Introduction to Sparx Systems and
Enterprise Architect
Ben Constable
Sparx Systems
CIM Users Group Meeting, Prague
2011
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Presentation Summary
Company Focus – Who we are
Introduction to Sparx Systems
Involvement with standards development
Sparx Systems Products
Enterprise Architect & Model Driven Generation (MDG)
Version 9 release
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At a glance…
Excellence in Modeling Tools
Extensive Deployment
• Developer of Enterprise Architect (EA)
• 250,000+ licensed users
• Consensus Software Quality Award 2005
• 75% top 100 global firms use EA
• Jolt Productivity Awards 2006, 2008
• 200+ Technology & Training Partners globally
• SD Times 100 Award, 2009, 2010
• Strong presence in Japan, America, Europe
Open Standards Contributor
Enterprise Architect Strengths
• Active contributor to standards development
• High-value, high-performance modeling
• OMG Contributing Member
• End-to-end modeling tools built-in
• Open Group, UCAIug, TMF membership
• Scalable, team-based repository
• Widespread use by SDO’s (ISO, IEC, SIA, etc)
• Arguably the best price-performance ratio!
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A Solution for Every World
METEOROLOGY
GEOSPATIAL
FINANCE
UTILITIES
BIODIVERSITYL
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
E-GOVERNMENT
AUTOMOTIVE
E-cOMMERCE
HEALTH
SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY
GEOLOGY
RETAIL
ASTRONOMY
DEFENCE
AIRPORTS
TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT
SHIPPING
RAIL
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Sparx Systems Philosophy
“To create a new paradigm for modeling tools
through a high-performance, affordable and
feature-rich Model-Driven Development
Environment, that benefits team members
across the full development lifecycle.”
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Globally accessible model repository
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Accessible across project roles…
Site 1
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Sparx Systems Products
Enterprise Architect 9 Release
Scheduled Q2, 2011
Beta 3 publicly available: http://www.sparxsystems.com/beta
Business
Process
Modeling
Future
Outlook...
Enterprise
Architecture
Developer
Tools
Visual
Communication
Enterprise Architect 9
Extensibility
User Interface
UML
Enhancements
Collaborative
Modeling
Navigation &
Traceability
Thank You