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 | | December 2009
2009 SQL Server Magazine Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards
SQL Server Magazine
"If you’re managing more than one flavor of database, you’ll want to check out this multipurpose toolset. With DatabaseSpy, database administrators can connect to not only SQL Server, but also Oracle, IBM DB2, Sybase, and MySQL." —Sheila Molnar, executive editor, SQL Server Magazine
Click here to read the entire article. |
 | | December 1, 2009
News Briefs: December 1, 2009
SD Times Magazine
XML database software provider Altova has added the ability to create XBRL taxonomies and generate XBRL documentation to a new version of its XMLSpy XML editor. XMLSpy 2010 has a redesigned scripting environment and forms editor for accessing and interacting with the XMLSpy API, and there is also new integration with the WSDL (Web Services Description Language) editor.
Click here to read the entire article. |
 | | November 30, 2009
Software Review: XMLSpy 2010 from Altova
BlogCritics Magazine
XMLSpy is an essential product if you work with XML on any kind of regular basis. It has a lot of power behind it if you need it, and even when working with basic file functionality and manipulation, the amount of time you will save makes it worth the price. When you consider that the whole Enterprise version comes in at the price of two of the individual Pro products, makes it even more of a no-brainer.
If you work with XML with any regularity then you need to do yourself a favor and check out XMLSpy 2010. Right out of the box it will begin to save you time and money in making sure that your data is correct and allowing you to see your data in a whole new way. I highly recommend XMLSpy 2010.
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 | | November 24, 2009
Words and 401(K)s
EContent Magazine
In my annual review of XML, two events or trends stand out: First is the Aug. 23 injunction by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis of East Texas against Microsoft (MS) selling Word products "that have the capability of opening a .XML, .DOCX, or .DOCM file (‘an XML file') containing custom XML." Secondly, there is eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) and tools emerging to leverage it.
Until recently, tools to manage and view complex XBRL information were not available. This year, however, two leading XML tools vendors, Altova and JustSystems, delivered products supporting XBRL. Altova's MissionKit 2009 lets prosumers edit XBRL or create custom reports from XBRL files.
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 | | November 11, 2009
Altova Updates MissionKit Suite
Visual Studio Magazine
Altova in October released an update to its popular MissionKit suite of XML, data, modeling and Web services tools. MissionKit 2010 arrives with a broad range of feature improvements intended to make the suite more compelling and efficient for customers, according to Altova CEO Alexander Falk. The approach distinguishes the new suite from MissionKit 2009, which focused on adding support for eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
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 | | November 11, 2009
Altova Updates MissionKit Suite
Redmond Developer News
Altova in October released an update to its popular MissionKit suite of XML, data, modeling and Web services tools. MissionKit 2010 arrives with a broad range of feature improvements intended to make the suite more compelling and efficient for customers, according to Altova CEO Alexander Falk. The approach distinguishes the new suite from MissionKit 2009, which focused on adding support for eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
Click here to read the entire article. |
 | | November 10, 2009
Altova Updates XML Editor
Dr. Dobb's Journal
Altova has announced availability of its XMLSpy 2010 XML editor. In Version 2010, XMLSpy delivers new functionality for users working with WSDL 2.0 and JSON technologies; enhanced support for working with XBRL data, including creating XBRL taxonomies, generating comprehensive XBRL documentation, and finding and sorting data in large taxonomies and instance files; and a redesigned and optimized scripting environment and forms editor for accessing and interacting with the XMLSpy API.
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 | | November 3, 2009
Altova Releases Version 2010 of its MissionKit Development Tools Suite
Database Trends & Applications
Altova has announced the availability of Version 2010 of the Altova MissionKit, an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools. Version 2010 delivers a large number of new features across the product line for XML editing, data mapping, visual stylesheet designing, UML modeling, database schema analysis, and comparing and merging XML and database content.
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 | | October 30, 2009
Altova updates MissionKit
SearchSOA.com
Altova updated its XML, database and UML tool suite, MissionKit this month to v2010. The new version has gained support for a number of newer technologies and is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7. MissionKit contains tools for software architects at both the professional and enterprise level. These cover areas such as XML editing, data mapping, style sheet design, database schema comparison and XML and database content diffs. New features include support for WSDL 2.0 in the XMLSpy XML editor and the MapForce data mapping tool, support for JSON in XML Spy, support for SysML in the UModel UML tool and the ability to work with XBRL in XMLSpy.
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| | October 30, 2009
Altova adds WSDL 2.0 support to MissionKit
SD Times Magazine
A new edition of Altova's MissionKit Tool Suite packs a sundry set of new features, including Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) 2.0 support and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) for working with AJAX websites, as well as expanded forms creation capabilities, database schema conversions, and UML tools.
Click here to read the entire article. |
| | October 28, 2009
Altova Adds Support for Health and Financial Industry-Specific Regulatory Standards
Database Trends & Applications
Altova, a data integration vendor, has included Health Level Seven (HL7) and Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) standards support within MapForce Version 2009, an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools.
MapForce 2009 also now provides native support for additional databases, including Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2008, and PostgreSQL 8, Altova says.
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 | | October 28, 2009
Altova Delivers Customers’ “Most Wanted” Features With Version 2010 of Its MissionKit Tool Suite
XBRL Blog Magazine
Altova Version 2010 delivers over 70 of customers’ “most wanted” features across the product line, from support for new technologies like WSDL 2.0 in XMLSpy and MapForce®, JSON in XMLSpy, and SysML in UModel®, to enhanced functionality for working with XBRL in XMLSpy, a completely new stylesheet design option in StyleVision®, and much more. For users working on the newest version of the Microsoft® Windows® platform, Version 2010 is also compatible with Windows 7.
Click here to read the full press release. |
| | October 16, 2009
Quark Announces Publishing Offering, XML Updates
EContent Magazine
Quark released a series of XML updates for its Quark DPS platform. These updates, which focus on the Quark Publishing System component of DPS, will allow users to automate routine publishing tasks and increase XML support throughout the entire publishing process. Also included is integration with the Altova MapForce mapping and conversion tool.
