The Borland-ECS Group relationship brings to Asia Pacific customers access to Borland's industry-leading products through ECS' wide and well-established base of more than 10,000 resellers. customers will be able to leverage ECS' distribution network, through its subsidiaries in Singapore, China, Malaysia and Thailand, together with Borland's award-winning application development technologies.

The joint arrangement aligns with ECS' vision of being a leading e-infrastructure enabler in the region to bring best-in-class technologies to its customers. "As an IT Hub, our commitment is to deliver cost-effective total solutions with a high level of expertise and technical know-how. With Borland's suite of application life cycle management products, we can now offer even more comprehensive integration and end-to-end solutions for the extended enterprise," said Mr Jansen Ek, Group Chief Operating Officer, ECS Holdings Limited. "Borland creates the best and most tightly integrated development environments which significantly reduces the time span of the application development lifecycle, and it is only natural that we strive to bring this important advantage to our customers," continued Ek.

Forging relationships with leading distributors is an important strategy for Borland as it continues to penetrate broader markets throughout Asia Pacific. "ECS has a very strong regional presence, and is known as a leading total IT solutions provider in Asia," said Michael King, Managing Director ASEAN, of Borland. "We believe this relationship will open up new opportunities for customers looking to accelerate application development and deployment. More customers will be able to reapidly and effectively create and implement applications critical to their businesses."

About ECS Holdings Ltd
ECS Holdings Limited is the holding company of a group of four subsidiary companies comprising ECS Computers (Asia) Pte Ltd in Singapore, ECS Technology (China) Limited in China. ECS Kush Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, and The Value Systems Co., in Thailand. The Group is a leading e-infrastructure enabler and e-services provider serving and supporting Asia's growing internet economies. The substantial shareholders of ECS comprise: Solectron Technology Singapore Pte Ltd (24.6%); Pacific City International Holdings Limited (16.5%); Technocrat Investments Limited (10.7%); Glorious Success Limited (5.3%). The shares of ECS are listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited as of 9 February 2001.

About Borland
Borland (Singapore) Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM: BORL), a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions that are designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. By connecting managers, testers, designers, developers, and implementers in real time, Borland enables enterprises worldwide to define and sustain their competitive advantage.
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