Telelogic SYSTEM ARCHITECT® Is the Only Tool to Offer Comprehensive Support for All Popular DoD Architecture Methodologies

OSD NII Study Finds that 80% of Respondents Favor Structured Methodologies for Modeling and Enterprise Architecture

MALMÖ, Sweden and IRVINE, California – 21 March 2006 – Telelogic (Stockholm Exchange: TLOG), the leading provider of software solutions that align advanced systems and software development with business objectives, today announced that Telelogic SYSTEM ARCHITECT®, the leading enterprise architecture and modeling tool, is the only enterprise architecture and modeling tool that supports the methodologies favored by Department of Defense (DoD) architects at US defense agencies. The report confirms that methodologies supported by Telelogic's SYSTEM ARCHITECT, including Activity Based Methodology™ (ABM) and Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), IDEF0 (Integrated DEFinition methods) and Unified Modeling Language (UML) are the methodologies of choice for US defense agencies on their Department of Defense architecture programs. Eighty percent of the respondents stated they used structured methodologies (ABM, IDEF0, BPMN, other) which is supported by SYSTEM ARCHITECT while 20 percent use object techniques (UML), which is supported by both SYSTEM ARCHITECT and Telelogic TAU. SYSTEM ARCHITECT provides integrated support architecture for the Dept. of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), the platform on which all DoD architecture programs are developed. “The study confirms that SYSTEM ARCHITECT is the leading enterprise architecture tool in the defense community because it offers the widest range of features that cater to the unique needs of the defense architecture and modeling community,” said Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO of Telelogic. “During the past two decades, the SYSTEM ARCHITECT team has worked hard to ensure SYSTEM ARCHITECT is at the leading edge of this market. Our product is supported by one of the strongest worldwide research and development and professional consulting teams that focus only on the defense market. Our commitment is to keep our leadership position by anticipating and incorporating DoD architecture requirements in areas such as net-centric warfare and strategic planning.” Telelogic SYSTEM ARCHITECT is the only tool available today to offer comprehensive support for all structured, data, object and business process modeling techniques. Organizations worldwide use SYSTEM ARCHITECT to design, visualize and analyze business models and enterprise architectures. With one powerful tool, the relationships between the diverse business relationships of technology, processes and data can be visualized and traced back to their original sources. As a result, organizations can more quickly understand, analyze and take firm action on ever-changing technology and business issues that have the potential to affect their business. For more information on the tool, visit: http://www.telelogic.com/corp/products/systemarchitect/index.cfm The Architecture Development and Analysis Survey was conducted by MITRE for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Networks and Information Integration (NII). The study was conducted in mid-2005 for the OSD/NII to help them ensure that their priorities, educational efforts, and programs are aligned with and meet the specific architecture development and assessment needs and goals of the DoD community.