FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Borland and Capgemini Enter Strategic Alliance
Borland and Leading Global Systems Integrator Collaborate
to Optimize Software Delivery Processes
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., — March 29, 2005 — Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ NM: BORL), a global leader for Software
Delivery Optimization solutions, today announced a strategic alliance agreement with Capgemini, one of the world’s
foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. Under terms of the agreement, Borland and
Capgemini will collaborate on joint sales offerings and go to market strategies, combining expertise in application
lifecycle management, enterprise resource planning and service oriented architectures. Also under the agreement,
Borland’s solutions will be showcased in various Capgemini Solution Centers serving as both a resource for joint
customers and as a primary training facility for sales representatives of the global systems integrator.
“Capgemini is on the leading edge of consultative process improvement for many of the world’s best run IT
organizations,” said Miles Mahoney, vice president of worldwide alliances at Borland. “Capgemini’s focus on making
software a more strategic and valuable asset to businesses aligns well with Borland’s own Software Delivery Optimization
strategy. Bringing together our combined experience in enterprise software and process improvement can offer an
advantage to customers who are looking to get the most out of their software.”
The alliance is structured to allow both Borland and Capgemini’s sales forces and service organizations to leverage one
another’s strengths, offering joint customers an accelerated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution. This ALM
solution is designed to help Capgemini consultants and ERP customers work more effectively across multiple stages of the
software lifecycle in order to deliver better software, faster. The solution also is intended to enhance Capgemini’s
ability to efficiently deliver high-quality solutions to its clients.
Borland and Capgemini intend to target worldwide accounts that are looking for a robust software delivery platform on
which to adapt and expand their ERP and back-office capabilities, and expect to initially focus on customers such as
those in Capgemini’s SAP solutions organization. The parties expect this focus will set the groundwork for expanding the
relationship to address other customer segments.
“Borland’s focus on openness and platform neutrality, as well as their vision for making software a more efficient and
predictable business process, make them a great fit for our organization,” said Adolf Allesch, vice president, SAP
solutions at Capgemini. “Our customers’ ERP systems are critical to their businesses – they not only want to see a quick
return on their investments, they want to ensure those investments have the agility to leverage future technology and
business innovations. As one of the leaders in software delivery, Borland has a vision for helping customers achieve the
highest value from their software.”
Borland’s ALM solutions are designed to enable customers to improve application quality, reduce costs, cut maintenance
time, and increase the flexibility to change, expand or upgrade software applications. They work across, and integrate
with, major development platforms and operating systems including Linux, Windows, Java, UNIX, and the Microsoft.NET
framework – empowering organizations to make the technology choices that best fit their business.
For more information on Borland’s ALM solutions, please visit: http://www.borland.com. For more information on
Capgemini’s SAP services, please visit: http://www.capgemini.com/alliances/sap/.
About Capgemini Group
Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of
working with its clients, which it calls the Collaborative Business Experience. Through commitment to mutual success and
the achievement of tangible value, the company helps businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology, and
thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 60,000 people and reported 2003 global
revenues of 5.754 billion euros.
About Borland
Founded in 1983, Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL) is a global leader in Software Delivery Optimization. The
company provides the software and services that align the people, processes and technology required to maximize the
business value of software. To learn more about delivering quality software, on time and within budget, visit:
http://www.borland.com.
All Borland brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software
Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws, including the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking
statements may relate to, but are not limited to: statements regarding the plans, goals, completion, implementation and
benefits of the relationship between Borland and Capgemini; the initial focus on SAP customers and the ability to extend
the relationship to other market segments; the features and benefits of Borland's and/or Capgemini's products and
services; and the growth of the market for process-based software delivery solutions. Such forward-looking statements
are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or
results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among
others, the following: the need to establish and grow relationships with systems integrators, the need to offer services
in support of implementation efforts of systems integrators, the need to successfully deliver on large transactions,
rapid technological and business change that can adversely affect the demand for Borland products and services, shifts
in customer demand and the importance customers place in software delivery solutions that leverage process and
methodology and delays in actions or announcements by competitors. These and other risks may be detailed from time to
time in Borland periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its
latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained from
www.sec.gov. Borland is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information contained in
our website and the Capgemini website is not incorporated by reference in, or made part of this press release.