New Release Enhances Decision Support at the
Strategic, Operational and Technical Levels
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- 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
enterprise architecture and modeling 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 business
processes interrelate. Organizations can then share this information as a
means to improve decision-making about technology and business alignment.
"System Architect v10 makes 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 these decisions at all levels, including strategic,
operational and technical."
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
understand, analyze and act on technology and business issues."
System Architect is a leading tool for developing enterprise architectures
and models of systems and business 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--starting from high-level missions and goals
and drilling down into systems and applications.
In addition, System Architect now offers Web publishing tools that
streamline how architectures 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 http://www.popkin.com .
"Popkin Software 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 decisions on 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 today:
communication, analysis and action."
New Features
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:
-- 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.
-- 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.
-- SA Web Information Publisher. This significantly updated Web publishing
option allows users to automatically organize, link and disseminate an
architecture via the Web. Users can use templates or create their own
Web site and tailor the information to technical, operational and
strategic groups for analysis and decision support.
-- 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 architecture
information.
-- 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.
-- Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Support. System Architect
offers integrated support for BPEL, the industry language for
describing business processes. System Architect delivers a complete
business process management support solution, from developing business
process models through to the generation of code for process execution.
Other related System Architect features also include:
-- SA Guidebooks. These easy-to-use guidebooks simplify learning
about using the tool in a wide variety of applications.
-- 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.
-- Depiction Manager. This integrated feature enables users to globally
change depictions of a specified diagram symbol, streamlining the
editing process.
-- 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.
About Popkin Software
Founded in 1986, Popkin Software & Systems (http://www.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 thousands of 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.
System Architect is a registered trademark of Popkin Software. All other
brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders.
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