Change Vision
Change Vision, Inc. is a software development company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2006 by CEO Kenji Hiranabe, a leader in the Agile and XP movements in Japan, to provide solutions to make software development more fun, more creative and more collaborative through effective communication using visualization software. Modeling is one of the keys to quality and productivity in software development and Astah is a tool to visualize those models to help all involved in the project to be on the same page with the same understanding to drive the project to a successful conclusion with a clear visualization of models and effective communication.
Change Vision, Inc. also offers free add-on tools which work with Astah Professional such as Astah Community, a free light-weight UML modeling tool without advanced features. Astah UML Pad, for modeling UML diagrams on an iPad which can be imported to Astah Professional. Astah Share can be used to upload diagrams on the web for the communication and sharing. Change Vision's development team is located in Japan and Sales and Technical support teams are based in USA and Canada to serve all customers around the world with the spirit of Japanese hospitality.
Devart
Devart is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. It offers well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. Devart provides advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers. It is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development process.
ApexSQL
ApexSQL LLC is a leading provider of value added software tools for Microsoft SQL Server. The company has a simple goal - be the best company for acquiring and retaining customers of SQL Server Tools in the world. It looks to accomplish this by dedicating itself completely to the customer via rapid response to service, support and sales requests and customer friendly policies. ApexSQL is so committed to support it has created a Support Engineers Creed. The company strives to deliver the maximum amount of functionality and features to the customer in the spirit of Microsoft Software Development and to be incredibly responsive to feature requests from users. ApexSQL has a singular commitment to develop and design the best SQL Tools in the world in terms of feature set, performance and quality. The company is privately held and is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.