Borland Unveils Road Map For JBuilder

Borland Software Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a roadmap for its Java development environment, saying that it plans to introduce two new JBuilder products by the first half of next year. <P> The Scotts Valley, Calif., software tool maker said JBuilder's future included use of open-source Eclipse technology as the underlying framework for integrating the product with other vendors' tools. In addition, JBuilder will get additional developer collaboration and productivity capabilities. <P> "We are in a new era of development. An era in which developers must focus on enhancing both their individual art and their contribution within a larger team -- a team that often spans organizational roles, geographies and time zones," Boz Elloy, senior vice president of products at Borland, said in a statement. <P> JBuilder 2006, the next major upgrade of the product, is expected to ship later this year, with a new commercial JBuilder product, code-named Peloton, planned in the first half of next year, the company said. Peloton is expected to utilize Eclipse as its underlying integration framework. <P> Customers with JBuilder support and maintenance will get upgrades to both products for no additional charge. <P> Among the enhancements in JBuilder 2006 are new developer collaboration features, such as shared code editor views and joint debugging. Future versions of JBuilder are expected to provide more real-time visibility into the impact of code changes across application tiers, as well as projects.

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