CRESWICK, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwired) — 09/16/15 — Sparx Systems, a global software company and vendor of the collaborative visual modeling tool Enterprise Architect, has been positioned in the most recent Forrester Wave report for Enterprise Architecture Management Suites – one of the world–s foremost sources of independent market research into Enterprise Architecture.
As part of its evaluation, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Architecture Management Suites, Q3 2015 (1) report identified the “10 most significant” Enterprise Architecture Management vendors with a global offering. The vendors were then evaluated against 42 criteria to measure both the strength of their current offering and product strategy.
In its written evaluation of the vendor, the report positioned Sparx Systems as a “Contender” and found that, “Overall, Sparx Systems provides very strong support for enterprise architecture management”. A positive outlook for the vendor was also noted, stating “The strong strategic positioning of Sparx will contribute to the maturity of its offerings and its attractiveness to EA professionals.”
A copy of the report is available online to paid Forrester clients, via the Forrester website:
In a continuation of Sparx Systems– commitment to innovation, the company has been working towards the release of Enterprise Architect 12.1, which will to include a number of enhancements relevant to Enterprise Architecture.
“The new tools under development build upon Enterprise Architect–s powerful analytical, strategic and enterprise planning capabilities”, remarked Sparx Systems COO, Tom O–Reilly. “Tools such as Heat Maps and Roadmap Diagrams will introduce new and engaging ways to strategically plan and communicate. Powerful business simulation capabilities are also being worked on for inclusion in a future release. We–re looking forward to delivering these new features to the Sparx community.”
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About Sparx Systems:
Sparx Systems is a global software company specializing in high performance visual modeling tools for planning, designing and constructing software-intensive corporate systems. Sparx tools are used by systems designers, corporate planners, business analysts, enterprise architects, standards developers and software engineers.
Sparx modeling software is widely used in finance, defense, government, aerospace, automotive engineering, geospatial, entertainment, health, smart grid, aviation, retail and telecommunications. Over 80 per cent of Fortune 100 companies have licensed Sparx Systems flagship modeling tool Enterprise Architect. In the past decade the Sparx user-base has grown from 30,000 to more than 350,000 individuals worldwide. Sparx tools are based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML), an open standard developed by the Object Management Group (OMG), where Sparx Systems is a Contributing member. Sparx Enterprise Architect provides robust support for team-wide collaboration, and can scale up from single-user deployment to teams with dozens or even hundreds of collaborators – including remote collaborators. Sparx software is price competitive even when deployed across the entire development team.
Sparx Systems has won seven consecutive SD Times Top 100 awards and two Readers Choice Merit Awards from Visual Studio Magazine and Jolt. Now at version 12, Enterprise Architect is available directly from Sparx or – bundled with expert support and comprehensive training services – from a network of more than 300 technology partners active in North America, Europe, Australia, India, China, Japan, southeast Asia and Latin America. First developed in 1998, Sparx Systems– Enterprise Architect modeling tool was commercially released in 2000, and has enjoyed more than 15 years continuous development and growth.
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1. Forrester Research: The Forrester Wave: “Enterprise Architecture Management Suites, Q3 2015”, Gordon Barnett, Alex Cullen, Alex Kramer, Diane Lynch, September 1, 2015
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