Liquid Technologies
Founded in 2001, Liquid Technologies provides an advanced graphical XML Development Environment, containing all the tools needed for designing and developing XML Schemas and applications. This includes a plug-in for seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The XML Data Binding Code Generator reduces the amount of code needing to be written by up to 90%, greatly simplifying the development cycle. Liquid XML Developer Edition generates strongly typed classes to represent XML and allows XML documents to be treated as objects within applications. It supports XSD, XDR, DTD with cross platform support for C++ (Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP), C#, VB.Net, Silverlight, Java and Visual Basic 6.0. With a 97% user satisfaction rating, Liquid XML Studio is in use by companies around the globe including many FTSE 100 & Fortune 100 companies.
Sparx Systems
Sparx Systems specializes in high performance and scalable visual modeling tools for the planning, design and construction of software intensive systems.
With customers in industries ranging from aerospace and automotive engineering to finance, defense, government, entertainment and telecommunications, Sparx Systems is a leading vendor of innovative solutions based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and its related specifications. A Contributing Member of the Object Management Group (OMG), Sparx Systems is committed to realizing the potential of model-driven development based on open standards.
The company’s flagship product, Enterprise Architect, has received numerous accolades since its commercial release in August, 2000. Now at version 13, Enterprise Architect is the design tool of choice for 380,000+ registered users world-wide.
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.
Visible Systems
Visible Systems is an IT company specializing in framework-based software engineering throughout the enterprise. Visible Systems history predates that of the PC, Windows and even DOS. Visible Systems was the first in the modern software engineering world to recognize the need for a software documentation system that would allow its clients to document their information systems electronically.
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