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| WITH MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL LAB ENVIORNMENTS Borland® SilkCentral® Test Manager(TM) extends test management reach and coverage with seamless integration with VMware Lab Manager; enables users to minimize costs of multi-configuration, cross-platform testing Cupertino, Calif--July 9, 2007--Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL, www.borland.com), a global leader in Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), today announced an integration with VMware software to enable enterprise software development organizations to more cost effectively perform multi-configuration and cross-platform software application testing by maximizing the use of virtualization. Borland will deliver native support for virtual lab environments by integrating Borland® SilkCentral® Test Manager(TM) 2007, a core component of Borland's Lifecycle Quality Management (LQM) solution, with VMware® Lab Manager version 2.5. SilkCentral Test Manager 2007, the latest release of the company's software test management platform, will extend test management reach and coverage with seamless access to virtualized test environments in VMware Lab Manager, addressing a critical challenge development and quality assurance teams face - the inability to fully test applications across multiple configurations and platforms due to the time and cost constraints of maintaining many separate, physical test labs. "A major bottleneck to testing is the lack of available systems and infrastructure resources on which to run tests," said Melinda-Carol Ballou, program director for application lifecycle management software at IDC Research.(1) "In many instances, groups with access to those resources hoard them and share sporadically or ineffectively. Creating and managing complex systems configurations on which to run tests is also a significant barrier. Virtual test lab management helps to lessen and even eliminate those barriers by providing a platform on which to manage and run test management solutions, scripts, and tests." With the ability to call VMware Lab Manager environments directly from SilkCentral Test Manager, users can create and assign individual tests to run on many different configurations or platforms without the high costs of hardware or the time needed to administer physical systems. Productivity can also be improved by optimizing the use of virtualized infrastructure, allowing pooled resources to be shared across testing and development teams. The integration will allow users to provision even the most complex development and test environments in minutes, rather than days, and shave significant time off software development cycles through rapid, automated setup and teardown. Once a test run is started, the integration works seamlessly with VMware Lab Manager to deploy the requested virtual environments, run all tests, collect data from the systems, and shut them down again when completed. "Virtualization is one of the hottest, game-changing trends in the IT industry today and offers an attractive value proposition for organizations challenged with complex testing environments," said Brad Johnson, director of product marketing, Lifecycle Quality Management, Borland Software. "Borland is embracing the rapid adoption of virtualization technologies not with a 'plug-in' approach, but with the only tightly integrated solution developed in collaboration with the virtualization market leader. We expect this first-of-its-kind, UI-level integration to allow customers to raise the bar on software quality and accelerate the delivery lifecycle." "VMware is committed to bringing products to market that harness the power of virtualization to simplify and streamline the software development lifecycle," said Dan Chu, vice president of emerging products and markets, VMware. "The deep integration between VMware Lab Manager and Borland's test management platform delivers a powerful instantiation of our vision for the product, and we're excited to deliver the benefits of this unique solution to our joint customers." Pricing for Borland SilkCentral Test Manager 2007 starts at $1,700 per seat license for named users. Expected availability is the third calendar quarter of 2007. For more information on Borland SilkCentral Test Manager and related technologies, please visit: http://www.borland.com/us/products/silk/silkcentral_test/index.html. About Borland Founded in 1983, Borland (NASDAQ: BORL) is a leading vendor of Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions - open to customers' processes, tools and platforms - providing the flexibility to manage, measure and improve the software delivery process. To learn more about maximizing the business value of software, visit http://www.borland.com. Borland, SilkCentral, Test Manager and all other Borland brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. VMware and all other VMware brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of VMware, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. 1 "IDC, Virtualization and Automated Testing - Augmenting the Life Cycle, Doc #204895, December 2006.
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