BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MEGA,
recognized leader in business
architecture and enterprise
architecture today announced a new release of its pioneering
software, the MEGA
Suite. This release was developed to help companies gain even more
business value from enterprise architecture initiatives. The MEGA Suite
extends its capabilities to

We
credit our position in the market to our focus on business performance,
and our delivery of solutions that help customers implement a global
vision to achieve business success.

• fully integrate corporate strategy with business processes and
  resources,
• eliminate costly inefficiencies in company activities and assets, and
• effectively manage change in the organization through more
  readily-available and comprehensive information.

With this announcement, MEGA increases the Suite’s recognized enterprise
architecture (EA) management capabilities with MEGA Business Strategy, a
new, innovative strategy tool for business architecture (BA) and EA
programs. The new software also adds MEGA Portfolio amp; Planning, with
advanced scenario analysis and planning capabilities to truly optimize
IT systems’ transformations. In addition, this release extends
communication capabilities via new dashboards and reports and the
Suite’s adherence to industry standards and frameworks, such as BPMN2,
UML2, XMI exports, DoDAF2, and ArchiMate.

“EA tools provide business value by integrating, analyzing, and
communicating about a wide range of aspects of the organization. This
information must be authoritative, auditable, and meaningful for all
stakeholders,” said Chris Wilson, research director, Gartner, Inc.

“Writing about enterprise architecture management suites (EAMS) in The
Forrester Wave(TM): Enterprise Architecture Management Suites, Q2
2011, coauthor Henry Peyret, principal analyst, Forrester Research,
Inc. noted, “An EAMS supports a broader set of roles outside the EA
group.”

Forrester’s report went on to say that “An EAMS centralizes the most
strategic information on IT and the business.”

MEGA Business Strategy is a dedicated tool that integrates corporate
strategy with business and enterprise architecture, creating a clear
view of the organization’s goals, processes, and resources. It provides
a strong model for enterprise architects and business architects to use
for analysis and decision-making. C-level executives and IT strategists
can use it to assess the alignment of resources and IT initiatives with
corporate strategy.

MEGA Portfolio amp; Planning expands corporate visibility and makes
forecasting and change management faster and easier. Using its master
plans and roadmaps, and a repository of standardized initiatives,
architects and strategists, as well as IT and other managers, can create
added visibility into the organization. The new module makes it possible
to conduct sophisticated modelling and analysis to help enterprises plan
more effectively for future resource allocation based on business
priorities and industry trends.

MEGA is also adding MEGA for ArchiMate to its supported architecture
frameworks. ArchiMate is an open, independent modelling language for EA
that is becoming more popular among enterprise architects.

Several updated frameworks and standards are being added in this
version. MEGA will offer the Department of Defense Architecture
Framework (DoDAF) 2.0 framework through a new version of MEGA
for DoDAF, a repository-based tool for describing and documenting
all DoDAF 2.0 views on architecture. MEGA
Process BPMN Edition will integrate the most recent Business Process
Model and Notation (BPMN) 2 standard. Interoperability in the new
version of the Suite will be enhanced through XPDL, MRT1+, and UML2
integration.

“According to several prominent industry analysts who evaluated the
market and vendors during 2011, MEGA is a leader. The MEGA Suite is the
most advanced EA solution available today,” explained Lucio de Risi,
CEO, MEGA. “With this new release, we have optimized our solution even
more, so that it contributes to business innovation and fulfills company
and stakeholder needs for major capabilities that blend corporate
strategy with enterprise transparency.”

MEGA has been cited by leading analyst firms in their industry research
on enterprise architecture. The EA pioneer was positioned by Gartner,
Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the Magic
Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools report, published
November 30, 2011 and was also cited in Gartner’s Assessment of
Enterprise Architecture Tool Capabilities, published March 31, 2011.
Forrester named MEGA a leader in The
Forrester Wave: Enterprise Architecture Management Suites, Q2
2011.

“We believe the market recognizes MEGA’s vision and innovation, and our
ability to deliver business value to customers,” continued de Risi. “We
credit our position in the market to our focus on business performance,
and our delivery of solutions that help customers implement a global
vision to achieve business success.”

About MEGA

MEGA International provides software solutions for EA, BPA, and GRC.
Based on the powerful MEGA Suite, its solutions are used by more than
75,000 people worldwide. Clients include Aetna, BAE Systems, Cardinal
Health, Choice Hotels, Cox Enterprises, DirecTV, JC Penney, Medco Health
Solutions, Nissan, and Procter amp; Gamble. www.mega.com.

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