Click here to read the entire article. |
 | | September 1, 2009
Side Bar: Nuts and Bolts
Public CIO Magazine
HHS-Connect's technical architecture uses six categories of technology, involving an array of products from large and small vendors: Systems Development Life Cycle -- Clarity from CA; Eclipse; Rational from IBM; SQL Developer from Oracle; StyleVision and XMLSpy from Altova; Toad Development Suite from Quest; LoadRunner and QuickTest Professional from HP
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| | August 1, 2009
2009 Readers Choice Awards
Visual Studio Magazine
To succeed in tough times, you need the best tools. The Visual Studio Magazine 2009 Readers Choice Awards honor the very best third-party tools, components and frameworks, as selected by one of the most knowledgeable developer audiences you can find: VSM subscribers. Nearly 700 VSM readers identified the top commercial dev tools from independent vendors in the Visual Studio development space, across 23 categories. To eliminate ballot stuffing, only a select subset of VSM subscribers was invited to cast votes.
Altova XMLSpy 2009 was named to the 2009 Visual Studio Readers Choice Awards in the Web Design &Development Tools category
Click here to see the full list of winners. |
| | July 28, 2009
An Interview with Altova
XBRL Blog Magazine
In Altova's most recent product release support for working with XBRL was added across multiple tools in the Altova MissionKit tool suite to give organizations tackling XBRL compliance an affordable, easy-to-use solution for automating the way their financial data is captured, shared, reported, and analyzed.
Click here to read the full interview. |
| | July 14, 2009
Software Review: MissionKit 2009: UModel from Altova
Blog Critics
The Unified Modeling Language, (UML) is a graphical language for organizing, analyzing, and planning software projects before coding begins. The UML attempts to take lessons learned in other engineering disciplines and apply them to software development. UModel was developed with the interest of making the UML process easier.
Like any UML modeling tool, there is a learning curve to using UModel, but once you get the hang of it, it is pretty intuitive. There is a lot of online help and a PDF User Reference manual that is over 400 pages in length. If you want to get into UML modeling then UModel 2009 will provide a perfect solution.
Click here to read the full article. |
 | | July 9, 2009
Altova Online Training Adds XBRL Course
asp.netPRO Magazine
Altova, creator of the XMLSpy XML editor, has added a new XBRL training course for MissionKit 2009, Altova's integrated suite of XML, database, and XBRL tools. The training course is included in the free Altova Online Training program and consists of five modules providing tutorials that take users step-by-step through common XBRL-related tasks in MissionKit 2009.
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 | | June 15, 2009
SD Times 100: 2009
SD Times
SD Times recognizes companies, non-commercial organizations, open source projects, and other influencers for their innovation and leadership in the 2009 SD Times 100. Altova was named in the “Tools & IDEs” category for leading the way in software development through their ideas, inventions and new implementations.
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 | | June 10, 2009
New XBRL Course Offered by Altova
Compliance Week
Altova, creator of XML editor XMLSpy, has added a new online training course on XBRL to the Altova Online Training program.
The five-module course offers detailed tutorials that take users through common XBRL-related tasks via Altova’s MissionKit 2009, an integrated suite of XML, database, and XBRL tools.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | June 8, 2009
Compelling Compliance: Bringing Digital Content Up-to-Code
EContent Magazine
Gianluca Garbellotto, president and CEO of XML-related consulting firm Iphix, LLC and chair for the XBRL Global Ledger Working Group, believes that the rollout of SEC mandates will increasingly impact his clients. “XML- and XBRL- based ‘digital filings’ enable us to change the underlying reporting processes, bringing efficiencies in terms of automation of previously manual steps, a widespread issue in even the most advanced IT reporting environments, and benefits in the reporting assembly and review process.”
In bringing clients up-to-speed, Garbellotto uses Altova’s MissionKit suite, which combines tools that address the many basic compliance steps. For extracting data from source-accounting software and enterprise resource planning systems, he uses MapForce. The XMLSpy tool reviews, edits, and validates the results, and DiffDog runs versioning analysis on the data, while StyleVision renders it into a publishable format.
Click here to read the full article. |
 | | May 19, 2009
Nevada Tags Financial Data
Government Computer News
Nevada has begun applying the Extensible Business Reporting Language to a number of its business processes and has plans to use it as part of its business Web portal, according to State Controller Kim Wallin.
Created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, XBRL is a vendor-neutral extension of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and offers a large set of markup tags for reporting on business activities. A growing number of enterprise applications support XBRL, including development tools from Altova and General Ledger software from Oracle.
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| | May 19, 2009
Software Review: MissionKit 2009: Database Comparison And Merging From Altova
Blog Critics
If you work with changing data, especially with databases, you will find that DatabaseSpy will be an important weapon in your arsenal. It will save you time and headaches many times over. It will increase your workflow and make your life easier.
If you work with a variety of changing data, including files and directories, then DiffDog will do the same, allowing you to highlight differences and make sure that you have all the files you need when you need them. As a bonus, the Altova MissionKit 2009 provides you both of these tools in one consistent interface. I highly recommend the Altova MissionKit 2009.
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| | May 19, 2009
Third Parties Show Off Their Wares at TechEd
SD Times
With the worldwide financial crisis as the backdrop for the show, Altova demonstrated an XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) workflow that its says will help organizations provide investors greater transparency. XBRL is a new standard for financial reporting.
In a demonstration, an XBRL document was generated from financial data using Altova's MapForce data mapping tool; the XBRL taxonomy was extended using XMLSpy; and its StyleVision visual stylesheet designer was used to generate custom financial reports.
Click here to read the full article. |
 | | May 14, 2009
TechEd 2009 test/dev products: A quick tour
SearchSoftwareQuality.com
Didn't attend Microsoft TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles and see the new application development and testing products? Well, you wouldn't have found the upcoming new beta of Visual Studio 10 there, but you could have seen some handy new third-party products and services announced. In these video shorts of two minutes or less in length, you'll find out about the products from vendor executives, exactly as you would in the exhibit hall. Each spokesperson describes a new product or service, citing how it addresses problems that hinder development teams' productivity.
