Telelogic Strengthens Its Enterprise Architecture and Development Lifecycle Tool Suite; SYSTEM ARCHITECT and SYNERGY/Change Help Manage the Architecture and Development Lifecycle at the Enterprise Level.MALMO, SWEDEN -- Telelogic (STO:TLOG TLOG Transaction Log TLOG The League of Gentlemen (UK TV show) TLOG Training Log (health & fitness) TLOG Theater Logistics TLOG The Last Of Gracie (Lima, OH band) ), the leading provider of software solutions that align advanced systems and software development with business objectives, today announced major updates to Telelogic's SYSTEM ARCHITECT enterprise architecture and modeling tools to increase the efficiency of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and SYNERGY/Change, an enterprise change management tool to improve the effectiveness of any development environment. These new offerings are included as part of the Telelogic Lifecycle Suite, a complete package of Telelogic software tools designed to empower organizations in implementing and managing their enterprise architecture and system and software development at the enterprise level. "Telelogic's open, flexible product suite delivers a best-in-class, scalable family of products that extend the development environment into the executive suite," said Ingemar Ljungdahl, Chief Technology Officer, Telelogic. "Our goal is to offer organizations the tools to connect business requirements and processes with customer needs and ensure that requirements remain an integral part of the engineering and development process. Our product suite is being updated to support innovation and drive value into the design and development of systems and software for both businesses and agencies worldwide." SYSTEM ARCHITECT Telelogic SYSTEM ARCHITECT enables organizations worldwide to design, visualize, analyze and publish business models and enterprise architectures that help them understand the relationships among their technology, processes and data. With this information, organizations can be more agile and flexible in addressing their ever-changing technology and business objectives. Telelogic's SYSTEM ARCHITECT was recently placed in the leaders quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools, 1Q06" released on April 5, 2006, and authored by Greta A. James and Robert A. Handler.. (The MQ report is not a ranking.) SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4 now offers the following new options: --SYSTEM ARCHITECT/XT. This new, streamlined, Web-based addition to the SYSTEM ARCHITECT family makes enterprise architecture development actionable by offering live access from anywhere. By increasing communication and collaboration in a distributed workforce, SYSTEM ARCHITECT/XT transforms geographically dispersed workgroups into an integrated team and encourages greater participation across the organization. SYSTEM ARCHITECT/XT does this by extending real-time access to its live repository to users anywhere in the world through a central portal. Users can make changes to the repository at any time; all information in the repository is centrally managed. . SYSTEM ARCHITECT/XT's highly intuitive user interface enables users to do repository searches and view models. Role-based templates, including everything from high-level graphical pie charts to more complex process diagrams or use cases, can be created or customized by an architecture team for key stakeholder groups. Specialized templates are being offered for the Dept. of Defense Architectural Framework (DoDAF). Like any Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , users can create bookmarks in a favorites menu to help them more quickly find the information they need. SYSTEM ARCHITECT/XT facilitates the user's ability to comment on the architecture while it is in development. XT is available as an option to SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4. --SYSTEM ARCHITECT/ERP. Telelogic now offers completely integrated support for all major ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems, including SAP and Oracle (Peoplesoft, Siebel Systems and JD Edwards). SYSTEM ARCHITECT/ERP gives organizations a thorough understanding of their ERP implementation and helps reduce the risks associated with changing processes and applications over time without a detailed knowledge of the underlying ERP system. This is possible with SYSTEM ARCHITECT/ERP's auto-discovery features to directly import ERP metadata into SYSTEM ARCHITECT for analysis. Data, metadata, data relationships, applications and data warehouses can be modeled and visualized so organizations can understand how applications interact with the ERP system. This feature is available as an option to SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4. SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4 offers the following integrated features: --Service-oriented architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) Support. Integrated into SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4 are new BPEL See WSBPEL. BPEL - Web Services Business Process Execution Language upgrades that automate modeling support as a first step in the linking of Web services. Using SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4, organizations can translate business process models into business process execution language (BPEL). Developers can then use the resulting data in a workflow tool to begin linking Web services to create composite applications. SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4's new XSD (XML Schema Definition) The informal name for the XML schema from the W3C. See W3C XML Schema. XSD - XML Schema Definition Management (XML Schema) capability ultimately enables linking of schema to BPEL messages via its (Business Process Modeling Notation The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standardized graphical notation for drawing business processes in a workflow. BPMN was developed by Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI), and is now being maintained by the Object Management Group since the two ) BPMN BPMN Business Process Modeling Notation and UML (Unified Modeling Language) An object-oriented analysis and design language from the Object Management Group (OMG). Many design methodologies for describing object-oriented systems were developed in the late 1980s. modeling notations, an integral step in any SOA implementation. --New User Interface. SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4 user interface has been fully redesigned and optimized