PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY'S PARADIGM PLUS IS THE FIRST ANALYSIS & DESIGN TOOL TO
SUPPORT THE UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE; AUTOMATED SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED
STANDARD NOTATION IS AVAILABLE NOW

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL, MAY 7, 1996. . . At Object World East, PLATINUM
technology, inc. today announced that Paradigm Plus is the first
object-oriented analysis and design tool to support version 0.8 of the
Booch/Rumbaugh/Jacobson Unified Modeling Language (UML). Proposed as a new
standard notation for object-oriented development, UML is the long-awaited
effort of three of the industry's leading methodologists. This support of
UML clearly establishes Paradigm Plus as the leading
methodology-independent analysis and design modeling tool.

"Paradigm Plus was designed to support new and evolving method notations.
Current Paradigm Plus Booch '93 and/or OMT-2 users now have an easy path
to the new Unified Modeling Language; their migration will be simple and
automated," said Erick A. Rivas, vice president of engineering at
PLATINUM's Clear Lake Lab. "This is what we do best. We have been
performing meta-model and notation customizations for years with our
unique Meta-CASE, object repository, and CDIF import/export technology."

PLATINUM has been a leader in the effort to help unify various object
oriented techniques. PLATINUM's Clear Lake Lab (formerly ProtoSoft) was
the first to support the Fusion method, a second-generation OOAD
methodology introduced in 1992 that was designed to integrate, unify, and
extend features from the OMT, Booch, CRC, and Objectory methods.

PARADIGM PLUS

Paradigm Plus is a powerful object-oriented analysis and design tool that
supports Enterprise Component Modeling (ECM) and round-trip engineering.
With Paradigm Plus, companies create "components" that divide information
systems into manageable sections. Components are stored in the Paradigm
Plus object repository where they are organized and synchronized with
source code and documentation. The tool's graphical environment fully
automates all leading object-oriented methods and notations, including
Unified, OMT, Booch, Fusion, Martin/Odell, Coad/Yourdon, Shlaer/Mellor,
and others extended to support Jacobson's Use Case modeling while also
allowing developers to customize methods based on business requirements.

Paradigm Plus generates code in C++, Ada, Smalltalk, PowerBuilder, Java,
ObjectPro and Fort, as well as RDBMS and ODBMS schema definitions. It also
reverse engineers C++, Smalltalk, PowerBuilder, ObjectPro, and Fort code.
The combined forward and reverse engineering capabilities of Paradigm
Plus, without any loss of data, provides "round-trip" engineering which
enables iterative development. Utilizing a distributed object repository
and open architecture, Paradigm Plus optimizes reuse by allowing access to
all stored objects and relationships in a multi-user environment. Paradigm
Plus components also can be published to the Web as HTML documents where
they can be viewed, downloaded, and reused.

ENTERPRISE COMPONENT MODELING

Enterprise Component Modeling, or ECM, is an iterative model-driven
software development strategy which supports the delivery of multi- tiered
enterprise-scaleable applications. ECM enables users to:

* Manage Complexity of Mission-Critical Applications through the use of
object technology and component-based development techniques which enable
modeling, design, construction, and testing of robust, well-defined
components.

* Decrease Software Development and Maintenance Costs by delivering
components which can be shared and reused across multiple projects.

* Adapt to Changing Requirements by providing seamless traceability between
business process models and application software models, resulting in
quicker time to market.

* Maintain OO Method Notation Independence since any of the leading OO
notations can be used to construct the deliverable models.

PARADIGM PLUS PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Paradigm Plus 3.01 is available now on Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Sun
Solaris. Additional platforms, including SunOS, HP-UX, OS/2 Warp, Windows
95, and IRIX will be available in the second quarter of 1996.

Support for the Unified Method is being demonstrated at Object World East
this week and will be generally available in May.

APPLICATION LIFECYCLE SOLUTIONS (ALS)

PLATINUM's Application Lifecycle Solutions (ALS) comprise the most
comprehensive and flexible set of tools for enterprise software
application development. ALS products address every stage of an
application's lifecycle - from project and process management, through
analysis and design, construction, testing, configuration and change
management, and maintenance. Consultancy services combine both technical
and industry expertise. Product and service offerings are designed to
yield maximum IT payoff on software development. PLATINUM's Application
Lifecycle Solutions are part of the company's POEMS architecture, along
with business intelligence, database management, data warehousing, and
systems management.

PLATINUM technology, inc., delivers the payoff on information technology
(IT) investments by providing tools that enable organizations to
efficiently manage next-generation computing solutions while leveraging
existing and legacy systems. The company provides application development,
business intelligence, database administration, data warehousing, and
systems management software solutions for the Open Enterprise Environment
(OEE) -- the networked computing environment that incorporates mainframe,
desktop, and open systems.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE E-MAIL US AT INFO@PLATINUM.COM
800-442-6861 708-620-5000
 
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