Altova product manager David McGahey demonstrated XML, database and UML tools, including Altova MissionKit 2009 for XML developers and Altova Version 2009's new Service Pack 1 at TechEd. Particularly cool, he said, is Version 2009's Sequence Diagram generation in UModel 2009.
Click here to read the full article and watch the video. |
| | May 4, 2009
Software Review: MissionKit 2009: XBRL Support From Altova
Blog Critics Magazine
The requirement to submit financial data in XBRL means that companies of all sizes and types will need tools for viewing and extending standard XBRL taxonomies, transforming data in backend accounting systems to XBRL, and publishing XBRL data in various formats for communication with shareholders and other interested parties. This is where the Altova MissionKit 2009 comes in.
The Altova MissionKit 2009 provides users all of these tools in one consistent interface to help automate the way that financial data is captured, shared, reported, and analyzed. If you want to take control of your XBRL data management, then I highly recommend the Altova MissionKit 2009.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | May 2009
Tech Ed 2009 Preview
Visual Studio Magazine
Altova MissionKit 2009: Few companies know XML the way Altova does. As if to make the point, Altova in February began bundling its broad suite of XML and data manipulation tools under the MissionKit banner, creating a one-stop shop for .NET developers. At Tech-Ed, Altova plans to demo MissionKit Tool Suite version 2009, which now supports Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) data in XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision. Version 2009 also lets developers work with Health Level 7 messages in the MapForce module.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | March 2009
Altova MissionKit Boasts XBRL Savvy
Redmond Developer News
If you handle enterprise-level business intelligence (BI) and financial reporting, it won't be long before the front office summons you to deal with eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). XBRL is an XML vocabulary for exchanging business and financial data. It's a standard for machine-to-machine reporting that's been adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and European authorities.
Altova, well known for its leadership in all things XML, has updated its products to support XBRL and bundled them into MissionKit 2009 for Enterprise Software Architects.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | March 2009
Altova MissionKit 2008 for Enterprise Software Architects
asp.netPRO Magazine
The MissionKit is a serious toolkit for serious XML developers; it covers nearly every aspect of XML creation, interrogation, integration, and testing. For those whose job’s success depends on the XML implementations they create and manage, MissionKit is one of the most comprehensive collections of XML tools that will catalyze success.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | March 2009
Altova MissionKit Boasts XBRL Savvy
Visual Studio Magazine
If you handle enterprise-level business intelligence (BI) and financial reporting, it won't be long before the front office summons you to deal with eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). XBRL is an XML vocabulary for exchanging business and financial data. It's a standard for machine-to-machine reporting that's been adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and European authorities.
Altova, well known for its leadership in all things XML, has updated its products to support XBRL and bundled them into MissionKit 2009 for Enterprise Software Architects.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | Februray 13, 2009
The Altova MissionKit 2009 Now Provides Support for XBRL Data
EContent Magazine
Altova, the creator of XMLSpy, an XML editor, announced that support for working with Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) data is now available in the Altova MissionKitVersion 2009 (v2009), its integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools. New features allow users to view, edit, validate, map, and publish XBRL data. MissionKit Version 2009 also provides wizards, graphical drag-and-drop design models, and various code generation capabilities.
Click here to read the full article. |
 | | Februray 11, 2009
MissionKit 2009 Supports XBRL and HL7
InfoWorld: Martin Heller - Strategic Developer
XBRL "changes everything" in terms of business intelligence; Altova is making XBRL generation and reporting much simpler.
Click here to read the full article. |
 | | Februray 10, 2009
Altova Introduces Version 2009 of MissionKit Tool Suite
Database Trends & Applications
Version 2009 adds a host of powerful new features and functionality across these multiple tools in the MissionKit, including comprehensive support for the XBRL standard (Extensible Business Reporting Language) and native database support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g, and PostgreSQL 8. The release also includes functionality for working with the Health Level 7 standard (HL7) in MapForce, along with new database differencing capabilities in DatabaseSpy and DiffDog.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | Februray 6, 2009
XBRL support arrives in Altova's MissionKit 2009
SD Times Magazine
Altova delivered this week MissionKit 2009, a suite of database, UML and XML tools. In addition to that, Altova has added Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) support across its products.
MissionKit is comprised of new versions of Altova's DatabaseSpy query and design tool, DiffDog merge utility, MapForce data mapping tool, StyleVision graphical stylesheet design utility, UModel Unified Modeling Language tool, and XMLSpy XML editor.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | Februray 6, 2009
Altova Introduces Version 2009 of MissionKit Tool Suite
EContent Magazine
Altova, creator of XMLSpy, announced the availability of Version 2009 of the Altova MissionKit, an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools. Version 2009 adds new features and functionality across multiple tools in the MissionKit, including support for the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) standard and native database support for SQL Server2008, Oracle 11g, and PostgreSQL 8. The release of Version 2009 also includes functionality for working with the Health Level Seven (HL7) standard in MapForce, along with new database differencing capabilities in DatabaseSpy and DiffDog.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | January 3, 2009
Software Review: DiffDog 2008 from Altova
BlogCritics Magazine
DiffDog 2008 is a product that can be used by anyone who manages files and their changes, though this is foremost within the software design and development world. DiffDog 2008 is available from Altova for $149. It is also part of the combination MissionKits that are also available. Still unsure, you can download a 30-day trial version as well.
There is not much of a learning curve to using DiffDog, but if you need some help there is online help as well as a PDF User and Reference manual that is over 140 pages in length. If you spend a lot of time trying to figure out which files have changed, or what is the difference between individual files, then I think that DiffDog 2008 is for you.
