CodeGear is a wholly owned
division of
Embarcadero Technologies. CodeGear develops software development tools such as the
Delphi Integrated development environment, the
programming language Delphi, and the database server
InterBase
InterBase is a relational database management system (RDBMS) currently developed and marketed by Embarcadero Technologies. It runs on the operating systems Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Oracle Solaris, Solaris, Android (operating system), Andr ...
. Originally a division of
Borland Software Corporation, it was launched on 14 November 2006.
History
On 8 February 2006
Borland
Borland Software Corporation was a computing technology company founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad, and Philippe Kahn. Its main business was developing and selling software development and software deployment products. B ...
announced that it would seek a buyer for its IDE division and database products.
During the spin-off negotiations, these divisions ("developer tools group") internally reorganized into a division called ''CodeGear''.
Eventually, five parties bid for the group.
However, no bidder offered Borland "numbers that appropriately reflected the value we think is in the business," according to a conference call with Borland CEO Tod Nielsen.
Borland's 2006 annual report showed that its CodeGear IDE business had sales of US$75.7 million in 2006, which accounted for 25 percent of Borland's total revenue.
On 7 May 2008, Borland Software Corporation and
Embarcadero Technologies announced that Embarcadero had "signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to purchase CodeGear."
On 1 July 2008, Embarcadero Technologies announced the completed acquisition of CodeGear from Borland Software Corporation on 30 June 2008, for approximately $24.5 million.
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. era
On 25 August 2008, Embarcadero Technologies announced the release of Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009.
On 28 September 2008, Embarcadero Technologies announced the release of InterBase SMP 2009.
On 1 December 2008, Embarcadero Technologies announced the general availability of CodeGear RAD Studio 2009.
Products
*
RAD Studio (including Delphi, Delphi Prism and C++Builder)
*
Delphi for PHP
*
Delphi
Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient Classical antiquity, classical world. The A ...
*
Delphi Prism
*
JBuilder
*
InterBase
InterBase is a relational database management system (RDBMS) currently developed and marketed by Embarcadero Technologies. It runs on the operating systems Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Oracle Solaris, Solaris, Android (operating system), Andr ...
*
C++Builder
C++Builder is a rapid application development (RAD) environment for developing software in the C++ programming language. Originally developed by Borland, it is owned by Embarcadero Technologies, a subsidiary of Idera. C++Builder can compile ...
* JGear
* 3rdRail
References
External links
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Borland
Companies based in Santa Cruz County, California
Development software companies