Enterprise tools suit almost every purpose

Company Product name Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework support Formats for publishing EA Price support

Computas Inc. Metis 3.4 Enterprise Supports both the Federal Enterprise Architecture UML export, XML XML, Microsoft Office n/a Sammamish, Wash. Visual Modeling Framework and the Federal Enterprise Architecture Interchange formats 425-391-2000 Toolset Reference Models (XMI) export, which www.computas.com internally uses XML Schema

IBM Corp. No specific FEAF support Unified Modeling XMI n/a Armonk, N.Y. IBM Rational Suite Language (UML) 800-728-1212 Enterprise Edition www.ibm.com/rational/

InterSystems Corp. Ensemble Enables connectivity to and integration of disparate Basic and ObjectScript XML, HTML; provides $125,000 Cambridge, Mass. data sources and applications; supports the Federal are the procedural lan- connectivity to third-party per CPU 617-621-0600 Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office guages used to build reporting and documenta- www.intersystems.com Technical Reference Model regarding platforms and components and devel- tion tools via relational data access models; enables integration of legacy and op business logic; also (ODBC, JDBC) and/or relational data stores, packaged and custom applica- supports graphical and object (APIs i.e. COM, tions, providing a single platform for integration XML-based BPEL4WS .Net, Java) connectivity efforts, such as data consistency/data quality, busi- modeling of business ness process management and workflow, composite processes applications and business activity monitoring

Popkin Inc. Imports current and future versions of the reference UML, Integrated XML, HTML, XMI, $5,250 New York Version 9.1 models published by OMB; provision has been made to Definition (IDEF), Data Microsoft Office retail; GSA 646-346-8500 update the reference models in users’ repositories as Flow, (PowerPoint, Excel, pricing www.popkin.com subsequent versions are published; users can auto- Modeling Notation Word) and Visual Basic; available generate hierarchical diagrams for any or all of the ref- (BPMN), Business SA/Information Publisher erenced models; can link model objects to an agency’s Process Charts, complies with OMB internal EA and link its business functions to BRM sub- Ward/Mellor Real-Time, Exhibit 300 and FEA ref- functions, or show that a given system delivers capabil- Entity Relation Data erence models ities as described by SRM service components. Modeling, XML model- Systems can be decomposed to reusable technical ing, hierarchical model- components; includes support for Exhibit 300; also ing supports DOD Architecture Framework, Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework, Zachman frame- work and Open Group Architecture Framework versions 7 and 8 Proforma Corp. ProVision Modeling Includes an instant report- ProVision Southfield, Mich. Suite Provides comprehensive modeling support for the busi- Core, DOD/C4ISR, ing tool that converts the ProcessPro, 248-356-9775 ness, data, applications and technology of Enterprise Architecture, graphical models into sim- $1,208; www.proformacorp.com the FEAF; future releases to provide the complete inven- IDEF, Information ple English; other reporting ProVision tory of performance, business, service component, data Engineering, Object capabilities include simula- EnterprisePr and information, and technical reference models; frame- Thinking, ProGuide, tion reports, property grids, o, $2,820 work editor allows each agency or EA project team to Rummler-Brache, Six and customizable associa- create a customized EA framework; each framework Sigma and UML; sup- tion grids and navigation identifies the specific models, components and details ports Zachman and Six reports. The reports can be required to define and complete an ’s local- Sigma framework printed, published ized enterprise architecture approach structures (Microsoft Word and HTML) and exported to Excel and Microsoft Access for customized reports and queries

Tibco Software Inc. Tibco BusinessFactor UML, IDEF, Data Flow, BusinessFact Palo Alto, Calif. and Tibco OpsFactor Performance Reference Model: BusinessFactor and XML for data represen- BPMN, Business process or and 703-208-3900 (business activity OpsFactor support the the PRM layer by providing tation, XML Schema charts, Ward/Mellor OpsFactor, www.tibco.com monitoring); users visibility into business operations through the (XSD) for data valida- Real-Time, Entity $70,000 up; BusinessWorks creation of dashboards and scorecards that visually tion, XSLT for data Relation , BusinessWor (enterprise display real-time information, operational metrics and transformation, XPath XML modeling, hierarchi- ks, application key performance indicators; these indicators can be for data addressability, cal modeling $245,000; integration); used as feedback into the BRM layer, allowing the visi- and WSDL for descrip- BusinessWor BusinessWorks bility to optimize business processes to better align tion of services; Tibco ks Workflow with agency mission objectives. participates in Workflow, (business process Business Reference Model: BusinessWorks Workflow BPEL4WS $350,000; management); supports the BRM layer by managing the coordination Turbo XML Turbo XML and of the tasks and resources that make up business and Tibco Tibco XML Canon processes. XML Canon, (XML metadata Service Component Reference Model: BusinessWorks $7,000 per repository); lets agencies convert existing business functions and server, BusinessConnect transactions into a Web services environment; using $900 per (trading partner standards-based technology such as WSDL and XML developer; management and Tibco, it orchestrates service components into end-to- Business B2Bi protocols for end business processes that span platforms, people Connect, multiagency and agencies. $70,000 ); Data and Information Reference Model: Turbo XML per server Adapters and XML Canon support the DRM layer with tools for instance; (integration sup- developing a common Adapters, port); Enterprise free for Message Service standard (message-oriented technology middleware and interfaces, Tibco's implementa- application tion of Sun's and main- JMS 1.1 frame specification) Adapters, $24,500 up; Enterprise Message Service, $35,000 up