Click here to read the full article. |
 | | December 16, 2008
XMLSpy Enterprise 2008: XML Spy - One of the Best XML Editors Available
About.com
XMLSpy is a great XML editor. If you're looking value, you can get the Standard edition. The professional edition is a great value, with only a few less features than the Enterprise edition. And if you have need for support of Web services and Office XML then you could get the Enterprise edition. Click here to read the full article. |
| | December 16, 2008
UML modeler includes BPMN support
SearchSOA
Headquartered in Austria but with a strong U.S. presence, Altova has in recent years expanded beyond its initial XML modeling and development tools to support data modeling, UML and BPM tools as well.
Earlier this year the company released UModel V2008 Release 2, which adds support for the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) standard promoted by the Object Management Group, to the UML support already featured in UModel. As such, the Altova tool supports distinct but not wholly unrelated modeling types.
. Click here to read the full article. |
| | December 15, 2008
Authentication Service: Defining a Web service with WSDL and XML Schema
Redmond Developer News
Developers of today's Web-oriented architectures are presented with a formidable challenge in securing their data against Internet fraud and complying with federal legislation. Equifax Inc., a credit-reporting entity and provider of analytical and decision-support tools, has developed a real-time authentication system to help financial and other e-commerce institutions confirm user identities before initiating secure transactions. Click here to read the full article. |
| | December 1, 2008
Happy Birthday XML
EContent Magazine
As anyone with kids—or a good memory—knows, when you cross the "double digits" birthday threshold, it’s a big deal. This year, XML crossed this threshold on Feb. 10, and this got me thinking about questions that I might ask this 10-year-old in order to gain perspective on its past and future. I know I’m late, but XML is nothing if not flexible. It assured me that even a belated party is better than none, especially if I invited Alexander Falk, founder and CEO of Altova (its flagship product XML Spy is one of our favorites) and a real XML aficionado (www.xmlaficionado.com). Click here to read the full article. |
| | November 28, 2008
Altova MissionKit Announced
asp.netPRO Magazine
Altova, developers of XMLSpy (an XML editor), offers Microsoft .NET developers, software architects, and IT pros an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools in the Altova MissionKit. The suite of software tools works with Microsoft Visual Studio; supports the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format in 2007 Microsoft Office documents; and provides functionality for querying, designing, and editing data across the Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access platforms. Click here to read the full article. |
 | | November 20, 2008
Create a complex type using XML schema inheritance
TechRepublic
In the original Star Trek episode, “Amok Time,” Spock utters the line, “After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.” Even though Spock was referring to T’Pring at the time, it is a concept that isn’t limited to any one person or thing. If you don’t believe me, might I suggest a double dip ice cream cone on a hot and humid July evening? It’s not something you do more than once, at least not without a shower handy. You can apply the “wanting is better than having” concept to development work. An example is the limited form of inheritance available in XML schemas. Click here to read the full article. |
 | | November 5, 2008
Altova Launches Suite Of XML Tools
XML Pro News
Altova has rolled out an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools in its Altova MissionKit.
The suite of software tools works with Microsoft Visual Studio; supports the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format in 2007 Microsoft Office documents; and provides functionality for querying, designing, and editing data across the Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access platforms. Click here to read the full article. |
| | November 1, 2008
Developer's Notebook: New development products
Dr. Dobb's
Altova XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition
Altova has made available its XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition, an entry-level XML editor that lets you view and validate XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery, and other files, as well as perform basic editing tasks. An Advanced Text View supports pretty printing, syntax coloring, line numbering, source folding, code completion, and more, to help users navigate and edit XML files. When you need to start a project from scratch, XMLSpy Standard Edition generates a sample XML instance document from a DTD or XML Schema. Click here to read the full article. |
 | | November 1, 2008
Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros
TechNet Magazine
Map Data Graphically: Altova MapForce
One of the perhaps not-so-joyous realities of the increasing number of inter- and intra-connections in today's application stacks is that you need to somehow move data between those applications. Straight one-to-one mappings between those applications are very rare, and so you'll often find yourself spending time designing some kind of ETL (extract, transform and load) process in order to get that information from one place to another in compatible formats. MapForce from Altova can help streamline that process and make it much easier. Click here to read the full article. |
 | | October 27, 2008
Altova MissionKit for Microsoft .NET Developers
XML Journal
Suite of Software Tools Offers Seamless Support for Microsoft Visual Studio, Office Open XML, Microsoft SQL Server, and More
Altova, developers of XMLSpy, an industry leading XML editor, offers Microsoft .NET developers, software architects, and IT pros an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools in the Altova MissionKit. The suite of software tools works with Microsoft Visual Studio; supports the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format in 2007 Microsoft Office documents; and provides functionality for querying, designing, and editing data across the Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access platforms. Click here to read the full article. |
 | | October 13, 2008
Generate efficient statecharts in C using general-purpose UML tools
Embedded.com
Whether you've used statecharts to model your device, a subsystem, or the behavior of one module, you might ask yourself why you don't just generate code from that model. Tools are available that will generate code from your model. Most of them are now based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Usually only class diagrams and statecharts are needed for code generation. Class diagrams define the static code structure, whereas statecharts define the dynamic behavior.
A growing number of general-purpose UML tools, such as Enterprise Architect, Magic Draw, UModel, or the lightweight Cadifra UML editor, are available. In addition to many other features, they all enable the modeling of hierarchical statecharts with the elements defined in UML at a price that's affordable for teams with smaller budgets. And very importantly, they can all export the created models in XML (XMI or other XML formats).
Click here to read the full article. |
| | October 1, 2008
Integration Watch: Remember good tools at low cost?
SD Times Magazine
Today, of course, tools are either free or terribly expensive; there is little middle ground. And there are very few small vendors of tools, with the notable exception of the components market for Windows applications—but those are more libraries than pure tools.
