Ptech Releases Newest Generation of Enterprise Architecture Modeling Product.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--

Version 5.3 Provides Executive Control Panel to Bridge

Gap between Business and IT

Ptech, developer of the most sophisticated enterprise modeling tool currently on the market, today announced that FrameWork 5.3 for Windows 95, 98, and NT systems is now shipping.

FrameWork 5.3 is an object-oriented enterprise modeling and application development tool. It provides a systematic approach for both business and technology professionals to use a single graphical interface to capture an enterprise's strategic intent, organizational structures, budgets, performance measures, processes, value-chain models, technical architectures, and data requirements. Framework provides complete support for OMG Unified Modeling Language (UML) 1.1, including Class, Component, Collaboration, Deployment, Interaction, Instances Interaction, Model Element Dependency, Package, Statechart, and Use Case models. Framework is integrated with the powerful Ptech Abstract Code Generator, which generates C++, Java, CORBA IDL, Forte, ILOG Server, Oracle8 DDL, ASP, and SQL Server DDL software components from the business models, as well as reports publishable on corporate Web sites. Another product available with the FrameWork 5.3 release is the FrameWork Enterprise On-line, which provides the ability to publish all model graphics with hot spots. Interested parties can view all the Framework models in their familiar Web browsers with all of the traceability and links automatically generated from FrameWork.

Ptech FrameWork, designed for use by both business and IS professionals, provides for the first time an integrated work and knowledge management environment for capturing an organization's most important asset -- its Knowledge Capital. FrameWork's powerful graphical query language provides organizations the traceability to clearly understand the impact of change on their day-to-day operations. FrameWork 5.3 facilitates conceptualizing, modeling, and implementing processes and information for maximum competitive advantage.

Top Three Benefits of Ptech FrameWork

-- The only way to anticipate and understand change is to capture the

major components of the organization in an intelligent knowledge

base -- Increase the value of the organization by transforming its

knowledge capital into a tangible, retainable and maintainable

asset that integrates people, process, costs, and technology -- Increase the effectiveness inside the organization by transforming

it into a learning organization

Minimum Requirements

FrameWork 5.3 runs on Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT version 3.51 or higher. It requires 64 MB of RAM, 60 MB of disk space, and a high-resolution color monitor. Ptech provides extensive consulting and support services. For details, contact [phone] or visit the Ptech Web site at www.ptechinc.com.

Founded in 1994, Ptech Inc. is a privately held solution provider headquartered in Boston, MA, and focused on serving Fortune 2000 companies as well as the government sector. The company's fully integrated product line offers complete, scalable, concept-to-code solutions for strategic planning, business modeling, and software generation. Ptech complements its tool offering with a complete service and technology transfer program to enable organizations to acquire the capability to respond quickly and cost-effectively to changing environments. Ptech and its partners provide the most comprehensive approach to developing solutions available in the marketplace today.

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