User manual BORLAND TOGETHER 2008 DATASHEET

[. . . ] data s h e e t Borland® Together® 2008 Visual Modeling Platform for Enterprise Teams ACCELERATE THE ANALYSIS, DESIGN, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS Create applications that meet business needs using Borland Together 2008 technologies to analyze, design and implement flexible, adaptable and maintainable software architectures. [. . . ] As the complexity of applications and business processes increases, so does the importance of good modeling techniques in assuring correctness, quality and, as important, long-term maintainability. Business process optimization, application design and generative techniques are critical in lowering the overall TCO for IT organizations. Of increasing importance is the enablement of models that define domain-specific languages (DSLs), which provide a blueprint in the context of a business. DSLs can be augmented with visualization, model-driven integration, transformation and generation capabilities to provide business-centric value. This removes the overall modeling complexity, allowing teams to develop models within their own business domain for optimal communication and efficiency. Together technologies provide leading-edge design capabilities that enable the visualization of IT architectures. PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT MODELING FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS Together technologies give organizations the flexibility to create platform-neutral designs that target multiple platforms. Support for a wide range of programming languages is available, enabling architects to transform these designs into platform-specific models. SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY STANDARDS Together technologies conform to MDA standards: Unified Modeling LanguageTM (UML®), XML Metadata Interchange (XMI®), Query/ Views/Transformations (QVT) and Object Constraint Language (OCL). Borland is influencing Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), specifically QVT, by contributing breakthrough model transformation technology. Today, this technology enables architects to transform any kind of EclipseTM Modeling Framework (EMF)­based model into another model (for example, CIM to PIM, PIM to PSM, and vice versa). FIRST-CLASS DESIGN PATTERNS DRIVE REPEATABLE PROJECT SUCCESS Together technologies equip software development teams with the ability to create and reuse proven industry-standard design patterns to ensure higher-quality applications and promote the use of successful blueprints. [. . . ] All Borland brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. [. . . ]