One vendor, however, that has persevered making great niche tools at remarkably approachable prices is Altova, which has put out a variety of interesting products for a long time.. Click here to read the full article. |
| | September 4, 2008
Altova Releases New XMLSpy Standard Edition
asp.netPRO
Altova announced the availability of Altova XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition. The new entry-level XML editor allows users to view and validate XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery, and other files, as well as perform basic editing tasks. The addition of XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition to Altova’s product line provides developers with a tool that delivers key editing functionality at an attractive price. Click here to read the full article. |
 | | September 3, 2008
Altova Ships Entry-Level XML Edit, Validation Tool
Integration Developer News
Altova, creator of XMLSpy, is shipping an entry-level XML editor. Altova XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition lets users view, validate and edit XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT, and XQuery. Click here to read the full article. |
| | August 2008
Performing Comparisons with Team Foundation Server
Visual Studio Magazine
My favorite tool for comparing XML files is DiffDog from Altova. We all know and love Altova (at least, those of us who work with a lot of XML) for all the great XML tools it provides. Click here to read the full article. |
| | August 29, 2008
Altova Releases New XMLSpy Standard Edition
EContent Magazine
Altova, creator of XMLSpy and other data management, UML, and web services tools, announced the availability of Altova XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition. The new entry-level XML editor allows users to view and validate XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery, and other files, as well as perform basic editing tasks. Click here to read the full article. |
| | August 29, 2008
Software Review: DatabaseSpy 2008 From Altova
Blog Critics Magazine
DatabaseSpy provides simplicity at an affordable price. Its ability to work with both designing and editing tables, as well as the ability to write SQL, make it a must have product for someone who works with databases, and especially for those who work with multiple platforms of databases. Click here to read the full article. |
| | August 27, 2008
Altova introduces entry-level XMLSpy
SD Times
Sometimes less is more. A Web services tool maker has added an entry-level XML editor to its product line up that is designed for basic editing tasks.
Yesterday, Altova made XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition generally available for US$149. The editor can be used to view and validate Document Type Definition, XML, XML Schema, XQuery and XSLT files, as well as for performing basic editing tasks for CSS and HTML files.
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Click here to read the full article. |
| | August 1, 2008
SQL Server Magazine Editors' Best Awards 2008
SQL Server Magazine
XML has become a core infrastructure technology for many companies and products. Altova XMLSpy is the leading XML development platform and earns the gold in our development platform category.
“XML has become a core infrastructure technology for many companies and products, and Altova XML-Spy is the leading XML development platform,” says Michael Otey. “Many [SQL Server developers] use XMLSpy for developing XML documents and style sheets, as well as creating and debugging Web services.”
Click here to read the full article. |
 | | August 1, 2008
Tooling Around in Your Database
Redmond Magazine
With more and more system and network administration tools using SQL Server or other relational databases as their repository, having access to a simple database tool is almost a necessity. While database system tools are designed to run mostly without intervention, you still need access to the data for analysis or compliance purposes. A few of these admin tools offer a good way of doing that. Altova DatabaseSpy, Quest Toad and Embarcadero DBArtisan are easy for non-DBAs to install and use, and they have surprising power when doing work on databases.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | July 31, 2008
Software Review: UModel 2008 from Altova
Blog Critics Magazine
With more and more system and network administration tools using SQL Server or other relational databases as their repository, having access to a simple database tool is almost a necessity. While database system tools are designed to run mostly without intervention, you still need access to the data for analysis or compliance purposes. A few of these admin tools offer a good way of doing that. Altova DatabaseSpy, Quest Toad and Embarcadero DBArtisan are easy for non-DBAs to install and use, and they have surprising power when doing work on databases.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | July 2008
Product Listing: XMLSpy Version 2008 Release 2
Visual Studio Magazine
XMLSpy Version 2008 Release 2
Altova is now shipping Altova XMLSpy version 2008 Release 2 (v2008r2). The latest release of XMLSpy includes support for very large files, multiple features for optimizing XSLT development, a new Find in Schemas window, and more.
Click here to read the full article. |
| | July 16, 2008
Software Review: StyleVision 2008 from Altova
Blog Critics Magazine
For an easy-to-use single-source publishing and database reporting system, StyleVision is a perfect solution. There is a lot of online help and a PDF User and Reference manual that is over 600 pages in length. If you are unsure if this product is for you, there is also a video that steps you through what all StyleVision can do. If you want an easy way to transform XML and database content into eye-catching output, you need to check out StyleVision 2008.
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| | July 9, 2008
Altova adds BPMN to UML modeling tool
SD Times
The developer of a Unified Modeling Language (UML) tool has enabled the tool to draw business process workflows in Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and has updated its application language support.
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 | | June 17, 2008
Product Spotlight
DM Review
Altova announced the availability of Altova XMLSpy Version 2008 Release 2 (v2008r2). The latest release of XMLSpy provides many new enhancements to help users optimize their XML development processes, including support for very large files, multiple features for optimizing XSLT development, a new Find in Schemas window and much more.
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| | June 13, 2008
An eye from the Tech·Ed show floor
SD Times
Altova announced that its MapForce graphical data mapping tool now can use data from Microsoft Excel 2007, which uses Ecma-standardized Office Open XML (OOXML).
Altova’s 2008 Release 2 products, including DiffDog, an XML differencing utility and synchronization tool, and its StyleVision stylesheet designer, have been OOXML compatible since they were released in April, said Alexander Falk, product marketing manager for Altova MapForce and StyleVision.
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| | June 12, 2008
Software Review: XMLSpy 2008 From Altova
Blog Critics Magazine
If you work with XML with any regularity then you need to do yourself a favor and check out XMLSpy 2008. Right out of the box it will begin to save you time and money in making sure that your data is correct and allowing you to see your data in a whole new way. As you progress in your learning of XMLSpy 2008, you will find yourself using more and more of the toolset and becoming even more productive. I highly recommend XMLSpy 2008.
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| | June 6, 2008
Altova Adds Support for Excel
Econtent Magazine
Altova, provider of XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, announced the availability of Altova MapForce Version 2008 Release 2 (v2008r2). The update to the MapForce graphical data mapping tool provides users with support for mapping Microsoft Excel 2007, which uses the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format, integration with and project generation for Visual Studio 2008, and support for data streams in MapForce generated code. Altova also provides support for working with OOXML in XMLSpy, StyleVision, and DiffDog.
