1. Introduction to Sparx Systems and Enterprise Architect
Ben Constable
Sparx Systems
CIM Users Group Meeting, Prague 2011
© Sparx Systems Pty Ltd 2011

2. Presentation Summary Company Focus – Who we are Sparx Systems Products
Introduction to Sparx Systems
Involvement with standards development
Sparx Systems Products
Enterprise Architect & Model Driven Generation (MDG)
Version 9 release

3. At a glance… Excellence in Modeling Tools Extensive Deployment
Developer of Enterprise Architect (EA)
Consensus Software Quality Award 2005
Jolt Productivity Awards 2006, 2008
SD Times 100 Award, 2009, 2010
250,000+ licensed users
75% top 100 global firms use EA
200+ Technology & Training Partners globally
Strong presence in Japan, America, Europe
Open Standards Contributor
Enterprise Architect Strengths
Active contributor to standards development
OMG Contributing Member
Open Group, UCAIug, TMF membership
Widespread use by SDO’s (ISO, IEC, SIA, etc)
High-value, high-performance modeling
End-to-end modeling tools built-in
Scalable, team-based repository
Arguably the best price-performance ratio!

4. A Solution for Every World
METEOROLOGY
GEOSPATIAL
FINANCE
UTILITIES
BIODIVERSITYL
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
E-GOVERNMENT
AUTOMOTIVE
E-cOMMERCE
HEALTH
SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY
GEOLOGY
Sparx Systems has a program for Standards Development Organisations (SDO’s) to benefit from complimentary licenses of Enterprise Architect.
RETAIL
ASTRONOMY
DEFENCE
AIRPORTS
TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT
SHIPPING
RAIL

5. Sparx Systems Philosophy
“To create a new paradigm for modeling tools through a high-performance, affordable and feature-rich Model-Driven Development Environment, that benefits team members across the full development lifecycle.”
The Sparx Systems marketing philosophy is based on the belief that highly priced CASE tools severely limit their usefulness in a team, and ultimately to an organization, by narrowing the effective user base and restricting easy access to the model and the development tool. To this end, Sparx Systems are committed to both maintaining an accessible pricing model and to distributing a 'Read Only' (EA Lite) version of EA for use by those who only need to view modeling information.

6. Globally accessible model repository
Importance of keeping “Model Master”
- Shared view
- Canonical Form
- Publish etc.
- Single point of truth

7. Accessible across project roles…
Site 1
Site 3
Site 2
Site n

8. Sparx Systems Products

9. Enterprise Architect 9 Release
Scheduled Q2, 2011
Beta 3 publicly available:

10. Thank You