Date: January 18, 2005
19 partners embark on €20m project to drive
the development of tools, processes, and standards for model-driven
architecture
The European Commission has signed a research agreement
for a two-year, €20 m, MODELling solution for softWARE systems
(MODELWARE) project, under the "Information Society Technologies"
Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006).
Coordinated by Thales, a consortium of 19 partners will
address the issues of software systems development productivity and
next generation software systems engineering methods and tools: Thales
(France), IBM (UK and Israel), Schlumberger WesternGeco (Norway),
France Telecom (France), Enabler Informática (Portugal), AS Aprote
(Estonia), SOFTEAM (France), SINTEF (Norway), imbus AG (Germany),
Adaptive (United Kingdom), INRIA (France), ESI (Spain), Université
Pierre et Marie Curie LIP6 (France), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
(Spain), University of York (United Kingdom), Fraunhofer FOKUS (Germany)
and Zühlke Engineering (Germany).
The challenge of system and software engineering is
vital for the European economy: pushing the limits of systems complexity
and providing the engineering for the infrastructure of our societies.
The efficiency and competitiveness of practically all economic sectors
depend on high-quality software systems. There is an increasing demand
from end users for better, more complex and more reliable software
systems while, at the same time, there is a requirement to reduce
development time and costs in an ever faster evolving technological
world. Europe needs to respond to these increasing expectations if
it is to maintain its first-rate ranking in the development of complex,
mission-critical software systems.
In the past 20 years, the complexity of software systems
has increased much faster than software development productivity.
MODELWARE aims to reduce this gap by exploiting and capitalising on
the recent scientific and technical advances known as Model-Driven
Development (MDD).
For further information, please consult the MODELWARE
website: www.modelware-ist.org
About Adaptive, Inc.
Adaptive is an international corporation providing a
web based and industry standards compliant Enterprise Knowledge Repository
and related "Adaptations" to enable Enterprise Architecture
management. The company works with many large organizations and governments
around the world to support their enterprise architecture initiatives
and specific management challenges such as Business Process Management
and IT Portfolio Management.
Adaptive’s technology enables organizations to
understand and align critical enterprise assets and capabilities with
objectives and strategies, and to reduce the time, cost and risk of
adapting to continuous environmental change.
Contact:
Ylva Barker
Marketing Manager
+44 (1202) 491-251
press@adaptive.com
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