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Background: Faculty of Science and Technology Student Awards Sparx Systems is pleased to once again be a sponsor at the Federation University Faculty of Science and Technology Student Awards. The awards acknowledge the achievements of some of the brightest students studying science and technology at Federation University. Professor Mark Sandeman from Federation University noted "The Award presentations are an important part of the recognition of our Student’s achievements and we value the significant contribution of our industry partners make in supporting the Awards." 2018 Sparx Systems Award Recipient The recipient of the Sparx System Pty Ltd Award is: Zachary…
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EA User Group Presenter Spotlight: Bert Dingemans As we prepare for the London EA User Group this June we will be looking at our presenters & what they are bringing to the proceedings this time around. To kick things off we will be having a look at what our old friend Bert Dingemans is up to. If you have been to any of the London or European events over the last few years then you will have undoubtedly run into Bert as he is an extremely active member of the EA Community. Bert is the author of the book "Data…
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Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:14
Enterprise Architect 14 and Sparx Services Australia
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Enterprise Architect 14 and Sparx Services Australia Come join us on the dates listed below as we celebrate the recent release of Enterprise Architect 14 and the establishment of Sparx Services Australia. Register using the URL Below: http://www.sparxsystems.com/press/event/register.html Enterprise Architect 14 Sparx Systems recently released Enterprise Architect 14, come and see first hand the latest and greatest in the release. Scott Hebbard, Communications Manager at Sparx Systems will walk through and answer any questions around the most notable features of the release. Sparx Services Australia Come meet the experts from Sparx Services Australia, Sparx Systems newest services arm. Listen…
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EA User Group; London 2018 The Agenda Organisation for the EA User Group in London progresses and today, we get a look at the agenda for the two day event. Day 1: Thursday 7th June 2018 Day 2: Friday 8th June 2018 Tickets for the event can be purchased from the EA User Group website.
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Wednesday, 04 April 2018 17:33
Save the Date: 27 & 28 September 2018 EAUG conference NL
Written by Bert Dingemans
In September there will be a user group conference in the Netherlands. It will be a two day conference: 27th of september will be a meeting with a limited number of in depth sessions (three hours per session) given by recognized Sparx trainers and specialists 28th of september a "tradional" user group with three tracks of sessions about use cases, experiences on modeling, reporting and repository usage. This day will have two keynotes of generic Sparx related subjects. The conference will take place close to the central raiway station of Utrecht in the Netherlands so it is very well reachable…
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Tuesday, 03 April 2018 20:45
Sparx Services North America Named to EA Top 20 List by CIO Review
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Sparx Services North America Named Top 20 Most Promising EA Technology Providers by CIO Review Magazine 2018 Enterprise Architecture Edition Cover Story The 2018 Enterprise Architecture Special Edition of CIO Review Magazine hit newsstands this week and we are proud to announce that Sparx Services North America is featured in this year's cover story "Managing the Connective Tissue of Business". At Sparx Services North America, the thing that gets us excited to come to work every day is the chance to work with talented and passionate professionals in architecture organizations just like yours to give you the skills, tools and experience needed…
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EA User Group; London 2018 Call for Speakers It is that time of year again and the planning for this year's London EA User Group is returning to Code Node. The event will be two days made up of a training day & a day of presentations. London 2018 will be taking place slightly later this year in early June. The first day we will be kicking things off with the training day which will again consist of multiple half day sessions. Day two will see us back for the traditional day of user stories, technical expertise, lessons…
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Friday, 09 February 2018 11:40
Product Family Engineering with Enterprise Architect and LemonTree by LieberLieber
Written by Dr. Konrad Wieland
The rapidly-growing automotive supplier Preh Car Connect GmbH is re-establishing its software development on the Product Family Engineering methodology. Preh engineers, already longtime Enterprise Architect users, were recently introduced to LemonTree from LieberLieber. The new concept was unveiled in a joint presentation and is nothing short of ambitious. Vienna/Dresden – Product Family Engineering (PFE) helps companies more easily reuse or issue new versions of software they have already created. The resulting variants differ in their functional scope, but the basic components of the software are used again and again. Computer scientist Tim Michaelis, software architect at Preh Car Connect: “As…
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Thursday, 11 January 2018 23:01
Brisbane Sparx Systems Special Interest Group
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Join us for the inaugural event of the Brisbane Sparx Systems EA SIG. Date: January 16th, 2018Time: 6:00 PMLocation: Level 1, 70 Eagle Street, Brisbane, Qld, Australia Scott Hebbard - Communications Manager at Sparx Systems - will be conducting a presentation and preview of Enterprise Architect 14. The mission of the Brisbane Sparx Systems EA Special Interest Group is to share information amongst users of Sparx Systems products, with a focus on model driven approaches. This is achieved by providing a forum where members can share and learn from the knowledge and experience of others. Register Now.
