# CodeGear

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{{short description|Company}}
{{Infobox company
| name        = CodeGear
| type        = [Private](/source/Private_company) (wholly owned subsidiary)
| founded     = [California](/source/California) (2006)
| hq_location = [Scotts Valley, California](/source/Scotts_Valley%2C_California)
| key_people  = Jim Douglas — [CEO](/source/CEO)

| num_employees = 200 est. (2006)
| industry      = [Computer software](/source/Computer_software)
| products      = [Delphi](/source/Delphi_(programming_language)), [JBuilder](/source/JBuilder), [C++ Builder](/source/C%2B%2B_Builder), [InterBase](/source/InterBase)
| parent        = [Embarcadero Technologies](/source/Embarcadero_Technologies)
| website       = [http://www.codegear.com CodeGear]
}}

'''CodeGear''' is a wholly owned [division](/source/division_(business)) of [Embarcadero Technologies](/source/Embarcadero_Technologies). CodeGear develops software development tools such as the [Delphi Integrated development environment](/source/Delphi_(IDE)), the [programming language Delphi](/source/Delphi_(programming_language)), and the database server [InterBase](/source/InterBase). Originally a division of [Borland Software Corporation](/source/Borland), it was launched on 14 November 2006.

==History==
On 8 February 2006 [Borland](/source/Borland) announced that it would seek a buyer for its IDE division and database products.<ref name="IntersimoneSpinoffLetter">{{cite web
 |url=http://bdn.borland.com/article/33439
 |title=Borland plans separate company for its developer products
 |accessdate=16 November 2006
 |last=Intersimone
 |first=David
 |date=8 February 2006
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613010404/http://bdn.borland.com/article/33439
 |archive-date=13 June 2006
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref> During the spin-off negotiations, these divisions ("developer tools group") internally reorganized into a division called ''CodeGear''.<ref>{{cite press release
 |publisher=Borland
 |date=14 November 2006
 |url=http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/33819
 |title=Borland forming CodeGear to focus exclusively on developer productivity
 |accessdate=15 November 2006
 |archive-date=30 December 2013
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234427/http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/33819
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>
Eventually, five parties bid for the group.<ref name="JacksonInterview">{{cite news
|first = Heather
|last = Havenstein
|title = Q&A: Borland exec explains reversal on tools division sale
|url = http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=11&articleId=9005132&intsrc=hm_topic
|work = Computerworld
|date = 15 November 2006
|accessdate = 16 November 2006
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071105231450/http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=11&articleId=9005132&intsrc=hm_topic
|archive-date = 5 November 2007
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Cowley">{{cite news
|first = Stacy
|last = Cowley
|title = Borland Does About-Face, Keeps Tools Group
|url = http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml;jsessionid=MIBAIKWHAKZ3KQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleId=194300636
|work = CRN
|date = 16 November 2006
|accessdate = 14 November 2006
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927005138/http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml;jsessionid=MIBAIKWHAKZ3KQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleId=194300636
|archive-date = 27 September 2011
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web
|first = Stacy
|last = Cowley
|title = Borland Reports CodeGear Sales As 'CodeRage' Rally Rolls
|url = http://www.crn.com/software/198001246?queryText=CodeGear
|work = CRN
|date = 15 March 2007
}}</ref>

On 7 May 2008, Borland Software Corporation and [Embarcadero Technologies](/source/Embarcadero_Technologies) announced that Embarcadero had "signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to purchase CodeGear."<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://dn.codegear.com/article/38132
 |title=Community Letter: Embarcadero Technologies agrees to acquire CodeGear from Borland
 |accessdate=8 May 2008
 |last=Intersimone
 |first=David
 |date=7 May 2008
 |archive-date=15 April 2012
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415164511/http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/38132
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.borland.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2008/05_07_08_borland_reports_first_quarter_2008_financial_results.html |title=Borland Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Announces Agreement for Sale of CodeGear Unit - Company Hits Transformation Milestone, Reaffirms 2008 Revenue and Profitability Expectations for Enterprise Segment |date=7 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127105231/http://www.borland.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2008/05_07_08_borland_reports_first_quarter_2008_financial_results.html |archivedate=November 27, 2008 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.codegear.com/article/38314/ |title=Embarcadero Technologies Closes Acquisition of CodeGear |accessdate=3 July 2008 |last=Bravo |first=Thoma |date=1 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125044158/http://www.codegear.com/article/38314/ |archivedate=November 25, 2009 }}</ref>

===Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. era===
On 25 August 2008, Embarcadero Technologies announced the release of Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.embarcadero.com/fr/press-releases/embarcadero-goes-global-with-next-generation-delphi-and-cbuilder-development-tools-for-windows
 |title=Embarcadero Goes Global with Next-Generation Delphi and C++Builder Development Tools for Windows - New tools enable ISVs and business developers to build high-performance client/server and packaged software applications that support rich user experiences worldwide
 |date=25 August 2008
}}</ref>

On 28 September 2008, Embarcadero Technologies announced the release of InterBase SMP 2009.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.embarcadero.com/press-releases/embarcadero-announces-high-performance-interbaser-smp-2009-database-for-embedded-and-enterprise-applications
 |title=Embarcadero Announces High-Performance InterBase® SMP 2009 Database for Embedded and Enterprise Applications - New security, portability, performance and uptime capabilities.
 |date=28 September 2008
}}</ref>

On 1 December 2008, Embarcadero Technologies announced the general availability of CodeGear RAD Studio 2009.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.embarcadero.com/fr/press-releases/embarcadero-extends-codegear-rad-studio-2009-capabilities-from-windows-to-net-and-mono
 |title=Embarcadero Extends CodeGear™ RAD Studio 2009 Capabilities from Windows to .NET and Mono - RAD Studio 2009 Delivers Comprehensive Rapid Application Development for Developers and ISV.
 |date=1 December 2008
}}</ref>

==Products==
* [RAD Studio](/source/RAD_Studio) (including Delphi, Delphi Prism and C++Builder)
* [Delphi for PHP](/source/Delphi_for_PHP)
* [Delphi](/source/Embarcadero_Delphi)
* [Delphi Prism](/source/Delphi_Prism)
* [JBuilder](/source/JBuilder)
* [InterBase](/source/InterBase)
* [C++Builder](/source/C%2B%2BBuilder)
* JGear
* 3rdRail

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20080601015949/http://www.codegear.com/}}

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