to provide an improved user experience. The Microsoft windows look-and-feel of the toolbars and icons gives users an easier way to navigate throughout SYSTEM ARCHITECT and quicker access to frequently used areas. The user interface continues to support complete customization by users for personalized workflow. "Boosts in application development productivity and quality come most readily from consistent execution of two approaches, a balance of effective management processes and repeatable low-level development processes," said Jim Duggan, Research Vice President, Gartner. "What is required is a suite of enterprise-level tools to help accomplish organizations combine these two approaches easily and effectively." SYNERGY/Change Telelogic also announced a new release of its SYNERGY/Change for more flexible and user-friendly enterprise-level change management. A Web-based change management solution, SYNERGY/Change provides enterprise-wide lifecycle change control for an organization's digital assets during the systems and software development lifecycle. It enables users to assess and authorize change, from both internal and external sources, using a change control workflow customized to organizational needs. With its recent enhancements, SYNERGY/Change can be used for managing incidents, problems and changes in IT Service Management improvement programs, such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, www.itil.co.uk) One of the more comprehensive as well as non-proprietary and publicly available sets of guidelines for "best practice" IT services management, owned by the British Office of Government Commerce (OGC). (ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 20000). New features in SYNERGY/Change 4.5 include: --Enterprise Scalability. A new and streamlined user interface makes the tool easier to adopt and deploy across globally distributed development community. The tool is now scalable to the enterprise level so stakeholders worldwide can be part of the change management process, quickly assess the impact of change and monitor performance in the development process, regardless of their location or language. --IBM/Rational ClearCase Support. SYNERGY/Change has been extended to support IBM/Rational ClearCase. Users can now track changes to requirements in Telelogic DOORS, and make software configuration changes in either Telelogic SYNERGY/CM and/or IBM/Rational ClearCase from a single change management repository. They can also more easily combine software development environments as a result of an acquisition, contractual obligation, or legacy development. Organizations avoid the training and implementation burdens associated with integrating multiple change management solutions. SYNERGY/Change also offers the following new option: --Development Management Dashboard. A totally redesigned Telelogic Dashboard is also being released in conjunction with SYNERGY/Change, and Telelogic DOORS. The Dashboard features core software metrics for Six Sigma and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI See CMM. ) initiatives. Using the Dashboard, users gain insight into the product development process, including tracking defect rates, scope creep and requirements churn, and can proactively address trends in development performance and optimization. With Dashboard, product managers also have access to a rolled-up view of performance metrics across all development environments. Telelogic Lifecycle Suite Integrated Licensing Update Telelogic also announced the addition of the SYSTEM ARCHITECT enterprise architecture tools and FOCAL POINT focal point n. See focus. , Telelogic's decision support tool for portfolio management, to the Telelogic Lifecycle Suite (TLS (1) (Transport Layer Security) A security protocol from the IETF that is based on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 protocol developed by Netscape. TLS uses digital certificates to authenticate the user as well as authenticate the network (in a wireless 2006). This Suite offers a complete package of six Telelogic products with a common installation process and licensing structure. An innovative, token-based licensing structure allows users to move among Telelogic products by allocating tokens as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . Telelogic products featured in the TLS 2006 now include: DOORS, FOCAL POINT, SYNERGY/Change, SYNERGY/CM, SYSTEM ARCHITECT and TAU tau n. Symbol  The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.tau (tou), n . "Our latest product announcements deliver on Telelogic's commitment to offering its customers an enterprise-wide lifecycle management product suite," said Anders Lidbeck President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Telelogic. "Organizations are faced with the challenge of first aligning development with business and customer requirements, and then providing tools and services needed for the most efficient and effective production of the business critical applications, systems of systems, or embedded systems or software that drive toward their organizational goals. Our goal is to make sure our tools and services are always evolving to make this process faster, easier and results-driven for businesses and government agencies." The Telelogic Lifecycle Suite (TLS 2006 R1), SYSTEM ARCHITECT 10.4 and SYNERGY/Change 4.5 will be generally available on June 5. For more information about this announcement, please visit www.telelogic.com/TLS 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 The administration and control of an application from inception to its demise. It embraces requirements management, system design, software development and configuration management and implies an integrated set of tools for developing and controlling the project. , and customer needs management by participating in industry organizations such as INCOSE INCOSE International Council On Systems Engineering , OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group , The Open Group, Eclipse, ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. , ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union , the TeleManagement Forum, and AUTOSAR AUTOSAR Automotive Open System Architecture . 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 BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. , Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, General Electric, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Sprint, Thales, and Vodafone. 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