Sometimes you need to face the inevitable: the tool selected years ago is not the one you need for the future. Have you been struggling with complicated modeling tasks or outdated tools? Are your data models getting too big to handle? We’ve heard from a lot of customers recently who have been frustrated with their old data modeling tools, for multiple reasons such as: Lack of functionality Lack of support Lack of a future roadmap Embarcadero is committed to enabling our users to adapt to...

Tim del Chiaro has created a landing page with a list of Embarcadero Technology Partners that are among the first to update their tools and components to support RAD Studio XE6, Delphi XE6 and/or C++Builder XE6 at launch time. You can find the list at http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/43761. These are just some of the many partners who plan to support XE6 as soon as possible. Technology Partner Tools and Components included in RAD Studio RAD Studio XE6 includes special editions of popular...

Fourteen more days until the CodeRage 8 Delphi Conference starts on Tuesday, October 15. You exist to build great apps and you’re not alone. Join Embarcadero and software development experts from around the world at the CodeRage 8 Delphi Conference – the totally free, totally technical, online conference dedicated to technology and development. We have three days and more than 30 technical sessions planned for you covering a wide range of application development, software architecture and best p...

Back on February 14, 1995 we launched the first version of Delphi at the Software Development Conference West in San Francisco California.  Building way beyond the previous 12 years of Turbo Pascal innovations, Delphi arrived on the scene combining a 16-bit Windows native code compiler, visual component architecture (properties, methods and events), visual two way tools IDE, Windows run-time library, and database support. Since that time, the development team has continued to add modern innovat...

We heard from many developers that you wanted to take advantage of our upgrade from any earlier version offer, but needed to wait until after the new year to be able to purchase.  So, we've extended the special upgrade offer until January 31, 2012. Delphi XE2, C++Builder XE2 and RAD Studio XE2 are here with new capabilities you've been waiting for like 64-bit Delphi and the ability to target both Windows and Mac from a single source code base. For a limited time, all earlier version users qua...

Quintus Arrius, in the movie Ben Hur, implores the rowers to give him "Battle speed!... Attack speed!... Ramming speed!"  On October 15, 1997, the rocket powered car, ThrustSSC, driven by Andy Green, set a world land speed record of 763 mph. ThrustSSC is the first car to break the sound barrier on land. The qote, "I feel the need, the need for speed", from the movie Top Gun, says a lot about what drives our native code compiler team. Who doesn't want more speed and fast optimizing compilers? ...

We each have a finite amount of time on this planet.  I'm sure that you all want to enjoy every moment of every day, I do!  Groucho Marx said, "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." John F. Kennedy said, "We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch". The Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones wrote the song, "Time Waits for No One." The Rolling Stones also recorded the song "Time Is on My Side". There are many quotes involving time, the lack of time, wanting more...

Here's another installment of my series of blog posts about tools, components and sites of interest to Embarcadero Technologies Delphi, C++Builder, Delphi Prism, RadPHP and RAD Studio developers.  Developer Express VCL subscriptions and packs - Build 53 - now has full support for Delphi XE and C++Builder XE - http://www.devexpress.com/Subscriptions/VCL/WhatsNewBuild53/index.xml Sisulizer Visual Software Localization Tool - http://www.sisulizer.com/ Twenty-Fifth anniversary of C++ - Bjarn...

One thing is tools that you use, and the second is how you get them. The new All-Access client version 1.0.3 has been just made available for download at http://downloads.embarcadero.com/free/aa_client. It is all about the TCO and making it easy for you and your team to get the tools that you need. If you want to give a try to all Embarcadero products, then this is probably the easiest way. Just download the client, log into the EDN and request trial licenses straight from the All-Access clie...