{"id":816,"date":"2009-03-03T13:41:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T13:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/?p=816"},"modified":"2023-09-01T15:46:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:46:54","slug":"abacus-is-peaf-certified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/news\/abacus-is-peaf-certified\/","title":{"rendered":"ABACUS is PEAF Certified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"feat_text\">Avolution, the market leader in metrics-based analysis of architectures and Pragmatic EA the developer of PeaF, today announced that Avolution&#8217;s ABACUS enterprise modelling solution is the first tool to be certified to support the Pragmatic Enterprise Architecture Framework (PeaF) Version 1.1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The library can be downloaded for free\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/support\/community\/\">Avolution Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Through its PeaF certification, Avolution can provide organisations with the flexibility to use this pragmatic framework with the ABACUS modelling solution for their enterprise architecture practice. Avolution will support the framework in its training and professional services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Avolution continues to support a wide range of industry standards on architecture, and is proud to be the first tool certified to support the emerging PeaF standard. This is another example of how seriously the market is taking PeaF,&#8221; said Dr Tim O&#8217;Neill, founder of Avolution. &#8220;The flexibility of the ABACUS software allows us to accommodate new frameworks very quickly. In the case of PeaF, it took under a day to create the ABACUS library, and we anticipate it will be a valuable addition for our users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lee Smith, founder of Pragmatic EA said: &#8220;We are delighted that Avolution has been able to attain PeaF Certified Tool Vendor Status. The fundamental structure of ABACUS is testament to Avolution\u2019s understanding and commitment to Enterprise Architecture. We were also very impressed by the unique metrics and trade-off based analytics. ABACUS is not just a tool to store information, ABACUS is a comprehensive EA decision analysis and support platform that is also charting new territory with advanced 3D visualisations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For further details please contact Avolution on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sales@avolutionsoftware.com\">sales@avolutionsoftware.com<\/a>\u00a0or Pragmatic EA on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Info@PragmaticEA.com\">Info@PragmaticEA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-821 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PEAF-Framework-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"PEAF Framework\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PEAF-Framework-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PEAF-Framework-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PEAF-Framework-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PEAF-Framework.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avolution, the market leader in metrics-based analysis of architectures and Pragmatic EA the developer of PeaF, today announced that Avolution&#8217;s ABACUS enterprise modelling solution is the first tool to be certified to support the Pragmatic Enterprise Architecture Framework (PeaF) Version 1.1. 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