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| | | Altova Developer Connection Newsletter ArchiveBelow is the text of the Altova Developer Connection Newsletter for September 2007 In This Month's Issue: Altova Announces Version 2008 of its Award-Winning Software Tools New features added to support Windows Vista, Office Open XML, Visual Studio and Eclipse, database views and stored procedures, and more. Product Review: MapForce Receives a Perfect Score from asp.netPRO Magazine Powerful data mapping, conversion, and integration tool 'pays off' with substantial time savings. Case Study: Altova Partner Creates Web-based Solution Using MapForce Read how Wrycan used MapForce to create a Web-based, Oracle-to-FTP system interface for Fitz and Floyd, a ceramics design and manufacturing client. Meet the Altova team at upcoming industry events. Altova Announces Version 2008 of its Award-Winning Software Tools On September 12, Altova released Version 2008 (v2008) of its award-winning line of software development tools. This release introduces a host of powerful features, including support for Windows Vista across the product line, extended support for Office Open XML file formats, XInclude, and XPointer in XMLSpy, more data mapping versatility through aggregate functions and value maps in MapForce, and enhanced database functionality in StyleVision. Additionally, this new software version brings Visual Basic .NET code engineering and real-time integration with Visual Studio and Eclipse in UModel, support for editing database views and stored procedures in DatabaseSpy, one-click directory synchronization in DiffDog, and much more. Learn about the new features included in v2008 below, or for more information please visit the What's New page on the Altova Web site at: http://www.altova.com/whatsnew.html NEW IN ALTOVA XMLSPY XMLSpy 2008 brings important new functionality to the world's best-selling XML editor and industry standard XML development environment. New features in XMLSpy 2008 include:
For detailed information on all the capabilities now available in XMLSpy 2008 please visit the XMLSpy product overview page: http://www.altova.com/xmlspy NEW IN ALTOVA MAPFORCE With v2008, MapForce extends its data mapping, conversion, and integration capabilities. New enhancements in MapForce 2008 include:
To check out all the features now available in MapForce 2008, please visit the MapForce product overview page: http://www.altova.com/mapforce NEW IN ALTOVA STYLEVISION StyleVision 2008 delivers new features making it even easier to transform XML and database content into HTML pages, Word/RTF documents, PDF reports, and Authentic electronic forms. New capabilities in StyleVision 2008 include:
To see all the capabilities in StyleVision 2008 visit the StyleVision product overview page: http://www.altova.com/stylevision NEW IN ALTOVA UMODEL In UModel 2008, our feature-rich yet cost-effective UML tool, key enhancements add to its advanced model-based software design capabilities and powerful code engineering functionality. New features in UModel 2008 include:
For information about all the functionality in UModel 2008 please visit the UModel product overview page: http://www.altova.com/umodel NEW IN ALTOVA DATABASESPY Version 2008 of DatabaseSpy extends its multi-database query and design capabilities with several sought-after enhancements that vastly increase its value. New advancements in DatabaseSpy 2008 include:
To learn more about all that's available in DatabaseSpy 2008 please visit the DatabaseSpy product overview page: http //www.altova.com/databasespy NEW IN ALTOVA DIFFDOG Altova DiffDog 2008 extends its differencing functionality with increased support for comparing and merging directories. New capabilities in DiffDog 2008 include:
To check out all the features now available in DiffDog 2008, please visit the DiffDog product overview page: http://www.altova.com/diffdog NEW IN ALTOVA SCHEMAAGENT SchemaAgent 2008 adds to its facility for visualizing and managing the relationships and dependencies between XML Schemas and other XML-based files with new support for XSLT and WSDL files. New functionality in SchemaAgent includes:
To see all the capabilities of SchemaAgent 2008 please visit the SchemaAgent product overview page: http://www.altova.com/schemaagent NEW IN ALTOVA SEMANTICWORKS SemanticWorks 2008 helps clarify and simplify the creation of Semantic Web documents. New features in SemanticWorks 2008 include:
To read more about all you can do with SemanticWorks 2008 please visit the product overview page: http://www.altova.com/semanticworks Download the Altova MissionKit now and try all the new capabilities in the 2008 product line free for 30 days: http://www.altova.com/download.html Product Review: MapForce Receives a Perfect Score from asp.netPRO Magazine asp.netPRO Magazine recently reviewed Altova MapForce and gave it a perfect score – 5 out of 5 stars! MapForce is referred to as an 'absolutely fantastic tool' for integrating data in disparate formats. “MapForce does take time to learn, but it's a powerful tool with many features, so you have to expect that,” says reviewer David Mack, a Senior Software Engineer for Northrop Grumman-TASC. “However, the learning curve is absolutely worth it; it pays off when you start to migrate data in days instead of weeks. If you have to migrate data from various sources (especially with different schemas), download the free trial and put MapForce to the test.” Read the MapForce product review in the October issue of asp.netPRO Magazine or here: http://www.altova.com/aspnetproMapForce To try all the features now available in MapForce 2008, download MapForce 2008 for free here: http://www.altova.com/downloadtrialmapforce.html Read other new Altova product reviews published in Redmond Magazine and Visual Studio Magazine, or check out all of the Altova press coverage here: http://www.altova.com/news_and_reviews.html Case Study: Altova Partner Creates Web-based Solution Using MapForce In 2007, Fitz and Floyd, a leader in the design and manufacture of hand painted ceramic giftware approached Wrycan, an Altova partner focused on content-centric XML expertise and related software development, to help create a solution that would allow Fitz and Floyd to interface their existing CRM system with their new MarketLive, Web-based storefront application. The solution needed to automatically synchronize Fitz and Floyd's product data with the MarketLive storefront application to ensure that customers would receive real-time inventory information. It also needed to be simple to use, easy to maintain, cost effective, and completed on time, so they could put their new storefront into production promptly. Fitz and Floyd's existing data was housed in an Oracle 8.0.5 database and was organized according to internal requirements. In order to transform their data into a format that would work with MarketLive's storefront application, Fitz and Floyd needed to map their database data to the XML Schema used by MarketLive. With MapForce, Wrycan was able to create an application to convert the data from the Oracle database to the format defined by MarketLive’s XML Schema. Now Fitz and Floyd has an easy to use data integration layer that can automatically transfer any updates made to their database directly to the MarketLive application in a format that it can readily understand. To learn more about how Altova MapForce played an integral role in building this solution, read the case study in its entirety here: http://www.altova.com/cust_wrycan_fitz.html Find out how MapForce can help with your data integration challenges here: http://www.altova.com/mapforce Upcoming Events Come meet the Altova team at the following upcoming industry conferences:
In addition to exhibiting, Altova will lead a presentation at this year's show. Join Altova's educational specialist, Dr. Nick Nagel, at the IBM Information on Demand conference where he will discuss how to manage XML data in pureXML databases.
The presentation will address a 'top-down' approach to data modeling using XSD (XML Schema Definition language) with implications for data storage and retrieval as pureXML. Strategies for storing information in XML formats will be considered along with implications for retrieval and presentation using XML-based standards such as XPath 2.0 and XQuery. To learn more about Altova's deep integration with IBM DB2 9 pureXML please visit: http://www.altova.com/IBM_DB2_9_pureXML.html For more information on this and other upcoming events, view Altova's events calendar at: http://www.altova.com/events.html | |
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