Artisan launches Artisan Studio: DoD Architect Edition

Artisan Studio: DoD Architect Edition and Artisan Studio: DoD Advanced Architect Edition respond directly to the architectural framework needs of the US DoD, its suppliers and DoDAF users. (click image to zoom by 4.1x)

Washington DC, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 21st April 2009. Artisan® Software Tools, the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has launched Artisan Studio: DoD Architect Edition and Artisan Studio: DoD Advanced Architect Edition, responding directly to the architectural framework needs of the US DoD, its suppliers and DoDAF users.

“Architectural frameworks are hugely important in defense procurement and DoDAF is currently defined as the standard means for describing them in Model based design tools,” said Matthew Hause, Chief Consultant at Artisan Software Tools and co-chair of the UPDM Group. “DoDAF modeling tools provide huge benefits for developers of Military systems, in terms of consistency, quality, tool interoperability and cost savings.”

Artisan Studio: DoD Architect Edition provides all the modeling features design engineers need, when applying DoDAF. UML, SysML, Data Modeling and the DoDAF profile are all packaged in a single, enterprise-scale design architecture modeling tool. Its underlying repository ensures architectural consistency across the full range of DoDAF views, as well as multi-user access for truly distributed communication. The fully configurable, built-in document publisher completes the package, to distribute DoDAF designs both inside and outside an organization.

For systems and software engineers, who need to drill down into the details, Artisan Studio: DoD Advanced Architect Edition extends the DoD Architect Edition by also providing design simulation and automated code synchronization. These features make the most of the architectural frameworks to automatically verify designs and reduce the overall development effort.

“We are thrilled to be launching the Artisan Studio: DoD Architect Editions,” stated Hedley Apperly, VP Marketing at Artisan Software Tools. “They build on the proven success of Artisan’s existing DoDAF profile by recognizing that specific product configurations respond directly to customer and market demands.”

Artisan Studio: DoD Architect Edition and Artisan Studio: DoD Advanced Architect Edition deliver on the promise of an integrated collaborative development environment – allowing architects, systems and software engineering teams to work as one – from concept through to delivery and maintenance.

Artisan’s DoDAF products can be found at www.artisansoftwaretools.com/community/standard[...].

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About DoDAF

DoDAF is administered by the US Undersecretary of Defense for Business Transformation’s DoDAF Working Group. It was formerly named C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) Architecture Framework. All major U.S. Government Department of Defense (DoD) weapons and information technology system acquisitions are required to develop and document an EA using the views prescribed in DoDAF. Other derivative frameworks based on DoDAF include the Ministry of Defense (United Kingdom) Architecture Framework (MODAF), and the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF). The Unified Profile for DoDAF/MODAF (UPDM): UPDM is the product of an Object Management Group (OMG) initiative to develop a modeling standard that supports both the USA Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the UK Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF) - www.updm.com/.

About Artisan Software Tools

Artisan® Software Tools is the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission-critical systems and software. Artisan has delivered a stable, robust working environment to thousands of users across an extensive range of complex applications in demanding sectors including military, aerospace and defense, Automotive and transportation, telecommunications and electronics, and medical. Artisan’s standards-based tool suite, Artisan Studio®, provides comprehensive support for the leading industry standards, including OMG SysML, UML and Architectural Frameworks. Artisan WorkbenchTM provides a fully integrated, collaborative engineering framework for the trouble-free deployment and maintenance of best-in-class tools for mission and safety-critical systems and software development. Artisan’s tools deliver on the promise of an integrated collaborative development environment - allowing systems and software engineering teams to Work as OneTM - from concept through to delivery, maintenance and support. Founded in 1997 with extensive venture capital backing, Artisan is headquartered in the USA and UK with offices in Germany and Italy, supported by a global distributor network. For more information visit: www.ArtisanSoftwareTools.com.