PLATINUM technology's Paradigm Plus delivers true round-trip engineering for Forte; analysis and design tool preserves software investment.

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 1996--At Object World East, PLATINUM technology, inc. today announced that Paradigm Plus 3.0's integration with Forte Software's Forte Release 2.0 brings the benefits of object-oriented analysis and design to the Forte Application Environment. This design/development integration fully supports round-trip engineering. Utilizing Paradigm Plus's modeling capabilities, Forte developers can quickly re-engineer existing applications to support business requirements.

Paradigm Plus's robust merge capability, combined with its ability to capture events and event handlers, ensures that at all times model and code remain fully synchronized. This synchronization prevents the loss of information which can occur when moving between an object-oriented analysis and design environment and a 4GL environment.

"Forte Software fully endorses the use of modeling products for the design of high-end applications. The quality of round-trip engineering between Paradigm Plus and Forte means that developers can model and re-engineer complex systems with confidence, knowing that model and source code development iterations are fully synchronized," said Marty Sprinzen, president and CEO of Forte Software. "This level of integration preserves software investment, supports rapid business adaptation, and is fundamental to successfully meeting the development demands of the expanding enterprise."

"We look forward to a long-term partnership with Forte Software," said Andrew Filipowski, CEO of PLATINUM technology, inc. "We are committed to open, enterprise-wide IT solutions, and our complementary technologies clearly support today's rapidly evolving, dynamic business environments."

Paradigm Plus

Paradigm Plus is a powerful object-oriented analysis and design tool that supports Enterprise Component Modeling (ECM) and round-trip engineering. With Paradigm Plus companies create "components" that divide information systems into manageable sections. Components are stored in the Paradigm Plus object repository where they are organized and synchronized with source code and documentation. The tool's graphical environment fully automates all leading object-oriented methods and notations, including Unified, OMT, Booch, Fusion, Martin/Odell, Coad/Yourdon, Shlaer/Mellor, and others extended to support Jacobson's Use Case modeling while also allowing developers to customize methods based on business requirements.

Paradigm Plus generates code in C++, Ada, Smalltalk, PowerBuilder, Java, PLATINUM ObjectPro, and Forte, as well as RDBMS and ODBMS schema definitions. It also reverse engineers C++, Smalltalk, PowerBuilder, ObjectPro and Forte code. The combined forward and reverse engineering capabilities of Paradigm Plus, without any loss of data, provides "round-trip" engineering which enables iterative development. Utilizing a distributed object repository and open architecture, Paradigm Plus optimizes reuse by allowing access to all stored objects and relationships in a multi-user environment. Paradigm Plus components also can be published to the Web as HTML documents where they can be viewed, downloaded, and re-used.

Enterprise Component Modeling

Enterprise Component Modeling, or ECM, is an iterative model-driven software development strategy which supports the delivery of multi-tiered enterprise-scaleable applications. ECM enables users to:

- Manage Complexity of Mission-Critical Applications through the use of object technology and component-based development techniques which enable modeling, design, construction, and testing of robust, well-defined components.

- Decrease Software Development and Maintenance Costs by delivering components which can be shared and re-used across multiple projects.

- Adapt to Changing Requirements by providing seamless traceability between business process models and application software models, resulting in quicker time to market.

- Maintain OO Method Notation Independence since any of the leading OO notations can be used to construct the deliverable models.

Paradigm Plus Pricing and Availability

Paradigm Plus 3.01 is available now on Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Solaris. Additional platforms, including SunOS, HP-UX, OS/2 Warp, Windows 95, and IRIX will be available in the second quarter of 1996.

All copies of Paradigm Plus come with full code for the Forte code generation script. For pricing and availability on PLATINUM products, call PLATINUM technology at 800/442-6861 or 708/620-5000, or send email to [e-mail].

Application Lifecycle Solutions (ALS)

PLATINUM's Application Lifecycle Solutions (ALS) comprise the most comprehensive and flexible set of tools for enterprise software application development. ALS products address every stage of an application's lifecycle - from project and process management, through analysis and design, construction, testing, configuration and change management, and maintenance. Consultancy services combine both technical and industry expertise. Product and service offerings are designed to yield maximum IT payoff on software development. PLATINUM's Application Lifecycle Solutions are part of the company's POEMS architecture, along with business intelligence, database management, data warehousing, and systems management.

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