<s>
Unicom	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
is	O
an	O
enterprise	O
architecture	O
tool	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
business	O
and	O
technology	O
departments	O
of	O
corporations	O
and	O
government	O
agencies	O
to	O
model	O
their	O
business	O
operations	O
and	O
the	O
systems	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
databases	O
that	O
support	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
architectures	O
using	O
various	O
frameworks	O
including	O
TOGAF	O
,	O
ArchiMate	B-Architecture
,	O
DoDAF	O
,	O
MODAF	B-Library
,	O
NAF	B-Architecture
and	O
standard	O
method	O
notations	O
such	O
as	O
sysML	B-Language
,	O
UML	B-Language
,	O
BPMN	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
relational	O
data	O
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
is	O
developed	O
by	O
UNICOM	O
Systems	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
UNICOM	O
Global	O
,	O
a	O
United	O
States-based	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
simply	O
,	O
users	O
use	O
EA	O
and	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
to	O
build	O
diagrammatic	O
and	O
textual	O
models	O
of	O
any	O
and	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
their	O
organization	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
who	O
,	O
what	O
,	O
where	O
,	O
when	O
,	O
why	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
things	O
are	O
done	O
so	O
they	O
can	O
understand	O
the	O
current	O
situation	O
,	O
and	O
plan	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parts	O
of	O
the	O
EA	O
can	O
be	O
harvested	O
from	O
existing	O
sources	O
of	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
organization	O
—	O
auto-discovery	O
of	O
network	B-Architecture
architectures	I-Architecture
,	O
database	O
architectures	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
information	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
by	O
all	O
stakeholders	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
—	O
including	O
its	O
workers	O
,	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
outside	O
vendors	O
(	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
access	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
granted	O
to	O
the	O
information	O
)	O
,	O
through	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
information	O
to	O
a	O
static	O
website	O
,	O
or	O
enabling	O
direct	O
web-access	O
to	O
the	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
repository	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
is	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
developing	O
defense	O
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Architecture	O
Development	O
and	O
Analysis	O
Survey	O
,	O
conducted	O
by	O
MITRE	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
US	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
Assistant	O
Secretary	O
of	O
Defense	O
for	O
Networks	O
&	O
Information	O
Integration	O
(	O
OASD	O
NII	O
)	O
and	O
revealed	O
at	O
the	O
CISA	O
worldwide	O
conference	O
on	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
reported	O
that	O
out	O
of	O
96	O
programs	O
building	O
DoDAF	O
architectures	O
responding	O
to	O
the	O
survey	O
,	O
77%	O
used	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
,	O
either	O
by	O
itself	O
(	O
48%	O
)	O
or	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
another	O
modeling	O
tool	O
(	O
29%	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
has	O
been	O
referenced	O
in	O
textbooks	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
enterprise	O
architecture	O
,	O
UML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
data	O
modeling	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
some	O
or	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
models	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
created	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Jan	O
Popkin	O
under	O
the	O
auspices	O
of	O
Popkin	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Windows-based	O
computer-aided	B-Application
software	I-Application
engineering	I-Application
(	O
CASE	O
)	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
evolved	O
through	O
the	O
years	O
to	O
become	O
an	O
enterprise	O
architecture	O
modeling	O
tool	O
—	O
one	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
end	O
user	O
to	O
utilize	O
many	O
notations	O
and	O
methods	O
to	O
model	O
aspects	O
of	O
their	O
organization	O
in	O
a	O
repository	B-Application
,	O
and	O
disseminate	O
this	O
information	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telelogic	B-Language
acquired	O
Popkin	O
Software	O
in	O
April	O
,	O
2005	O
and	O
IBM	O
acquired	O
Telelogic	B-Language
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Telelogic	B-Language
,	O
IBM	O
included	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
(	O
and	O
all	O
other	O
Telelogic	B-Language
products	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
Rational	O
division	O
,	O
named	O
after	O
Rational	O
Software	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
acquired	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
IBM	O
announced	O
that	O
UNICOM	O
Global	O
had	O
acquired	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
from	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
