LOOKING TO BOLSTER its Delphi tool with design-driven development for Microsoft .Net applications, Borland on Monday announced
it has acquired the assets of BoldSoft MDE Aktiebolag, a a provider of software development process technology.
With the acquisition, Borland intends to cement what the company says is its status as the only independent path for developers
to .Net.
"What we're doing is acquiring the assets of BoldSoft, and this is key technology for model-driven architecture," said Simon
Thornhill, vice president and general manager of RAD (rapid application development) at Borland, in Scotts Valley, Calif.
By linking BoldSoft's Bold suite of products to a Delphi application, developers can "very easily create .Net applications
using the .Net Framework," Thornhill said. The integration between Delphi and Bold for .Net applications is planned for 2003.
Bold already has been incorporated into the Borland Delphi 7 Studio and Borland Enterprise Studio for Windows products, to
boost development of Windows applications. The acquisition, announced Monday, is intended to reposition the Bold suite for
.Net Framework applications, according to Borland executives.
Web services development will get a boost from the integration. "You will be able to model your Web services application
in your modeling tool and using [the Bold] framework, it will go create that application," Thornhill said.
With the cash-based acquisition, terms of which were not revealed, Borland takes ownership of Stockholm, Sweden-based BoldSoft's
products for developing applications for Internet, mobile, and enterprise network environments, according to Borland. Bold
technology maps an entire business model to a relational database and links modeling to the applications design environment
to reduce total cost of ownership, speed time to market, and maintain design integrity throughout the development process,
Borland said.
Microsoft on its Web site describes the .Net Framework a comprehensive toolset for quickly building and integrating XML
Web services, Microsoft Windows-based applications, and Web solutions.
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