Cayenne Software and Project Technology Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver Shlaer-Mellor Technology; Alliance Brings Translation Technology to Cayenne Customer Base; Project Technology becomes the Largest Shlaer-Mellor Tool Provider.BURLINGTON, Mass. and BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1996--Cayenne Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CAYN), a leader in model-based development tools, today announced a strategic alliance with Project Technology, a pioneer in object technology for software development and creators of the Shlaer-Mellor Method, for marketing and supporting Shlaer-Mellor technology. This alliance provides current Cayenne Software (company) Cayenne Software - The company formed when CADRE merged with Bachman Information Systems in July 1996. http://cayennesoft.com/. ObjectTeam for Shlaer-Mellor customers an easy upgrade path to Project Technology's BridgePoint tool set. Starting August 1, 1996, all ObjectTeam for Shlaer-Mellor customers will receive their tool support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services from Project Technology. In addition, Project Technology will acquire rights to the ObjectTeam for Shlaer-Mellor technology and develop a data migration tool, to be called TeamPoint, for easy customer migration to BridgePoint, Project Technology's Shlaer-Mellor CASE tool. TeamPoint is expected to be available in early 1997 and will be provided free to all ObjectTeam customers receiving maintenance and support services. Lastly, new Cayenne Software customers interested in Shlaer-Mellor technology will be referred to Project Technology for education on the benefits of BridgePoint automation and the Shlaer-Mellor Method. "Project Technology is becoming the world leader in Shlaer- Mellor Method automation technology with their BridgePoint tools and model compiler technology," said Peter Boni, President of Cayenne Software. "We've examined our opportunities as a newly formed company, and realize this partnership brings the most value to our current Shlaer-Mellor Method customers. They gain easy access to the next generation of translation tools for no cost; Cayenne Software gains a marketing alliance with the industry leader in Shlaer-Mellor technology. This represents a winning alliance for all parties." The application development suite consists of BridgePoint Model Builder, an OOA See object-oriented analysis. OOA - object-oriented analysis modeling tool; BridgePoint Model Verifier, an automated verification tool that validates correct model behavior; and BridgePoint Generator, a source code generation tool. Using the Shlaer-Mellor "Implementation through Translation" approach, BridgePoint users support the entire product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. using graphical models In probability theory, statistics, and machine learning, a graphical model (GM) is a graph that represents independencies among random variables by a graph in which each node is a random variable, and the missing edges between the nodes represent conditional independencies. , with up to 100% code generation from analysis models. Equally important, users benefit from the highly leveraged reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. of analysis models, as opposed to source code or libraries, between multiple projects and across company boundaries. "We're excited about the alliance with Cayenne Software," said Andy Gordon, President of Project Technology. "Cayenne's commitment to their Shlaer-Mellor customer base impressed us. Project Technology looks forward to working with Cayenne Software to upgrade their customers seamlessly to the BridgePoint technology. In addition, we look forward to working together on new customer accounts interested in the power of the Shlaer-Mellor Method." Practical Details ObjectTeam for Shlaer-Mellor customers, which represent over 2000 licensed seats, will receive their support from Project Technology starting August 1, 1996. This transfer will occur automatically. TeamPoint development will start immediately and will be automatically sent to all customers on ObjectTeam maintenance when the product is available. Customers may convert license for license to BridgePoint at any time as long as they remain on maintenance. Project Technology's tool suite comprises BridgePoint Model Builder, BridgePoint Model Verifier, BridgePoint Generator and MC-2010 Model Compiler. The tool suite runs on workstations from Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics. The average cost for the tool suite is roughly $9,000 per user, for a development team of ten doing automatic C++ code generation. About the Shlaer-Mellor Method The Shlaer-Mellor Method is the industry's most popular translation-based software development process, having been used on thousands of successful projects. The method was created to provide engineering teams committed to quality and performance with a concrete development process. It is made available to software engineers, engineering managers and business managers through the Practitioner's Series of training courses, hands-on consulting and implementation services, and through publications, including the Project Technology website (http://www.projtech.com). About Project Technology, Inc. Project Technology's mission is to reduce the time to market and improve software quality for complex software development. As developers of the Shlaer-Mellor Method and the BridgePoint application development tool, the company provides the industry's most complete range of products and service. Applications developed using the Shlaer-Mellor Method and BridgePoint can be found in the defense, telecommunications, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. 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Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Texas, Arizona and California. The company has affiliates and distributors outside the U.S. Further information can be obtained at http://www.projtech.com. About Cayenne Software Cayenne Software, Inc., headquartered in Burlington, Mass., is a leading global supplier of analysis and design solutions for commercial and technical application and database development. Cayenne offers development teams a scalable, workgroup-to-enterprise product family for object-oriented, data-driven and structured application development approaches. The company has 400 employees and ranks among the top 50 software vendors in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Further information can be obtained through the company's Web site: http://www.cayennesoft.com. -0- Note to Editors: All trademarks are acknowledged to their owners. CONTACT: Project Technology,Inc. Ralph Hibbs, 510/845-1484 ralph@projtech.com or Cayenne Software Dave Smith Dave Smith is the name of:
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