News

May 14, 2008 -- Efficient system modeling course available

We do have a new course named Efficient System Modeling.

It will help you in becoming an efficient system modeler, and improve your skillset.

April 19, 2008 -- Long time without news, let's put in some

Enterprise Architect is now @ version 7.1 and is better than ever !

High Octane SPRL is now a shareholder is Metachannel SA, a podcasting company.

March 2, 2005 -- Interesting article about PHP features

11 Cool things you can do with PHP

http://www.ireneofunes.com/talks/index.php/11things

No wonder IBM is looking that way !

February 17, 2005 -- Reactor 6 Reseller

We are now approved resellers for Reactor 6 from Oak Grove Systems.

November 25, 2004 -- New version of Enterprise Architect: 4.5

Sparx Systems releases Enterprise Architect v4.5

Sparx Systems are pleased to announce the release of Enterprise Architect v4.5 and an increased MDG Link range

Since the introduction of version 4.1 the functionality of EA has been significantly enhanced. Major improvements for Version 4.5 of EA include the direct support for CVS, the ability to edit element features directly from the diagram, a revamped Tagged Values window and the inclusion of the enhanced user friendly 2005 visual style.

Enterprise Architect has evolved over the last 8 years from humble beginnings to its current position as a leader in providing affordable UML 2.0 based modelling for single professionals to large teams. With the enhancements to the MDG Technology and automation components in EA, it has now become an all-purpose modelling platform into which a wide range of domain specific tools can be easily plugged into.

The MDG Link range of EA Add-Ins has also been increased with the addition of the MDG Link for Eclipse lightweight bridge between EA and Eclipse, as well as the inclusion of MDG Technologies for CORBA and for CIM.

EA v4.5 - New Features

2005 Visual Style

A toned down, subtle user interface
Improvements in the method used to dock and target widow items
Allows the user to see exactly where a dockable window is targeted or docked.

UML Technologies into the UML Toolbar

Capability to added profiles and MDG technology files directly to the UML toolbar
Allows for the rapid inclusion of stereotyped elements into the model
Provides a convenient access point supporting custom stereotyped profile elements

Direct Support for CVS

Support for direct connections to CVS, no other proprietary software is required
Multiple version control connections now can be assigned to a model

Revamped Tagged Values Window

New Tagged Values dockable window offers an enhanced mechanism for tagged values
Allows quick assignment and viewing of tagged values
Rapidly determine inheritance and ownership of tagged values.

Inplace Editing of Internal Elements

Allows the users of EA to rapidly create and edit element features from the diagram.
Edit and create attributes, operations, requirements and maintenance items
Test scripts directly from the diagram, no need to access the element dialog windows.

Automation Interface Enhancements

Add custom Active X controls and forms into the main window of EA
Allows the creation of Add-Ins with enhanced method navigation and customization
Increased functionality between Add-Ins and EA

More information about EA, or to download the trial version visit: http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/ea.htm

November 8, 2004 -- Reseller of Project KickStart

Plan your next project
in 30 minutes or less!

We are now registered resellers of Project KickStart form Experience In Software, Inc.

October 30, 2004 -- Zicom systems reseller

We are now registered resellers of

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products (see http://www.zicom.com.au).

This offering complements our product & service lines.

Products: ZICOMMentor for Enterprise Architect, ZICOM Visual Dictionary for the UML 1.5, UML 2.0, ZICOM Visual Guidelines, ZICOM Enterprise Architect Introduction Course.

These products will be used in our course offerings in 2005.

October 28, 2004 -- Cost of change debunk article

http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/cost_of_change.htm

August 30, 2004 -- Elastic Triangle

Elastic Triangle

http://www.cutter.com/offers/doomed.html

August 30, 2004 -- EA future

An interview of Geoffrey Sparx, Enterprise Architect creator : http://www.objectsbydesign.com/tools/GeoffreySparks.html

April 9, 2004 -- Collaborations tools

There is a discussion board and a wiki available !

For tracking projects, we use mantis.

February 17, 2004 -- IDEAJ4

IDEAJ4.0 is out.

Download your copy at www.jetbrains.com

If you purchased a licence from us after Oct 15,2003 just download the software and it will be working with your current licence.

February 8, 2004 -- Mathemagiques is online

Please pay them a visit at www.mathemagiques.be

October 30, 2003 -- Fonts fonts fonts

Ever wondered how to use fancy fonts etc ? Pay a visit to http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/default.asp

You may want http://www.websitetips.com/fonts/pixelfonts.shtml too for small pixels.