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| | June 5, 2008
Tech-Ed Developer Conference a Mixed Bag
Redmond Developer News
While the focus on dev tools and issues is a boon for developers and guys like me who watch this industry for a living, it's a mixed bag for vendors.
Alexander Falk, CEO of XML and data tools maker Altova, believes the quality of the audience is better than it was in previous Tech-Ed conferences. His problem: Altova markets high-volume, client-side tooling like XMLSpy, and he'd like to see more people exposed to Altova's newly released tools suite. He's hoping next week's IT conference makes up the difference.
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 | | June 3, 2008
Modernizing Your EDI Implementation with Altova MapForce
Code Project
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a set of standards for structured e-commerce data and information exchange. EDI systems are designed to allow trading partners to exchange common documents such as purchase orders, invoices, insurance claims, etc., more efficiently by enabling computers to correctly interpret and process this data.
As both a concept and a technology, EDI has been in use, in one form or another, since the late 1960s, when many large companies were beginning to adopt in-house computer systems and networks to streamline their business functions. Unfortunately, while EDI has undoubtedly benefited from a broad array of recent technological advancements, this long and respectable history has a multitude of drawbacks, which can have a profound effect on early adopters attempting to integrate legacy systems with newer investments.
Altova’s data mapping tool, MapForce, provides strong support for the conversion and transformation of EDI formats, enabling businesses to reconcile their legacy formats with newer documentation, storage, and system requirements, while still adhering to conventional e-commerce transaction ordinances.
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| | June 3, 2008
Altova Adds Support for Excel 2007 to MapForce
asp.netPRO
Altova announced the availability of Altova MapForce Version 2008 Release 2 (v2008r2). This latest update to the MapForce graphical data mapping tool provides users with new functionality, including support for mapping Microsoft Excel 2007, which uses the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format, integration with and project generation for Visual Studio 2008, support for data streams in MapForce generated code, and more.
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| | June 1, 2008
News Briefs
SD Times
Web services specialist Altova unveiled version 2008 release 2 of its software line. The version adds the ability to work with larger files in its XMLSpy editor and to create BPMN (business process modeling notation) diagrams in UModel.
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| | May 2008
New Products Worthy of Your Attention
Database Trends & Applications
Altova, creator of XMLSpy, the industry-leading XML editor, and other popular XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, has announced the availability of Version 2008 Release 2 of its line of software tools. The new release adds a host of new features and enhancements to Altova’s product line, including support for working with very large files in XMLSpy, extended Office Open XML (OOXML) functionality across multiple products, and support for creating Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) diagrams in UModel.
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 | | May 15, 2008
JavaOne Wrap-Up: New Products from dotFX, Canoo, Coverity, Infragistics, More
Application Development Trends
The vendors were out in force at this year's show, with 137 exhibits and lots of product news. Here are a few under-reported vendor announcements that you should catch (no pun intended):
Beverly, Mass.-based Altova announced the availability of a new release of its XMLSpy. Version 2008 Release 2 of the company's flagship XML editor comes with enhancements aimed at helping users optimize their XML development processes.
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| | May 6, 2008
Altova Announces Version 2008 Release 2
Database Trends & Applications
Altova, creator of XMLSpy, the industry-leading XML editor, and other popular XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, has announced the availability of Version 2008 Release 2 of its line of software tools. The new release adds a host of new features and enhancements to Altova’s product line, including support for working with very large files in XMLSpy, extended Office Open XML (OOXML) functionality across multiple products, and support for creating Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) diagrams in UModel. “Office 2007 documents are becoming more prevalent and OpenXML has been adopted as an ISO standard,” Alexander Falk, president and CEO for Altova, told 5 Minute Briefing in a private interview.
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| | May 1, 2008
Altova Refreshes XML Suite
Redmond Developer News
Leading XML tools and utility maker Altova Inc. has upgraded its entire line. The updates, disclosed April 29, include fresh versions of XMLSpy, DatabaseSpy, MapForce and StyleVision tools, as well as the DiffDog file compare utility and UModel UML modeling tool.
Notable among the improvements to release 2 (R2) is updated support for the Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML) file format, which in April was ratified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as a formal standard.
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| | April 29, 2008
Altova Announces Version 2008 Release 2 of its Software Product Line
asp.netPRO
Altova, creator of the XML editor XMLSpy and other XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, announced the availability of Version 2008 Release 2 (v2008r2) of its line of software tools. The release of v2008r2 adds a host of new features and enhancements to Altova?s product line, including support for working with very large files in XMLSpy, extended Office Open XML (OOXML) functionality across multiple products, support for creating Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) diagrams in UModel, and more.
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| | March 31, 2008
Good Things in All Sizes
Government Computer News
Time and technology march ever forward; what was new last year is already labeled as legacy today. This keeps product vendors on their toes, offering new wares — and that’s why it’s worth checking out the exhibits at this year’s FOSE trade show, sponsored by the 1105 Government Information Group and held in Washington March 31-April 3. Here are some of the more promising new technologies worthy of closer inspection.
Altova (Booth 1123) will be showing off MapForce v2008, its most recent version of software that can help map out what you have. The software lets administrators map between systems of differing formats, such as Extensible Markup Language, databases, flat files, Web Services Description Language pointers and electronic data interchange systems.
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| | March 18, 2008
LANSA Orchestrates Success for Business Automation
Database Trends and Applications Magazine
Two years ago, after noticing an increasing need for non-technical users to perform business process automation tasks, LANSA decided a new solution that would offer sophisticated data integration capabilities through an easy-to-use visual interface, and would not require the user to write any code, was necessary. That solution, LANSA Composer, which shipped to customers in October 2007, is built around the visual interface and behind-the-scenes code generation capabilities of MapForce, a graphical mapping, conversion and integration tool from Altova.
