Borland is planning to sell off its flagship Delphi
development tools as it refocuses on application lifecycle
management.
The firm is seeking a buyer for the portion of its business
associated with the integrated development environment. Affected
products include Borland Developer Studio (Delphi, C++Builder and
C#Builder) and JBuilder product lines.
As part of that plan, Borland is to buy Segue Software, a
provider of software quality and testing products.
Ovum senior analyst Bola Rotibi said, "Borland's position has
been built on the back of its tools product.
"In the past 12 to 18 months Borland has been positioning itself
away from being seen as just a tools player, focusing on the
development process and making acquisitions and launching products
that strengthen its hand in this arena."
She said that although application lifecycle management has many
benefits, providing a way to more effectively control and manage
software projects, it has yet to make a mark in user
organisations.
