OASIS Member News: ALTOVA Releases Comprehensive Tool Suite for Advanced XML Application Development

[Alexander Falk <al@altova.com>]

ALTOVA Inc., Releases Comprehensive Tool Suite for Advanced XML Application
Development.

Beverly, MA - September 10, 2001 -- Altova, Inc.  ( www.xmlspy.com ) today
announced the release of the XML Spy 4.0 Suite, a comprehensive product-line
of easy-to-use  software tools, facilitating all aspects of XML application
development.  Recently, XML technologies have emerged as the essential
technology for systems integration, data interchange and electronic
commerce, becoming the foundation for virtually all new application
development for corporate Information Systems.  To maximize productivity of
today's software professionals, the XML Spy 4.0 Suite consists of the XML
Spy 4.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the XML Spy 4.0 XSLT
Designer, and the XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor, a comprehensive tool-set for
all XML application development.

The XML Spy 4.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is the industry
leading solution for developing XML-based applications, making it easy to
create and manage XML documents, stylesheets, and schemas. It is the
essential power tool for XML application developers.  XML Spy 4.0 IDE
provides the power and flexibility needed to work with XML content in the
most sophisticated production environments, greatly improving how businesses
create and use information on the internet.  The XML Spy IDE is the first
true IDE for XML, and has won the top awards from leading software
engineering publications.  The XML Spy IDE is currently serving the needs of
the leading global high-tech companies including all of the companies listed
in the NASDAQ-100 index.

The XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer is an innovative new approach to automate
writing of complex XSLT Stylesheets using an intuitive, drag-and-drop user
interface.

The XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor is the easiest word-processor style
free-flow WYSISYG editor for XML documents, empowering non-technical people
to create and edit XML documents. The Document Editor is available as a
browser plug-in or a stand-alone application.

The XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework 
The XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework consists of the XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer
and the XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor, which together form an enterprise-wide
content management solution for creating and deploying large volumes of XML
content in real-world production environments such as web-publishing,
knowledge management or e-commerce.

The XML Spy 4.0 Suite 
The XML Spy 4.0 IDE and XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework together comprise the
XML Spy 4.0 Suite, the most comprehensive tool Suite for Advanced XML
Application Development (AXAD)!

XML Spy 4.0 Authorized Training  
Altova is proud to announce the first authorized course for learning XML and
XML Spy 4.0:  Developed by the Richard Hale Shaw Group
(RichardHaleShawGroup.com -- creators of the XMLBootCamp, UMLBootCamp and
other BootCamp-style, training courses for software developers on COM, ASP,
UML and .NET), XMLSpyBootCamp is a 4-day, hands-on intense immersion in
learning XML and XML Spy 4.0.  This course will be taught publicly, starting
in late October, 2001, and is available as on-site training as well. For
details see www.xmlspybootcamp.com.

XML Spy 4.0 Pricing and Availability
The XML Spy 4.0 Suite is available immediately for download and purchase
from the XML Spy Online Shop, www.xmlspy.com/order.  See website for
complete price-list including special limited-time upgrade pricing,
multi-user or concurrent-user licenses, or contact sales@altova.com. 

Visit the XML Spy booth at software tradeshows this fall, including XML
World (Sept. 18-19), Microsoft PDC (Oct. 22-23), XML Edge (Oct. 24-25), XML
on Wall Street (Nov. 12), and XML Conference & Expo (Dec. 11-13).



About Altova

Altova is a leading provider of XML software solutions with offices in
Beverly, MA and headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The privately held company
was founded in 1992 and has been actively involved in the XML market from
the early conception of Extensible Markup Language. Altova's XML Spy is the
leading choice of Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Altova's XML Spy
product line is the best-selling XML tools suite and has won the leading
industry awards. Altova is a member of the W3C and OASIS.
 

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Altova, XML Spy, and AXAD are trademarks of Altova GmbH registered in
numerous countries.
The names of and reference to companies and products mentioned herein may be
the trademarks of their respective owners.


For more information, press only: 

United States 
- Larry Kim, 978-927-9400 x12, larry@altova.com

Europe 
- Tina Eisinger, +43 (1) 545 5155 22, et@altova.com

For more information, sales only:
- sales@xmlspy.com