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| | March 2008
Semantic Web Tools Emerge
Redmond Developer News
The Semantic Web is not a technology per se, but rather a combination of a philosophy, design principles and supporting technologies that make electronic information readable by machines and humans alike. The result: an online environment where software and systems can efficiently find and process online information without human intervention.
“For the most part, the Semantic Web community hasn't done a lot to get things to a practical state for mainstream programmers,” admits Tauberer, who wrote SemWeb to support his own research. “However, we're finally starting to see some other tools emerge.”
Some of those other tools include the Windows-based Altova SemanticWorks product, which allows developers to graphically design RDF instance documents, RDF Schema vocabularies and Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontologies, then output them in either RDF/XML or N-Triples formats.
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| | January 22, 2008
Desmond File: Altova's Alexander Falk Discusses OOXML and ODF
Redmond Developer News
Last week, I wrote about the recent Burton Group report that provided an overview of the Office Open XML (OOXML) and OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format specifications. The report, which is aimed at an enterprise readership, concludes that OOXML enjoys a number of critical advantages over ODF, in large part because it maps aggressively to the existing features and functions provided by current and past versions of Microsoft Office. You can find a synopsis of the report here.
One familiar name that came up in the course of talking to Burton Group Research Director Peter O'Kelly about the report he authored was that of Alexander Falk. Falk is CEO of Altova, a leading provider of XML tools and utilities. I had spoken with Falk several months ago in the course of reporting an earlier story for RDN, and figured now was probably a good time to catch up with him again.
Here's a quick Q&A that offers Falk's informed takes on the benefits of the XML transition, prospects for ODF going forward and why it may already be entirely too late to stop Microsoft's OOXML spec.
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| | November 15, 2007
ODF Split Shakes Up Document Battle - OpenDocument Foundation withdraws support for OpenDocument Format.
Redmond Developer News
The ongoing file-format battle between proponents of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) took a surprising turn late last month, when a longtime ODF proponent announced it would abandon the ISO-approved specification. The move by the OpenDocument Foundation comes less than two months after Microsoft lost a key ISO vote to approve OOXML as a standard.
The OpenDocument Foundation is now urging the industry to support the Complex Document Format (CDF), a file-format specification managed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the same body that defines and maintains XML and HTML. Work began on the CDF spec in October 2004.
Alexander Falk, president of XML tools vendor Altova Inc., says the ODF split is hardly surprising in the world of standards forming. "Consortiums of seemingly aligned interests often fall apart when it becomes apparent that the interests aren't as aligned as everyone thought they were," he writes in an e-mail interview.
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 | | November 7, 2007
Best of Connections 2007 Winners!
Windows IT Pro
Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine, OfficeSharePointPro.com, and WindowsDevPro.com announced the winners of the Best of Connections 2007 awards contest. Judges reviewed products from 18 finalists from more than 60 entries in 7 categories to determine the winners at the Connections show in Las Vegas.
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| | October 15, 2007
The X Factor:
As the industry battles over XML file formats, what should dev managers focus on?
Redmond Developer News
Why is there so much passion in a debate about something as esoteric as XML-based file formats? In a word: Microsoft. The software giant in September failed to get its OOXML format ratified as an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The run up to that vote -- and to a second vote slated for February 2008 -- has ignited a passionate debate about file formats and suspicions about Microsoft's intentions as it pushes OOXML.
At issue is the way organizations will store, access and manipulate files created by productivity applications like Microsoft Office and OpenOffice. Today's binary files are often opaque to third-party applications, meaning companies can't process these files anywhere but on the client. Moving to open, XML-based file formats radically changes that, says Alexander Falk, CEO of XML tools vendor Altova Inc.
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| | October 9, 2007
XML: Everybody's (Finally) Doing It
EContent Magazine
The long awaited use of XML in office suites has arrived. OpenOffice was the first to migrate to XML, StarOffice 8 provides an extra layer of support for OpenOffice, Corel WordPerfect was an early XML adopter and will soon import/export to other XML office suites, and Microsoft Office 2007 is built on XML. OK, the future has arrived. Now what?
Two major XML definitions are assured to survive: OpenOffice/StarOffice’s OpenDocument format (ODF) and Office Open XML (OOXML). The benefits of this move to XML are only slowly emerging, which may partially explain the slow adoption rates. Having reviewed both StarOffice and Office 2007 recently, I can see some obvious advantages to both products and to their use of XML generally.
What do the vendors themselves say? Altova CEO Alexander Falk says that the new features of XML Spy will allow developers to "extract, edit, query and transform XML data. This provides huge advantages to business people and application developers." Falk believes that waiting for an ideal world using richer XML features like DITA or DocBook misses the larger point: The bulk of the world's information is in basic office documents.
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| | October 3, 2007
Diving Deeply Into Databases: Altova’s 2008 products emphasis database connectivity
SD Times Magazine
If a trading partner sends another partner an XML file, the safe money is that it is not formatted to fit a particular table in that partner's database, and neither is that XML feed of calendar information that the marketing department subscribes to.
Scenarios such as these motivated Altova to broaden the database functionality of its 2008 product line, said Tim Hale, Altova’s director of global marketing.
The 2008 versions of Altova DatabaseSpy, MapForce, StyleVision and XMLSpy have new capabilities to connect to relational databases, and edit, query and view relational data and XML data stored within. The products were released in mid-September.
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| | October 1, 2007
Hands-On Product Report: Altova XMLSpy 2007
Redmond Developer Magazine
XMLSpy 2007 Release 3 is a top-notch suite of tools for developing, editing, transforming, debugging and manipulating anything that looks like XML. If an XML-based format or application is ready for prime time, XMLSpy has it covered with templates and schemas.
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 | | October 1, 2007
Effectively Manage Your Database Projects
MSDN Magazine
There are many tools available for managing databases, exploring and modifying schemas, and writing and executing queries. One such off-the-shelf tool worth investigating is DatabaseSpy 2007 by Altova. DatabaseSpy can connect to a wide variety of different data stores—Microsoft® Access®, Microsoft SQL Server™, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, and so on—and provides a uniform user experience regardless of the database.
