Earlier this week, UK-based application modernisation technology vendor Micro Focus announced that it’s purchasing Borland, as well as the testing and quality management software assets of Compuware. Bola Rotibi, our Software Delivery Principal Analyst, has a great piece on this over on our new Software Delivery blog. Please check it out – Borland acquisition: it [...]
Posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 by admin
On Tuesday 6th January 2009, Borland made a number of gloomy announcements that, given the prior forecast for 2009 and the company’s poor quarterly returns were to be expected. The news that the company is reducing its workforce by 15% will undoubtedly be worrying for those affected but it is hardly unique in an industry [...]
Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2009 by admin
In our most recent report, our new analyst Bola Rotibi looks at Embarcadero’s recent acquisition of CodeGear (the Borland subsidiary that it’s been trying to offload for many months) – and asks: has Embarcadero made a smart move or a stupid one, and what does it mean for organisations looking at investing in development tools? [...]
Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008 by admin