Ultimate Productivity
Java's portability and productivity, while offering tremendous benefits to developers, has typically required significant computing resources for deployment. To address this problem, Oracle has focused on delivering the industry's lightest, most efficient J2EE server. With its J2EE environment, Oracle9iAS has an extremely lightweight Java footprint, requiring less memory than any of the other leading application servers, and superior scalability. Its tight integration with Borland JBuilder 6, the market leading Java development environment, provides developers a time-efficient solution for J2EE application development and deployment.

"Customers using the award-winning Borland JBuilder 6 have the unique capability of deploying applications on their choice of J2EE application server platforms," said Tony de la Lama, vice president of Java solutions for Borland. "Borland is pleased that Oracle has released Oracle9i Application Server Plug-In for JBuilder 6, which offers customers the market-leading Java development environment with a robust application server."

Key benefits of the integration of JBuilder 6 and Oracle9i Application Server include:

* Develop, debug, auto-generate, compile and deploy Java applications on Oracle9iApplication Server without leaving the JBuilder 6 development environment.
* Seamlessly transition Java applications from developer sandbox, staging area and deployment area.
* Support from JBuilder 6 for dynamic hot deployment without restarting or shutting down Oracle9iAS.
* Support from JBuilder 6 for automatic CMP (Container Managed Persistence) and BMP (Bean Managed Persistence) on Oracle9iAS.

"Unlike BEA and IBM, we are providing a free development license of Oracle9iAS with JBuilder 6, allowing JBuilder 6 customers to seamlessly develop, stage, test and deploy on Oracle9i Application Server," said Chuck Rozwat, executive vice president, Database Server Technology, at Oracle Corporation. "Our close integration with a leading development environment such as JBuilder 6 expands Oracle's breadth of functionality and further demonstrates its market value."

Availability
The Oracle9iAS integration plug-in for JBuilder 6, includes a free development license for Oracle9iAS, and is shipping free of charge on the JBuilder 6 Companion Tools CD. The integration plug-in can also be downloaded from Oracle Technology Network (http://otn.oracle.com/) and from Code Central on Borland's Community site (http://community.borland.com/).

About Oracle9i Application Server
Oracle solves the information technology (IT) challenge of integrating fragmented middleware products to run an e-business by providing one product that can replace more than 10 separate point products from other vendors. Oracle9i Application Server features full J2EE and XML support, built-in enterprise portal software, high-speed caching, business intelligence, rapid application development, application and business integration, Web services and more, all in one package. With Oracle's new lightweight J2EE engine and extended caching capabilities, companies can save on infrastructure costs by scaling with software instead of hardware.

About Oracle
Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle visit our website at www.oracle.com.

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