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| | September 25, 2007
Altova Releases 2008 Version of its Entire Product Line
DBTA 5-Minute Briefing
Altova, creator of XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, announced the availability of Version 2008 of its entire line of software development tools. With the release of its v2008 products, Altova introduces a host of powerful new capabilities, including support for editing database views and stored procedures in DatabaseSpy.
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| | September 13, 2007
Altova Tools Add OOXML and Improved Database Support
Dr. Dobb's Journal
Altova announced "Version 2008" updates of 11 tools in its product lineup, which includes XMLSpy, UModel, DatabaseSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, SemanticWorks and others. The list of new features includes support for Microsoft's Office Open XML format, validation of XInclude and XPointer statements, improved database functionality, and integration into the Visual Studio .NET or Eclipse IDEs.
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| | August 1, 2007
UML Simplified
Redmond Magazine
Modeling using the Unified Modeling Language was never as easy and inexpensive as it is with UModel.
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| | August 1, 2007
SQL Server Standouts -- The 2007 Editor's Choice Awards honor 17 exceptional SQL Server products
SQL Server Magazine
SQL Server Magazine gives readers information about database-related hardware, software, and services in every issue. In the second annual Editors' Choice Awards, SQL Server Magazine honored the best of the best from all the products they've covered in the past year.
Altova DatabaseSpy win this year's Platinum Editors' Choice Award in the Development Tools category. Click here for the full story.
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 | | July, 2007
Management for DB2 9 from Altova
DB2 Magazine
Altova has announced version 2007 release 3 (v2007r3) of its software product line, which now provides deep integration with the DB2 9 data server and its "pureXML" technology. The new, specialized features in XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, and DatabaseSpy make it practical to develop pureXML applications and to convert, publish, and manage pureXML data.
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 | | June 6, 2007
XMLSpy Now Supports Open XML Formats
OpenXML Developer.org
Altova has announced Open XML support for their flagship product, XMLSpy. XMLSpy 2007 Release 3 provides full validation of Open XML documents, intelligent entry helpers, and support for the development of XSLT and XQuery transformations for working with Open XML data.
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 | | June 1, 2007
Altova Releases Capabilities for IBM DB2 9 pureXML
Database Journal
Altova has announced the availability of Version 2007 Release 3 of its software product line, now providing deep integration with the IBM DB2 9 data server and its pureXML technology.
Exclusive new functionality within Altova''s XMLSpy®, MapForce®, StyleVision®, and DatabaseSpy™ products, gives users capabilities for editing, exchanging, transforming, and querying XML data.
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 | | May 31, 2007
Altova Expands Support for IBM DB2 9
eWeek
Altova has released new versions of its XML development, data management and other products with tighter integration with the IBM DB2 9 data server.
The new offerings, part of Altova's Version 2007 Release 3 product line, extend functionality within the company's XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision and DatabaseSpy products and expand users' ability to edit, exchange, transform and query XML data stored in IBM DB2 9 databases.
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| | May 29, 2007
A Look at Dedicated Semantic Web Tools
eWeek
As is the case with many Web technologies today, nearly every core piece of the Semantic Web is based on XML, from RDF to OWL to SPARQL.
Altova's SemanticWorks 2007 is a Windows-based visual RDF and OWL (Web Ontology Language) editor. Altova has long been a strong player in the XML development market and anyone who has used its excellent XMLSpy XML development tool will instantly feel at home in SemanticWorks 2007.
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| | April 24, 2007
Practical application: Put XSLT 2.0 to Work for You
TechRepublic
XSLT 2.0 is no longer just a theoretical standard. With some readily available free tools you can put the power of XSLT 2.0 to work for you in your normal application development. Edmond Woychowsky shows which tools to get and how it all comes together in practice.
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| | April 9, 2007
Altova DatabaseSpy makes DBs user-friendly
InfoWorld
Boasting some impressive features, easy-to-use query tool is a boon for non-DBAs
Altova's DatabaseSpy 2007 does a pretty good job of lowering the learning curve for a lot of common database tasks so that employees can concentrate on their jobs instead of becoming DBAs. All in all, it's quite a nice tool that's quick and easy to set up and use. Although it lacks some administrative functionality that would be attractive to admins, it still boasts some surprisingly rich features, such as IntelliSense code-completion. It's safe to predict that Altova has some pretty big plans in store.
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 | | March 26, 2007
New Altova Delivers on UML 2.1
FTP Online .NET Development
VSLive! San Francisco 2007 exhibitor Altova demonstrated at the show a new version of its UModel 2007 UML modeling tool, displaying full the UML 2.1.1 compatibility. UModel has a number of features that make developing a UML model and producing an application from the model easy and productive.
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| | March 13, 2007
New XSLT 2.0 features every application developer should know
TechRepublic
Unless you've been devoting all of your time to watching the Firefly box set and the movie Serenity that you got over the holidays and comparing family members' opening their gifts to Reavers sacking a town, you might have heard that XSLT 2.0 is now a recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium.
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 | | March/April 2007
Altova Introduces DatabaseSpy 2007
Oracle Magazine
Altova has released DatabaseSpy 2007, a multidatabase data management, query, and design tool. Designed to be a universal tool for database professionals, DatabaseSpy can connect with most major databases, including Oracle9i and Oracle Database 10g, Microsoft SQL Servers 2000 and 2005, Microsoft Access 2003, IBM DB2 versions 8.x and 9, MySQL 4.x and 5.x, and Sybase 11. DatabaseSpy can operate with any database that uses an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) or Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) connection.
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| | February 2007
Altova DatabaseSpy 2007
SQL Server Magazine
IT professionals and consultants often must work in heterogeneous database environments. The available database client tools range from command-line tools to GUIs. Understanding the nuances of all these client applications can be expensive and time consuming. Altova, maker of the popular XMLSpy XML editing tool, has released a new product called DatabaseSpy to address these problems. DatabaseSpy is a multi- database management and design tool that provides a common interface for professionals who routinely work with different database environments.
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