Embarcadero Webinar: What’s New in Modeling Tools

Introducing ER/Studio Enterprise 8.5

SAN FRANCISCO – Oct. 20, 2009 — Join Embarcadero on Wednesday, October 21 at 11 a.m. PDT for a live one-hour webinar on “What’s New in Modeling Tools.”. Learn first-hand what new ground-breaking technologies are being built into today’s most innovative modeling tools.

Jason Tiret, Embarcadero’s director of modeling and design solutions, will introduce and demonstrate the latest release of ER/Studio® Enterprise 8.5. This release is packed full of many new advanced data modeling and communication features to enable end users to design, manage and document the toughest of projects faster and easier. Data architects, data modelers, DBAs, database developers, business analysts, developers and anyone concerned with improving how information is shared across an enterprise is invited to attend.

Register today to see some of the great new features in action, such as:
• Creating UML diagrams in ER/Studio’s latest modeling addition
• Using process modeling and data modeling in a shared repository
• Browsing and reporting Visual Data Lineage diagrams through an online Portal
• Bi-directional workflow commenting between ER/Studio and Portal
• Object Labeling through the Portal

To register for this webinar, visit: http://bit.ly/47taTC.

To download a trial of ER/Studio Enterprise 8.5, go to: http://bit.ly/2pc5CG.

About the Speaker:
Jason Tiret is the director of modeling and design solutions for Embarcadero Technologies. He has more than 10 years of experience in data modeling, metadata and database management. He currently manages Embarcadero’s entire product line of award-winning modeling solutions. In this role, Jason has consulted with many Fortune 500 companies, published articles for various industry magazines, and has been a frequent speaker on the topics of data architecture, metadata and data governance.

About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning tools for application developers and database professionals so they can design systems right, build them faster and run them better, regardless of their platform or programming language. Ninety of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero products to increase productivity, reduce costs, simplify change management and compliance and accelerate innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.

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Top Five Reasons to Switch from ERwin Data Modeler to Embarcadero ER/Studio

With full availability of ER/Studio® 8.5 only a few weeks away, Embarcadero Technologies is focused on educating data modelers about the benefits of ER/Studio versus ERwin® Data Modeler. Today, Embarcadero issued the top five reasons to make the switch.

• Superior Productivity Using a Model File System - ER/Studio allows users to create multiple, mutually independent physical models from one common logical model within the same .dm1 file; ERwin requires multiple files to achieve the same effect thus losing the traceability between the logical and physical artifacts. ER/Studio’s separate but integrated approach offers the user a complete, easy to understand solution for synchronizing and updating logical models, physical models and live databases without having to manage and synchronize many loose files.
• Superior Traceability With Lineage and Metadata Impact Analysis - ER/Studio provides features for maintaining the traceability between the original logical model and multiple physical models.  Coupled with ER/Studio’s ability to maintain multiple models within the same file, impact analysis is far easier and more reliable than with ERwin.  In addition to reports, ER/Studio also provides a “Where Used” feature which includes even more capabilities.
• Superior Productivity Through Diagram Layout & Navigation Features – ER/Studio is designed to dramatically increase user productivity through superior navigation of large, complex data models. This saves time when searching for deeply buried elements in a model.  ER/Studio provides a number of features to assist with the management of large models.
• Superior Documentation and Communication – ER/Studio Enterprise includes a web portal that allows for near real-time publication of the information contained in the ER/Studio repository.  The portal allows developers, DBAs and business analysts to browse, search and report on the model metadata via a web browser.  It drastically streamlines the process of communicating the models by offering a “self-service” method for publishing the information.  Data architects no longer need to refresh reports any time a model changes.  The portal has a separate reporting repository that is optimized for searching and reporting that is kept in sync with the ER/Studio repository.
• Superior Reliability & Advancement – Embarcadero’s focus has always been centered on helping companies design, build, optimize and run their critical software applications and databases. Unlike CA, Embarcadero doesn’t have the vast array of over 1,300 products to support and maintain. We have a clear competitive advantage on deciding which products to support and build out.  With a dedicated support center and committed staff to help, we are able to resolve  issues quickly and efficiently without the hassle of dealing with an outsourced  support solution like ERwin that often can be long and drawn out.

