Telelogic SYSTEM ARCHITECT Adds Support for the NATO Architecture Framework; Telelogic First to Offer Integrated Support for the Internationally Recognized Framework.

MALMO, Sweden and IRVINE, California -- Telelogic (Stockholm Exchange: TLOG), the leading provider of software solutions that align advanced systems and software development with business objectives, today announced that SYSTEM ARCHITECT, its leading enterprise architecture and business process analysis tool set, has added support for the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF), the international architecture standard for describing and building communication and information systems.

Adopted for use by government military organizations worldwide, NAF enables organizations to formalize their guidance on the development and implementation of cost-effective and interoperable military capabilities. It also ensures that the architectures developed by NATO and other nations can be compared and related across multi-national boundaries.

Telelogic's SYSTEM ARCHITECT modeling tool suite is used by government agencies and businesses to design, visualize and analyze business process models and enterprise architectures using frameworks such as NAF and the US Dept. of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF).

"SYSTEM ARCHITECT has been recognized as the leading enterprise architecture tool standard for defense environments worldwide," said Ingemar Ljungdahl, CTO at Telelogic. "We have applied our extensive expertise in developing and supporting the internationally recognized DoDAF solution to designing the NAF product. This solution supports the exchange of architecture information across NATO communities worldwide to facilitate improved communications and information sharing. Only SYSTEM ARCHITECT offers the depth and breadth of features required by international defense organizations to be successful in defense environments of the future."

NAF is based on the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF). SYSTEM ARCHITECT adds three additional work products and extends the DoDAF Technology view to deliver detailed specification of standards for system functions (NTV-3), the products relevant to those standards (NTV-4) and a product selection report (NTV-5), which lists all products selected for a system. These new reports enable users to capture and report on architectural configurations of products and the standards they support. In addition, senior personnel and financial committees can use these reports to review and comment on technology adoption and use.

Telelogic SYSTEM ARCHITECT is the only tool available today to offer comprehensive support for all structured, data, object and business process modeling techniques. With one powerful tool, the relationships between the diverse relationships of technology, processes and data can be visualized and traced back to their original sources. As a result, organizations can more quickly understand, analyze and take firm action on ever-changing technology and issues that have the potential to affect their business. For more information on the tool, visit: http://www.telelogic.com/corp/products/systemarchitect/index.cfm

Telelogic and its tools have been recognized in the leaders quadrant by Gartner in the following Magic Quadrants: Enterprise Architecture Tools, Business Process Analysis Tools and Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Tools.

The NAF module for SYSTEM ARCHITECT is available for commercial shipment July 31, 2006. For more information on Teleogic's products or these reports, visit www.telelogic.com/.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant for Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA&D) Tools, 2H06 to 1H0, released on May 30, 2006, is by Mike Blechar. The Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools, 1Q06, released on April 5, 2006, is by Greta James and Robert Handler. The Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools, 2006 released on Feb. 27, 2006, is by Mike Blechar and Jim Sinur.

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About Telelogic

Telelogic(R) is a leading global provider of solutions for automating and supporting best practices across the enterprise - from powerful modeling of business processes and enterprise architectures to requirements-driven development of advanced systems and software. Telelogic's solutions enable organizations to align product, systems, and software development lifecycles with business objectives and customer needs to dramatically improve quality and predictability, while significantly reducing time-to-market and overall costs.

To better enable our customers' drive towards an automated lifecycle process, Telelogic supports an open architecture and the use of standardized languages. As an industry leader and technology visionary, Telelogic is actively involved in shaping the future of enterprise architecture, application lifecycle management, and customer needs management by participating in industry organizations such as INCOSE, OMG, The Open Group, Eclipse, ETSI, ITU-T, the TeleManagement Forum, and AUTOSAR.

Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden, with U.S. headquarters in Irvine, California, Telelogic has operations in 20 countries worldwide. Customers include Airbus, Alcatel, BAE SYSTEMS, BMW, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, General Electric, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NEC, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Sprint, Thales, and Vodafone.

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