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System Architect tool suite v10 enables users to capture, analyze, and visually communicate information about how their systems, applications, and processes interrelate. Features include visualization tools that display relationships derived from information captured in standard modeling methodologies, and analysis tools that navigate information from high-level missions and goals down to systems and applications. Web publishing tools streamline communication.
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Popkin Software Releases Latest Version of Its Enterprise Architecture Tool Suite
New Release Enhances Decision Support at the Strategic, Operational and Technical Levels
NEW YORK (Sept. 13, 2004) - Popkin Software, a leading, NYC-based developer of enterprise architecture tools and services, today announced the commercial availability of the latest version of its System Architect architecture tool suite (v10). The major release offers a single tool suite that enables users to capture, analyze and visually communicate information about how their systems, applications and processes interrelate. Organizations can then share this information as a means to improve decision-making about technology and business alignment at all levels of the organization.
"System Architect v10 makes an enterprise architecture actionable," said Jan Popkin, CEO, Popkin Software. "Organizations are focused on being able to easily access, share and digest architecture information in order to make informed decisions about technology investments, business processes, customer service models and compliance requirements. System Architect now delivers information for making decisions at the strategic, operational and technical levels."
Popkin added, "System Architect v10 takes architecture to a whole new level by integrating visualization, analysis and publishing capabilities into a single tool that utilizes industry standard methodologies. Relationships between technology, processes and data can be visually represented and traced back to their original sources, enabling executives to more quickly absorb and act on the technology and business issues facing them."
System Architect is a leading tool for developing enterprise architecture and models of systems and processes. Significant new features include visualization tools that display relationships derived from information captured in standard modeling methodologies, and analysis tools that seamlessly navigate information-from high-level missions and goals down to systems and applications.
In addition, System Architect now offers Web publishing tools that streamline how architecture and models are communicated to a broader audience. Other tool enhancements significantly improve performance, administration and ease of use. System Architect version 10 is available now at popkin.com.
"Popkin is pushing the boundaries of architecture to deliver one single tool suite that makes modeling and architecture development easier, faster and more useful to organizations," said Popkin. "Architecture is evolving from the domain of IT into the highest echelons of a business to support more informed decision making how technology investments can drive business goals and a competitive advantage. System Architect's new release delivers a single solution that addresses the issues of concern to CIOs: communication, analysis and action."
The System Architect tool suite adds flexible visualization and Web publishing features that enable users to draw enterprise data from a central repository and tailor the information to specific audiences. The newest features include:
o Enterprise Explorer Diagram. This new analysis feature supports automatic discovery and visualization of complex business-technology relationships. Users gain a high-level, strategic view of how business processes, data and technology are interrelated.
o Enterprise Direction Diagram. This new feature offers users the ability to graphically represent enterprise issues, such as mission, vision and goals, for targeted communications to high-level decision-makers, including CIOs.
o SA Web Information Publisher. This significantly updated Web publishing option allows users to automatically organize, link and disseminate architecture using templates via the Web. Users can also create their own Web site and tailor the information to the technical, operational and strategic audience for analysis and decisions.
o Access Control. This integrated feature offers organizations the ability to specify who accesses specific aspects of the architecture using roles, improving the overall management of the architecture information.
o Framework Support. System Architect now offers integrated framework support for The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF 8) and the US Dept. of Defense Activity-Based Methodology (ABM) and methodologies such as Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). The tool suite currently offers the most comprehensive support of framework and modeling standards in the industry.
o Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Support. System Architect offers integrated support for BPEL, the industry language for describing business processes, giving System Architect users a complete business process management support solution, from developing business process models through to the generation of code for the process execution.
Other related System Architect features also include:
o SA Compare. Users can now use integrated XML technology to compare encyclopedias to see differences. For example, comparisons can be made between 'as is' and 'to be' encyclopedias to help organizations analyze what's required for consolidation or evolution to future requirements.
o Depiction Manager. This integrated feature enables users to globally change depiction of specified symbol of a diagram, streamlining the editing process.
o SA Simulator II. The optional simulator has been enhanced to help teams analyze the 'What If?' of complex business scenarios and see the impact on the business processes and underlying technologies, providing knowledge for making smarter business decisions.
o SA Tool Guidebooks. These easy-to-use guidebooks simplify learning about how to use the tool in a wide variety of applications.
System Architect is the only tool to integrate, in one multi-user product, industry-leading support for all major modeling and enterprise architecture standards using a SQL server platform. For more information: visit popkin.com.
About Popkin Software
Founded in 1986, Popkin Software & Systems (popkin.com) is a leading developer of enterprise architecture and modeling tools for Fortune 1000 companies and governments. Its flagship product, System Architect, is the only tool suite that offers complete support for strategic, operational and technical modeling to help organizations better align their technology to their business goals. Privately held Popkin Software has more than 70,000 users worldwide. Popkin has a global presence through offices in Washington, DC and New York; European offices in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands; and distributors worldwide.
