Altova is a commercial software development company with headquarters in
Beverly, MA, United States and
Vienna, Austria that produces integrated
XML,
JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced ; also ) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays (or other ser ...
,
database,
UML
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental modeling language in the field of software engineering that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.
The creation of UML was originally ...
, and
data management
Data management comprises all disciplines related to handling data as a valuable resource.
Concept
The concept of data management arose in the 1980s as technology moved from sequential processing (first punched cards, then magnetic tape) to r ...
software development tools.
Company
Altova was founded in 1992 as an XML development software company.
Its software is used by more than 4 million users
and more than 100,000 companies globally.
The first product was
XMLSpy, and around the year 2000, Altova began to develop new tools to augment XMLSpy and expand into new areas of software development.
The CEO and president of Altova is Alexander Falk, who has explained that the development of Altova software has occurred through the inclusion of features most requested by the users of previous program incarnations. Falk is also the inventor behind Altova's patents.
Altova software attempts to increase the efficiency of program use in order to reduce the amount of time needed for users to learn database software
and other tasks such as query execution. Examples of Altova software includes the
XML editor
XMLSpy, and MapForce, a data mapping tool.
Altova has also added XBRL capable programs to its XML software line, including development tools. In addition, they have included
Web Services Description Language,
project management and
Unified Modeling Language capabilities to their software. Most recently, the company has introduced a mobile development environment called MobileTogether for developing cross-platform enterprise mobile solutions.
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Programs
* XMLSpy — XML editor for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML technologiesUML
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental modeling language in the field of software engineering that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.
The creation of UML was originally ...
modeling tooldata management
Data management comprises all disciplines related to handling data as a valuable resource.
Concept
The concept of data management arose in the 1980s as technology moved from sequential processing (first punched cards, then magnetic tape) to r ...
, query, and design toolXSLT
XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is a language originally designed for transforming XML documents into other XML documents, or other formats such as HTML for web pages, plain text or XSL Formatting Objects, which may subseque ...
, WSDL and management toolXSLT
XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is a language originally designed for transforming XML documents into other XML documents, or other formats such as HTML for web pages, plain text or XSL Formatting Objects, which may subseque ...
and XQuery processing
Awards
*Named to the SD Times 100 six times, including in 2010
* 2009 Gartner Cool Vendor in Application Development
* 2009 ''Visual Studio Magazine'' Readers Choice Award Winner
* 2009 '' Windows IT Pro Magazine'' Editor's Best Developmental Tool, Silver Award
* 2007 '' Windows IT Pro Magazine'' Best of Connections Award, Office Category
* 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014 Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards
See also
* XMLSpy
References
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External links
Altova Web site
Development software companies
Software companies of Austria