the number of broken builds that can impact team productivity and delay project delivery. The Gauntlet technology is also designed to provide visibility into the overall health and progress of projects, providing development managers with a dashboard that tracks key indicators such as project status, code metrics, unit tests, code coverage trends, as well as other dependencies that influence whether a project is delivered on time, on budget and to specification.

"We formed Gauntlet to address an ongoing challenge that development teams face - the ability to control code quality early in the process when bugs are easier and cheaper to fix, and before they have the potential to impact other people's work or delay a project," said Sam Pullara, former CEO of Gauntlet and now chief architect at Borland. "Borland's focus on both improving developer productivity and optimizing the software delivery process is a great match for our goals at Gauntlet. We're excited to join the Borland team in its mission to transform the way software is built and delivered."

The Gauntlet technology, when integrated into Borland's ALM platform, will provide developers with a virtual sandbox to verify coding standards prior to entering the build management process. The Gauntlet technology is being developed to identify not only traditional coding errors, but also to enforce standards and best practices in other areas such as security, licensing, compliance, code readability, and more.

In addition to source control, the Gauntlet technology will also provide robust business intelligence capabilities for software development teams. By providing dashboards that are automatically populated with up-to-date information from underlying SCM, build and test systems, Gauntlet's technology can help managers gain more visibility into the development process. Check-in activity, code coverage and test results will be able to be correlated and analyzed, providing a holistic picture of the entire software lifecycle. Using these dashboards, managers can also compare historical trends, which paves the way to establishing target metrics for development teams.

"To reduce costs, improve time-to-market and better serve the business, IT organizations are seeking ways to improve and enforce quality at every step in the software lifecycle, not just in the functional and business process testing phase," said Erik Frieberg, vice president of product marketing at Borland. "However, without proper tools, management may find it difficult to track the impact and source of bad code by person or project, particularly if development is done using off-shored or outsourced teams. We believe the technology that Gauntlet is bringing to Borland will provide management with many of the necessary tools and processes to dramatically improve code quality."

About Borland

Founded in 1983, Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL) is the global leader in platform independent solutions for Software Delivery Optimization. The company provides the software and services that align the people, process, and technology required to maximize the business value of software. To learn more about delivering quality software, on time and within budget, visit http://www.borland.com.

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This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, the timing of commercial availability of the Gauntlet technology, features and functionality to be enabled by the Gauntlet technology, and the potential benefits to customers. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, our ability to enhance the quality and scalability of our products, improve the integration and overall functionality of these products as part of our ALM software development platform and evolve our ALM platform toward our vision of SDO; our ability to integrate quality verification metrics, acceptance of our products and services including our enterprise software development platform/solution; the reaction by competitors to the acquisition and the potential for increased pricing pressure by such competitors; our ability to successfully integrate Gauntlet Systems' operations and employees; costs associated with the acquisition and our ability to manage its expenses following the closing; our ability to successfully deliver on large transactions; our ability to establish or enhance strategic alliances; rapid technological and business change that can adversely affect the demand for Borland products and services; and general economic factors and capital market conditions. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in Borland periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. Borland is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in, or made a part of this press release.