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The Embedded System Design Automation and Simulation Tools report, analyzes globaltrends in design automation and modeling tools for embedded software. Included inthe report was Sparx SystemsÂ' flagship UML modeling tool, Enterprise Architect.Recognizing Enterprise Architect as a market leading solution, and the high rate ofadoption of Sparx tools, VDC notes the company has become  a disruptive force withinthe market. The report suggests that Enterprise ArchitectÂ's well roundedfeature-set and low price-point will exert pressure on other vendors  asmanufacturers continue to look for ways to cost-effectively manage the productdevelopment cycle and develop increasingly complex embedded software and systems.Â
Enterprise Architect is now widely deployed in the embedded domain with a rapidlyexpanding user base. CEO and founder of Sparx Systems, Geoffrey Sparks observes, Our growth in the embedded market has been paralleled by growth in our moretraditional markets including the government, defense and finance sectors, and thisvalidates our approach to building a truly universal tool set for software designand construction.Â
In part, Enterprise ArchitectÂ's popularity within the embedded industry has resultedfrom Sparx SystemsÂ' established presence in the Japanese embedded market, whichincludes the consumer electronics, automotive and semiconductor sectors. It is alsoa consequence of Sparx SystemsÂ' successful penetration into the global corporatemarket, with well over half of the top 100 Forbes listed firms using high-volumelicenses of Enterprise Architect.
Sparx SystemsÂ' Chief Technical Officer, Sam Mancarella, further points to thecompanyÂ's strong commitment to providing focused tools for real-time and embeddedsoftware modeling, with Sparx among the earliest adopters of the Systems ModelingLanguage (SysML).  With initiatives such as SysML fast becoming a de-facto standardwithin the industry, we see integrated modeling tool support for these standards asa  must-haveÂ' for Systems Engineers today. Sparx Systems released dedicated supportfor SysML under its Model Driven Generation (MDG) suite of products for EnterpriseArchitect.
VDCÂ's findings reflect another strong year of growth for Sparx Systems, marked bywinning a 2006 Jolt productivity award and exceeding 100,000 licensed EnterpriseArchitect users. Mancarella notes,  Our successes in the embedded market, and VDCÂ'sacknowledgements, reflect an ongoing research and development effort that hascreated a world-class design tool in Enterprise Architect .
About VDC:VDC is a technology market research and strategy firm. The company was founded in1971 by graduates of the Harvard Business School and the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology. VDC has over 30 years of experience in providing market research,strategic analysis and consulting services to technology companies worldwide; pleasevisit www.vdc-corp.com
About Sparx Systems:Sparx Systems (www.sparxsystems.com) is a software development company specializingin high performance, highly productive and scalable visual tools for the planning,design and construction of software intensive systems.
With customers in industries ranging from aerospace and automotive engineering tofinance, defense, government, entertainment and telecommunications, Sparx Systems isa leading vendor of innovative solutions based on the Unified Modeling Language(UML) and its related specifications. A Contributing Member of the Object ManagementGroup (OMG), Sparx Systems is committed to realizing the potential of model-drivendevelopment based on open standards.
The companyÂ's flagship product, Enterprise Architect, has received numerousaccolades since its commercial release in August, 2000. Now at version 6.5,Enterprise Architect is the design tool of choice for over 100,000 registered usersin more than 60 countries world wide.
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