Tod Nielsen
Tod Nielsen
Tod Nielsen, formerly of Microsoft, Crossgain, BEA, Oracle Corporation, Borland and VMware is the Chief Executive Officer of Heroku...
add beyond business critical customers delivery extension focus growing helping management move natural portfolio products quality services software successful value via
Segue's quality optimization products and services will add significantly to our growing portfolio of application lifecycle management solutions. This is a natural extension of our focus in helping customers move beyond development and into successful delivery of business value via critical software initiatives.
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Developers will always play an important role in the application lifecycle, but the ALM and IDE markets are very different - requiring distinct business models, different operational and marketing structures and a focused R&D team. Both markets are important, but Borland can no longer give both the resources and attention they require.
chosen focus wholly
Therefore, Borland has chosen to focus wholly on its ALM business.