Sparx Systems
Company Overview
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 7.1 , Enterprise Architect is the design tool of choice for over 150,000 registered users world-wide.
Company Background
Established in 1996 by Geoffrey Sparks, Sparx Systems is an Australian company based at Creswick, near Ballarat, Victoria. With over seven years' investment in the development of Enterprise Architect, the company's motivated team of employees are dedicated to the ongoing development and support of software tools, object-oriented methodologies and CASE tools.
Company Vision
Sparx Systems aims to satisfy the growing needs of the software and business development industry by providing immediate delivery and ongoing support of affordable, productive and user-friendly business/system design software.
Sparx Systems believes that a complete modeling and design tool should be used throughout the full process/software lifecycle. Our subscription plan reflects this, and our belief that "life-cycle" software should be as dynamic and modern as the systems you design and maintain.
Sparx software is intended for use by analysts, designers, architects, developers, testers, project managers and maintenance staff - almost everyone involved in a software development project and in business analysis. It is Sparx Systems' belief that highly priced CASE tools severely limit their usefulness in a team, and ultimately to an organization, by narrowing the effective user base and restricting easy access to the model and the development tool. To this end, Sparx Systems are committed to both maintaining an accessible pricing model and to distributing a 'Read Only' (EA Lite) version of EA for use by those who only need to view modeling information.
User Base
Sparx currently has a registered user base (paid licenses) of over 150,000 licenses world-wide. The user base is located predominantly in the United States, Canada, UK, Spain, Germany, Japan, Scandinavia, France, the Netherlands and other Western European countries and also enjoys strong support in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, Korea, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, and more.
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is used by companies of all sizes from large, well-known multi-national organizations to smaller independent companies and consultants. Enterprise Architect is also deployed across a wide range of industries including: aerospace, banking, web development, engineering, finance, medicine, military, research, academia, transport, retail, utilities (gas, electricity etc.), electrical engineering and many more. It is used effectively for UML and business architecture training purposes in many prominent colleges, training companies and universities around the world.