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Borland Software Delivery Optimization Newsletter - Issue 4: December 2006

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Issue 4: December 2006

Welcome to Borland’s Software Delivery Optimization™ newsletter – a source of information, case studies and news to help your organization transform software development into a managed business process.

CEO Letter to Customers

Tod Nielsen
CEO & President
Borland Software

It’s now been one year since I first took the helm at Borland, committing myself and this company to shaping the next generation of software delivery and to serving you, our customers.

Over the past year we’ve undergone a significant amount of change to position Borland as a global leader in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) market, and to further our vision of transforming software delivery into a more manageable, efficient and predictable business process.

We are making great strides in delivering a world class ALM portfolio to all of you. Earlier this year we acquired Segue Software. Our new Silk products now fill a central role in our recently announced solution for Lifecycle Quality Management (LQM), one of four new comprehensive solutions Borland delivers to help companies master the most critical processes within the application lifecycle. Earlier this month we announced that we would form a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary for the Developer Tools Group called CodeGear, which will be solely responsible for advancing our award-winning IDE product lines...

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Borland Headlines

	Travel Guard Achieves Business-IT Alignment with Borland IT Management & Governance Solution; Dedicates 90% of Development Resources to Strategic Projects
	Borland Forming CodeGear to Focus Exclusively on Developer Productivity
	Borland Unveils the Newest Versions of StarTeam® and CaliberRM™, Providing Customers with a Single Source of Truth for Managing Activities and Assets in the Application Lifecycle
	Borland QA Professionals Survey Reiterates the Impact of Requirements on Software Quality
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Analyst Coverage

Process-Centric Software Configuration Management, Q4 2005

Forrester, November 2005

"Borland Software was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its November 2005 Forrester Wave report Process-Centric Software Configuration Management, Q4 2005. In this evaluation, Borland Software's StarTeam was cited as a 'Strong Performer.'"

Butler Report: Software Delivery Optimization

Butler Group, July 2005

"…a new generation of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools is rising to the challenge of improving development productivity, and also addressing the need to inform business executives about the process of development and of how applications perform post-deployment…Borland is at the forefront of this evolutionary turn in application development, and its Software Delivery Optimization (SDO) vision now goes beyond ALM ..."

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Media Coverage

Borland Spins Off Its Tools Unit - eWeek

Borland Updates Lifecycle Management Tools - InternetNews

PHH Mortgage Takes Control of Development - eWeek

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White Papers & Resources

Use Requirements-Based Testing to Eliminate the Testing Bottleneck

The key to successful software testing is to test what matters. Aligning the testing process tightly to the business requirements of an application assures the most important functionality are being tested and, therefore, developed. Read this whitepaper to find out how to align your teams and get the most out of your software development.

Choosing a Load Testing Strategy

Read this whitepaper to discover what to analyze, when to load test and how to implement a successful load testing strategy. Don’t let poor application performance be the bottleneck to your business performance.

Borland Developer Network

Resources, news and events for Borland developer community

Customer Spotlight

In this issue, Borland features customers in the media:

PHH Mortgage

Lost in translation: How requirements management tools can bridge the communications gap

Computerworld
November 2006

“…Kim Wetten, lead process specialist at PHH Mortgage Corp., knows how difficult managing application requirements can be. ”

The Met Office

Met Office tailors forecasting

Computing
September 7, 2006

“…The Met Office is using an application lifecycle management system to deliver commercial products to customers more quickly and efficiently…”

Kaiser Permanente

Requirements Management: Kaiser Permanente's Rx for Better Projects

Baseline
August 10, 2006

"...To help improve its requirements definition and management (RD&M) process, last fall Kaiser began using Borland's RD&M system ..."

Rosetta Biosoftware

Case Study: Software Lifecycle Management Tools Get a Handle on Change

Application Development Trends
July 25, 2006

“… Rosetta Biosoftware … develops complex software informatics solutions …. Changing the management of its product development process became a necessity as the company grew …”

Interested in having your Borland implementation showcased in the Customer Spotlight? Email: hlugassy@borland.com

People

Subject Matter Expert: Lifecycle Quality Management

A sterling look at quality application development with Jewelry Television

ZD Net, hosted by Dana Gardner, principal analyst of Interarbor Solutions.

“…Borland Software recently released its Lifecycle Quality Management (LQM) initiative, which applies quality assurance to the entire applications design process, with special emphasis in the requirements phase.

In this sponsored B2B informational podcast, listen to Chris Meystrik, the vice president of software engineering at Jewelry Television in Knoxville, Tenn., describe his fast-paced environment and what he looks for in tools, testing, and application lifecycle management…”

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Process

Featured Customer Case Study: Scientific Games

When applied in a practical, measurement-driven way, the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) detailed framework of best practices offers significant benefits in reduced rework, improved quality, schedule and budget performance.

In this featured Borland customer case study, learn how Scientific Games used CMMI best practices to manage business growth and achieve North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) trade association compliance.

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Technology

Lifecycle Quality Management White Paper

Learn how you can stop defects, test more efficiently and align requirements for predictable results.

In this white paper, IDC experts will explain how you can reap efficiencies across the software lifecycle through a quality-focused approach.

	Business requirements can align with development and testing efforts to ensure quality code
	Development processes can evolve to more effectively identify and eliminate defects
	Businesses can rise to meet changing market demands with applications that provide a competitive edge

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