MALMO, Sweden, Dec. 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Telelogic (Stockholm:TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced that a leading U.S. telecom equipment manufacturer has extended its existing global license agreement for Telelogic TAU in a deal worth US$1.2 million. This follows a next generation license and services purchase with the same company in July 2003 valued at US$1.16 million.
This latest agreement covers both Telelogic's TAU Generation2 and TAU Generation1 tool families. The telecom manufacturer uses TAU/Developer(R) and TAU/Architect(R) from Telelogic's TAU Generation2 tool family and SDL Suite, UML Suite, and TTCN Suite from Telelogic's TAU Generation1 tool family. These automated development and test solutions are deployed at more than 25 locations worldwide.
``The on-going commitment to TAU by one of the world's leading telecom equipment manufacturers is a powerful endorsement of our products' capabilities," said Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO of Telelogic. ``The success that the corporation has had with TAU/Developer's automatic code generation capabilities was a key factor in the decision."
TAU Generation2, which is based on the UML(TM) 2.0 standard, allows companies to deploy an integrated, multi-user visual tool solution that supports and accelerates the entire application development lifecycle -- from system analysis and specification to software design, implementation and testing -- all within the same development environment. Using models to visualize the development process, TAU Generation2 tools enable significant increases in productivity to be realized compared to labor-intensive manual programming approaches.
TAU/Developer 2.0 received a four-star rating by Software Development magazine in an extensive independent product review featured in the April 2003 issue. Four stars, out of a possible five, equates to "Great" and "Probably belongs in your shop" on the magazine's rating system. Software Development is published monthly and is a leading magazine for software development managers, reaching 100,840 subscribers.
About Telelogic TAU
Telelogic TAU is an integrated family of software development and testing tools based on widely accepted, standardized languages (SDL, UML and TTCN). TAU's unique visual development environment and industry-leading functionality simplifies, automates and accelerates the production of real-time and other software. Industry analyst firm Gartner stated in its August 2002 report "The OOA&D Market: 2004 Vendor Update Details" that "Telelogic's TAU Generation2 is the co-market leader . . . for (Object Oriented Analysis and Design) modeling of real-time applications." Telelogic introduced version 2.2 of TAU/Developer and TAU/Architect in October 2003.
About Telelogic
Founded in 1983, Telelogic(R) is a leading global provider of solutionsfor advanced systems and software development. Telelogic's intuitive,best-in-class software tools automate and support best practicesthroughout the application development lifecycle, leaving developmentteams free to concentrate on core competencies and apply their skillsand energy to value-added tasks. By optimizing each phase ofdevelopment, Telelogic enables companies to deliver higher qualitysystems and software with greater predictability, reduced time-to-marketand lower overall costs.
To ensure interoperability with third-party tools, Telelogic's productsare built on an open architecture and standardized languages. As anindustry leader and technology visionary, Telelogic is actively involvedin shaping the future of advanced systems and software development byparticipating in industry organizations like ETSI, INCOSE, ITU-T, OMGand others.
Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden with U.S. headquarters in Irvine,California, Telelogic has operations in 17 countries worldwide.Customers include Alcatel, BAE SYSTEMS, BMW, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler,Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NEC,Nokia, Philips, Siemens and Thales. For more information, please visitwww.telelogic.com.
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