October 3, 2003 -- Book on collaboration

There is a very interesting book discussing collaboration:

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http://www.ebgconsulting.com/ReqtsByCollab.html

As we have a virtual wallpaper tool, this will help in understanding the real value of it for distributed teams !

September 19, 2003 -- Interesting comparison of Rose vs EA

There is an interesting article about Rose vs Enterprise Architect : View

July 9, 2003 -- Enterprise Architect Reseller

High Octane SPRL is now a reseller of Enterprise Architect in Belgium.
Feel free to contact us for getting your copies at a fair price and additional services like installation, UML training and more (Unified Process, Java, Servlets, EJBs, Domain modelling).

June 26, 2003 -- New articles on Collaboration

We have two new articles on collaboration and agility.

The first one is Destination Agility and goes over why an agile approach could be good for your projects, the other one explains what a Wall of Wonder is.

As metrics are mentioned in the articles, be sure to check this text explaining the details. You may also want to review this course.

Ashin wrote a pattern on CDE modelling: http://www.self.com.au/aid/visit/grp/am/lean%20tools/CdeModeling

This is a follow up from Scott Ambler paper to be found at : http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/whiteboardModeling.htm

You can buy CollaborativeAID from us.

June 24, 2003 -- New course: Enterprise Architect Hands-On

A new course is available: Enterprise Architect Hands On training. After a UML course, it may prove useful to dig into more details with the modeling tool. In this course, it's assumed that you know about UML and that you want to leverage EA. The seminar table of contents is available.

June 23, 2003 -- Collaborative Tools ?

Business week has an article on a collaboration tool: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_12/b3724638.htm
We happen to sell CollaborativeAID which is easy to use and makes the last paragraph one we set as a major goal of the product.

June 23, 2003 -- Our profile on Vigie

High Octane SPRL has a profile the vigie web site : http://vigie.awt.be/vp/vigie.fsoc_pub.show?sid=10836&lg=fr

June 11, 2003 -- Object Technologies Seminar

High Octane delivered a half-day seminar on Object Technologies for Orsys Technologies in Brussels.

It was well received and "significantly dissipated the fog when it comes to relating all OO terms and technologies together".

Attendees came from several horizons, like EU, Axa, and other ones (we don't have the names) and mostly were managers.

Topics were the following ones:

OO advantages
OO Concepts
Modelling and UML
Software Development Process
Key OO Technologies
Plateforms (MS COM+, Java, .NET Framework)
Enterprise Platforms (MS DNA, J2EE, .NET w/ VS.NET and COM+)

Websites for further information were mentioned during the seminar:

For J2EE informations: www.theserverside.com
For MS DNA and .NET and comparisons with J2EE: www.objectwatch.com

There is also an interesting case study at the ObjectWatch website: http://www.objectwatch.com/ARGOCaseStudy.pdf

Another session is forseen at the end June, feel free to contact us or Orsys for more details.

June 3, 2003 -- Collaborative AID demonstrated at FirstTuesday Brussels

High Octane demonstrated the CollaborativeAID product on the FirstTuesday DemoLounge event and this has led to very good business contacts.

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Imalogic was also demonstrating it's VisualFactory product range.

May 19, 2003 -- CDEs mentioned in a very good book

Collaborative Development Environments are mentioned as one of the next big things coming in the following book:

on page 29: Just about every developement team should be conducting some experiments based on the continued advancement of various Web-based collaborative technologies. It's surprising how easy it is to improve communication within geographically distributed teams with just a web site and a digital camera.

Add CollaborativeAID to the mix and improve 100x !!!

May 15, 2003 -- Imalogic Seenfinity

High Octane SPRL is now a registered sales and integration partner for SeenFinity and VJ Pro products from Imalogic.

SeenFinity is a powerpoint on steroids that allows to deliver high impact multimedia presentations to an audience.

VJ Pro is to multimedia assets what a DJ is to songs, able to mix up to 11 video streams at once, blue keying people live and interacting with MIDI events, this tool makes it dead easy to run an interactive show.

Systems are available for sale or you can lease them by event.

May 15, 2003 -- Collaborative Environments

Grady Booch talks about CDEs @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/02/TalkingTo/default.aspx
Get a feel for the future and get it delivered using CollaborativeAID.

April 8, 2003 -- CollaborativeAID

High Octane introduces a new product in Belgium: CollaborativeAID.

Read the press release.

CollaborativeAID is a Collaborative Development Environment (CDE) server. It is a community-oriented central repository that:

disseminates understanding/knowledge in order for a small/large group to work towards a common goal (ie. project, campaign, plan)
is unbound by the dimensions of location, time and technology.