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The 25 days of C++mas - December 10 - C++Builder XE3 64-bit compiler is released!

On Monday, December 10 (also the first day of CodeRage 7 C++ Conference), we announced that the C++Builder XE3 64-bit compiler for Windows was released.  The C++Builder 64-bit press release heralded "Embarcadero Rolls Out New Multi-Device C++ Developer Platform".
Michael Swindell, Embarcadero Technologies Senior VP of Marketing and Product Management said: "The diversification of client devices [...]

Delphi XE & C++Builder XE update 1 and other news…

Update 1 for Delphi XE and C++Builder XE is now available.  There are three ways to get the update:

Upgrading via the Automatic Upgrade Mechanism
Manually Checking for Updates
Update 1 is also available for download from the registered users download pages

Get all the details by reading Andreano Lanusse’s blog article at
  http://www.andreanolanusse.com/blogen/update-1-for-delphi-xe-and-cbuilder-xe-now-available/
Additional update 1 information:

Readme: Update 1 [...]

SourceForge announces winners of Fourth Annual Community Choice Awards

The open source, SourceForge community, has voted for the 4th annual community choice awards. The best open source project for enterprise was Firebird SQL. Some application developers and database professionals know that the genesis of Firebird is Embarcadero InterBase. In fact, if you look at the source code, you’ll see copyright notices that are also in Embarcadero Technologies‘ InterBase [...]

Some of the developer/technology feeds I follow…

There is an ocean of developer and technology information on the Internet.  I use feeds as one of the ways to try and "Sip" from the firehose of content.
EDN - http://edn.embarcadero.com/rss
DelphiFeeds.com - http://feeds.delphifeeds.com/delphifeeds?format=xml
Dr.Dobb’s - All Articles - http://feeds.pheedo.com/drdobbs_all_articles
DDJ CodeTalk Blog Entries - http://www.dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&task=rss
O’Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies - http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/radar/atom
Slashdot: Developers [...]

The myriad of ways to stay connected and up to date with Embarcadero products, news, events, etc.

Embarcadero Technologies, the leading independent provider of award winning Database Tools and Developer Software, provides many ways for developers, architects, and DBAs to keep up to date.  Here are just a few of the ways new and current customers can find out about our products, product updates, company news, upcoming events, and more.

Join Us! Embarcadero [...]

Embarcadero Java and Database Optimization solutions press coverage…

We recently announced new application development and database tuning and performance tools.  We are now shipping JOptimizer for Java and DB Optimizer for multiple databases.  These tools help you tune Java and SQL code.  Several magazines and web sites covered the announcement.  You can find the links below.
This week we are also having a free webinar, "Code [...]

"…if you want developer tools, go to Embarcadero"

I didn’t have to write the title of my blog post for today, Alan Zeichick did it for me.  Alan Zeichick’s Take on today’s announcement that Micro Focus was buying Borland.  In his post, he quotes a tweet from his partner at BZ Media, Ted Bahr who writes "…the [Borland] products you loved were bought [...]

Software in the news….

While I was travelling, I tried to keep up on the news happening in our industry, in research, and at universities.  Here are a few recent news items that I’m sure will be of interest to developers:
I.B.M. Computer Program to Take on ‘Jeopardy!’
New York Times (04/27/09) P. A11; Markoff, John
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/27jeopardy.html
NIST Suggests Areas for Further Security [...]

How do you get your software and database development product, news, and other bits?

In the Evans Data March 2008 Developer Marketing Patterns annual report one of the questions asked was “Which of the following methods of receiving product info do you like MOST?”, the results were:

Online newsletters – 26.5%
Email from the vendors – 21.0%
Evaluation copies sent to you unsolicited (CDs sent in the mail) – 15.2%
Ads in print publications – [...]

3rdRail version 2.0 and TurboRuby are released!

It’s official - 3rdRail version 2.0 and the first edition of TurboRuby have been announced and released. The feature matrix (PDF) document tells you what capabilities are available in 3rdRail and TurboRuby.
Yukihiro Matsumoto, creator of the Ruby programming language, said in the press release, “I am really pleased that Embarcadero supports the language I designed. It is especially [...]

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