Sparx Systems Wins Prestigious Industry Recognition from SD Times

CRESWICK, AUSTRALIA, Jun 16 (MARKET WIRE) --
Sparx Systems (www.sparxsystems.com), developer of leading UML modeling
platform, Enterprise Architect, today announced it has received coveted
recognition as a winner of the 2009 SD Times 100 award. This award
underscores Enterprise Architect's reputation as a world class modeling
tool by the international software industry.

"The software development industry has always been led by innovation, and
that's true even in today's challenging economic climate" said Alan
Zeichick, Editorial Director of BZ Media's SD Times. "When choosing the
2009 SD Times 100 winners, we carefully considered each organization's
products and services, reputation with enterprise development managers,
and the new ideas and thought leadership that it has brought to the
industry. Thanks to companies like Sparx Systems, the art of software
development continues to advance at a rapid pace."

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is now used in over 130 countries by a
prolific customer base of close to 200,000 end users. The popular
modeling platform, which has been translated into several languages, has
been adopted by many international standards organizations including ISO,
IEC, UN/CEFACT and others, to develop and maintain industry standard
reference models.

Enterprise Architect remains a popular choice for global organizations as
IT budgets face the pressure of current economic conditions. The tool
sets a highly competitive price-performance benchmark to meet the
expectations of geographically dispersed teams, while still catering for
the needs of the single user.

Geoffrey Sparks, CEO of Sparx Systems noted "This award is a great
acknowledgement not only of Sparx Systems' innovation, leadership and
competitiveness and the important contribution that we make to the
modeling tools industry and a rapidly growing end user market, but is
also testament to Enterprise Architect as an effective, productive, open
and fully featured tool."

Enterprise Architect is immediately available for evaluation and download
from the Sparx Systems web site: www.sparxsystems.com

About Sparx Systems

Sparx Systems (www.sparxsystems.com) specializes in high performance and
scalable visual modeling tools for the planning, design and construction
of software intensive systems.

With customers in industries ranging from aerospace and automotive
engineering to finance, defense, government, entertainment and
telecommunications, Sparx Systems is a leading vendor of innovative
solutions based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and its related
specifications. A Contributing Member of the Object Management Group
(OMG), Sparx Systems is committed to realizing the potential of
model-driven development based on open standards.

The company's flagship product, Enterprise Architect, has received
numerous accolades since its commercial release in August, 2000. Now at
version 7.5, Enterprise Architect is the design tool of choice for close
to 200,000 registered users world-wide.

Contacts:
Sparx Systems
Media Enquiries:
Estelle Gleeson
Email: marketing@sparxsystems.com
Website: www.sparxsystems.com

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