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Monday, 11 December 2017 20:09
NATO Announces New Architecture Standards
Written by Ryan D Schmierer
In the past couple of weeks the announcement went out that the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Board (NATO C3B) recently adopted both the OMG Unified Architecture Framework™ (OMG UAF®) and The Open Group Archimate (TOG Archimate) as approved metamodels for the NATO Architecture Framework, Version 4. The UAF standard is aimed at improving strategic gaps in communications and interoperability of complex systems of systems among coalition partners. As long-time contributors to both OMG and The Open Group, the folks at Sparx Services North America are excited to see the recent development in the NATO standard and look forward to…
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Tuesday, 07 November 2017 20:42
New BIZBOK Offerings from Sparx Services North America
Written by Ryan D Schmierer
Sparx Services North America launches new offerings to support the BIZBOK® Guide for Business Architecture Sparx Services North America is pleased to announce a new set of training, consulting and technology offerings aligned to the BIZBOK Guide to support the Business Architecture discipline. Business Architecture is an essential part of companies’ digital transformation and operational excellence strategies - weaving together people, processes, information and technology in support of strategic vision and operational objectives. A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge® (BIZBOK Guide) from the Business Architecture Guild® represents the generally accepted standards of practice for the Business Architecture…
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Wednesday, 23 August 2017 06:10
Collaboration: Driving A New Level of Efficiency and Engagement
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In BA Lens this month - the IIBA magazine discusses how Sparx Systems has brought the BABOK Guide for Business Analysts into Enterprise Architect's tooling environment, helping to make it more interactive and functional. Sparx Systems' BA toolset is a product of a memorandum of understanding between the two organizations that aims to "create greater connections and engagements across the business analysis community" (see press release). As stated by the editor at BA Lens - "As a business analysis professional, you need access to the leading-edge tools and resources. This toolkit will allow BAs to meet any challenge with…
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Thursday, 10 August 2017 12:17
Being Agile in an Agile World: BA LENS Article
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Sparx Systems has been identified as an exemplar model regarding the firm's approach to Agile in an article published in the August issue of BA LENS online magazine. The feature highlighted that in order to fully understand Agile, an organisation needs to embed the principles of Agile into it's DNA. "Sparx Systems has built the agile mindset into the organization’s culture and to the delivery of the recognized products they provide to their global network of users." In partnership with the International Institute of Business Analysis, Sparx Systems released the Tools & Techniques for BABOK Guide v3, a digital reference…
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In this month's SD Times 100 Winner's Supplement, Sparx Systems CEO, Geoffrey Sparks discusses Enterprise Architect's new collaborative tools supported by the Pro Cloud Server. The Pro Cloud Server released in June, offers secure access for enterprise-wide discussion and review of the model via web-enabled devices, as well as new ways to exchange model repository information with other systems. “Our new Pro Cloud Server, WebEA and OSLC-based RESTful API are integrated so Enterprise Architect repositories can be hosted in the cloud or on a corporate intranet to provide optimized web-based access from browsers, mobile devices, Enterprise Architect and…
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