We recently re-opened the upgrade window to allow registered users of 2006 and earlier versions of Delphi, C++Builder and Borland Developer Studio to upgrade to the XE versions. If you have one of those older versions, you only have until end-of-day this coming Tuesday May 31, 2011 to buy at the upgrade price. After that you'll have to again pay the full new user price if you want to move to XE or a future version.

Remember you can also combine this eligibility with the Get RAD Studio at the Delphi/C++Builder price offer and pay just the Delphi or C++Builder upgrade price and get full RAD Studio XE with Delphi, C++Builder, Delphi Prism and RadPHP.

Here's the link with all your choices for How to Buy.

Just got back from Atlanta where we had a great week at Tech Ed 2011.

Things started off Sunday evening when Delphi XE received the Code Project Members Choice Award for Best Programming Language. It was our second win in two years. Thank you to everyone who voted for Delphi.

  

At our booth with the Code Project award certificate

I have more photos from Tech Ed and I'll post them soon.

One of my favorite applications built with Delphi is Skype for Windows. We use Skype here every day. It's been great to see the success of Skype and so many millions of users experiencing and relying on a Delphi application for their day to day communication.

Today Microsoft announced that they will be acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion. I think that makes Skype the most valuable Delphi application out there.

Of course there are also many other great applications built with Delphi and you can see some of them in the Embarcadero Delphi Application Showcase.

If you haven't submitted your Delphi application for the showcase yet, you can do that here. We're always happy to learn about what you're creating with Delphi.

You're probably familiar with MSDN but what if you want something similar for all Embarcadero developer tools and database tools products with a year of included upgrades for one price?

Embarcadero All-Access is a license and subscription offering that includes:

• The latest Delphi XE release
• Over a dozen of our best database development and application development tools wrapped into a single All-Access license
• A full year of support and maintenance to stay current on releases of all the products, including all major Delphi releases in the next 12 months.

Embarcadero All-Access gives you the ultimate tools to streamline database development, change management, and SQL tuning

• Delphi XE: The fastest way to build native Windows applications
• C++Builder XE: The power of both C and C++ languages and libraries, with visual development
• Delphi Prism XE: Cross-platform solution for rapidly developing .NET, Mono, ASP.NET, and data-driven applications for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X
• Rapid SQL: Full-featured SQL IDE helps you write quality SQL faster
• DB Optimizer: Prevent, find and fix performance issues via visual SQL profiling and tuning
• DB Change Manager: Simplify, automate and report on database changes
• ER/Studio: The premier data modeling tool that combines process, data, application modeling and reporting

And more:

• JBuilder
• 3rdRail
• RadPHP XE
• J Optimizer
• InterBase Server Edition
• plus 1 full year of support and maintenance including major version upgrades

This special All-Access offer includes thousands of dollars worth of developer and database tools, plus a full year of upcoming releases!

Registered users of RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder qualify for discounted upgrade pricing.

Buy now or get pricing online or from a Partner (All-Access Bronze or Silver levels)
Buy or get a price quote from our Sales Team (All-Access Gold or Platinum All-levels)

Delphi…Great. RAD Studio…Even Better!

 Wednesday, May 18, 2011

6:00am PDT / 9:00am EDT / 3:00pm CET
11:00am PDT / 2:00pm EDT
5:00pm PDT / May 19 10:00am Australian EST

Register here

How are developers leveraging multiple programming languages and operating platforms to deliver rich applications for desktop, client/server, multi-tier, web and mobile users?

This webinar will show you everything you can build with RAD Studio XE beyond what you can build with just Delphi or C++Builder alone. Learn how to go beyond one programming language, framework and IDE to build tomorrow's applications today using Delphi, C++, Delphi Prism and PHP.

In the webinar, you will learn how to:

• Radically reduce development time
• Build desktop, web, web services and mobile applications 
• Understand the common RAD, Visual, component-based development capabilities of Delphi, C++, Delphi Prism and PHP.
• Create Facebook applications
• Build for and deploy applications in cloud computing environments
• Build multi-tier DataSnap applications with Delphi and C++Builder Servers and Delphi, C++Builder, Delphi Prism, RadPHP and JavaScript clients.

After the webinar you will understand why you can't afford to miss Embarcadero's "Get RAD Studio XE at the Delphi/C++Builder price special promotion" and get all of the great tools you’ll see in the webinar.