In case you don't know, Ray Konopka has been from the early days of Delphi one of the leading authorities on components development, thanks to his classic components development book, the countless Delphi conferences he has spoken about this subject (along with UI design and other VCL technologies) and the great set of high-quality components he built and sold as Raize Components. Ray has done a lot more with Delphi, in terms of tool, training, consulting and business development, and he is one of the Delphi community gurus.

This is why I'm extremely happy to see this acquisition by Embarcadero Technologies of his flagship components and his CodeSite logging tool (the light version of which already ships with RAD Studio). Embarcadero starts selling these components today. The components have been renamed as "Konopka Signature VCL Controls". The CodeSite Logging System keeps its existing name and is available for RAD Studio but also Visual Studio. Both can be bought today, along with subscription, from Embarcadero web shop and from our partners.

You can read the complete press release at www.embarcadero.com/press-releases/embarcadero-acquires-raize-components-introduces-new-windows-ui-and-logging-products-for-delphi-and-cbuilder-developers.

What should I add? Stay tuned for more add-on components from Embarcadero, to complement RAD Studio but also supporting other development tools.