ER/Studio continues to be the fastest growing database design and modeling tool on the market, not only for Embarcadero’s reliable support staff, but also for the reliability of the product performance and frequency of enhancements. Embarcadero has a strong investment in research and development behind ER/Studio, releasing multiple product enhancements each year to meet the demanding modeling requirements and reliability standards of large enterprises now and in the future. Our customers frequently tell us valuable time and resources are lost to basic functionality and bugs found in ERwin. Reliability and advancement are no longer optional in organizations that depend on database design and modeling for speed, competitiveness and uptime.

Get an advanced look at some of the exciting new features in ER/Studio 8.5 at the online Preview Center http://www.embarcadero.com/er-studio-sneak-peek.

Read to complete comparison at http://etnaweb04.embarcadero.com/erwin

About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning tools for application developers and database professionals so they can design systems right, build them faster and run them better, regardless of their platform or programming language. Ninety of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero products to increase productivity, reduce costs, simplify change management and compliance and accelerate innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices located around the world. Embarcadero is online at www.embarcadero.com.

Embarcadero, the Embarcadero Technologies logos and all other Embarcadero Technologies product or service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Data Modeling Tools Compared: Embarcadero ER/Studio v. Erwin

More and more companies are using data modeling to respond to changing business conditions, reduce data redundancy and comply with regulatory standards. But which data modeling tool can deliver the advanced features that make working with even the most complex data models more accurate and reliable? Which tool makes it easier to collaborate across the enterprise? Which vendor is committed to aggressively advancing your data modeling tools and providing you with direct-to-vendor support?

 

This Podcast will compare Embarcadero® ER/Studio® with CA ERwin and give an overview of how advanced data modeling tools, backed by world-class vendor support, lets you benefit from:

• Improved productivity with superior auto layout and model navigation
• More flexible design layers with separate, but integrated logical and physical models
• Improved comprehension and knowledge sharing with better reporting and communication capabilities
• Improved standards compliance and component reuse
• Customizable XSD Generation and Visual Data Lineage
• Comprehensive support
• Flexible licensing options that dramatically reduce your total cost of ownership

Interested in this topic, but prefer alternative content formats? Try:

• Webcast: Don't Fight Your Data Modeling Tool: Migrate from CA Erwin to Embarcadero ER/Studio

Data Modeling Tools Beta Software | ER/Studio 8.5

Embarcadero ER/Studio, an industry-leading data modeling tool, helps you discover, document, and re-use data assets. For the first time ever Embarcadero Technologies has combined the beta cycles of ER/Studio, EA/Studio and Portal. Sign-up today: http://beta.embarcadero.com

As youll see the ER/Studio Enterprise edition is a more comprehensive modeling suite to suit not only data modeling, but business process modeling and software/UML modeling as well. This beta is now available and go to beta.embarcadero.com if you want to check it out. Embarcadero empowers software developers and database professionals with award-winning tools to design, build, optimize, and run software applications and databases across multiple platforms and programming languages. With the acquisition of CodeGear™ from Borland in 2008, Embarcadero now serves more than three million professionals worldwide with IDEs and database tools that dramatically simplify and accelerate development. Embarcadero’s tools are used in the most demanding vertical industries and by 90 of the Fortune 100 worldwide.

Universal Data Models and Patterns

Universal Data Models are standard and industry data model templates for ER/Studio that reduce development time and facilitate standardization.

Find out more about ER/Studio at Embarcadero Technologies, a database tools and devleoper software company website. According to Webster's, the term universal can be defined as "generally applicable" as well as "applying to the whole." There are some very common patterns that can be generally applied in data models to develop higher quality and more holistic designs. Additionally, reusing patterns can save time and effort by providing model structures that have been proven to work well, flexible alternatives that can handle additional future needs and consistent models and structures that facilitate data sharing.