its	O
core	O
development	O
and	O
support	O
team	O
,	O
which	O
originated	O
at	O
Popkin	O
Software	O
,	O
was	O
joining	O
UNICOM	O
Systems	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
includes	O
support	O
for	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Application	B-Application
Portfolio	I-Application
Management	I-Application
,	O
IT	O
portfolio	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
decision-based	O
trade-off	O
analysis	O
via	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
access	O
to	O
Enterprise	O
Architecture	O
repository	B-Application
via	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Graphic	O
models	O
and	O
their	O
underlying	O
information	O
are	O
created	O
and	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
relational	O
database	O
in	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
or	O
SQL	B-Language
Server	O
Express	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
database	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
repository	B-Application
of	O
information	O
and	O
in	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
parlance	O
is	O
called	O
an	O
encyclopedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
also	O
work	O
in	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
configuration	O
on	O
their	O
laptop	O
or	O
workstation	O
using	O
SQL	B-Language
Server	O
Express	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SQL-based	O
query	O
reporting	O
language	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
run	O
reports	O
to	O
answer	O
questions	O
about	O
the	O
information	O
they	O
have	O
modeled	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
what	O
business	O
processes	O
are	O
related	O
to	O
what	O
organizational	O
goals	O
,	O
what	O
applications	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
perform	O
what	O
business	O
processes	O
,	O
what	O
business	O
processes	O
operate	O
on	O
what	O
data	O
entities	O
,	O
what	O
user	O
has	O
modified	O
what	O
information	O
on	O
what	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
forth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
captured	O
in	O
the	O
repository	B-Application
is	O
done	O
so	O
against	O
a	O
metamodel	O
that	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
template	O
for	O
information	O
to	O
capture	O
and	O
how	O
it	O
is	O
all	O
related	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
choose	O
industry-standard	O
metamodels	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
for	O
TOGAF	O
,	O
DoDAF	O
2	O
,	O
ArchiMate	B-Architecture
,	O
sysML	B-Language
,	O
UML	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
add-on	O
tool	O
called	O
SA/Publisher	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
publish	O
websites	O
based	O
on	O
SQL-based	O
queries	O
of	O
the	O
repository	B-Application
using	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
’s	O
reporting	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
provides	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
diagrams	O
,	O
matrices	O
,	O
and	O
work	O
products	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
captured	O
for	O
the	O
US	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
Architecture	O
Framework	O
(	O
DoDAF	O
)	O
version	O
2.02	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
never-officially-released	O
2.03	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Unified	O
Architecture	O
Framework	O
(	O
UAF	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
NATO	B-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
Framework	I-Architecture
(	O
NAF	B-Architecture
)	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
DoDAF	O
—	O
DoDAF	O
1.5	O
standard	O
and	O
DoDAF	O
1.5	O
ABM	O
(	O
supporting	O
the	O
Activity	O
Based	O
Method	O
as	O
specified	O
by	O
MITRE	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
UK	O
Ministry	B-Library
of	I-Library
Defence	I-Library
Architecture	I-Library
Framework	I-Library
(	O
MODAF	B-Library
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
release	O
11.4.4.1	O
,	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
has	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
ArchiMate	B-Architecture
3.0	O
through	O
a	O
licensed	O
add-on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
different	O
add-on	O
than	O
a	O
"	O
Ready	O
For	O
Rational	O
"	O
plugin	O
produced	O
by	O
IBM	O
Business	O
Partner	O
for	O
the	O
ArchiMate	B-Architecture
2.0	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
XT	O
(	O
where	O
XT	O
denotes	O
eXtended	O
Team	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
sister	O
product	O
to	O
System	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
rich	O
client	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
pure	O
web	O
interface	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
repository	B-Application
via	O
a	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SA	O
XT	O
enables	O
remote	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
to	O
browse	O
the	O
repository	B-Application
,	O
run	O
reports	O
against	O
it	O
to	O
ask	O
it	O
questions	O
,	O
and	O
add	O
information	O
into	O
it	O
,	O
including	O
adding	O
definition	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
editing	O
or	O
creating	O
diagrams	O
.	O
</s>
