Altova

Altova was founded in 1992 as an XML development software company.{{cite news |url=http://xbrlblog.com/an-interview-with-altova.html |title=An Interview with Altova |publisher=XBRL Blog Magazine |author=Ilija Šuša |date=July 28, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020103603/http://xbrlblog.com/an-interview-with-altova.html |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all }} 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.{{cite web |author=Alex Woodie |url=http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs030210-story02.html |date=March 2, 2010 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |title=Altova Adds DB2/400 Support to XML Development |publisher=IT Jungle}} The CEO and president of Altova is Alexander Falk,{{cite web |url=http://www.dbta.com/Articles/Editorial/News-Flashes/Altova-Adds-Support-for-Health-and-Financial-Industry-Specific-Regulatory-Standards-57697.aspx |date=October 28, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |publisher=Database Trends and Applications |title=Altova Adds Support for Health and Financial Industry-Specific Regulatory Standards}} 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.{{cite news |publisher=Visual Studio Magazine |url=http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/11/11/altova-updates-missionkit-suite.aspx |author=Michael Desmond |title=Altova Updates MissionKit Suite |date=November 11, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013}} Falk is also the inventor behind Altova's patents.{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US7200816 |title=Patent: US 7200816 |access-date=February 6, 2013 |date=April 3, 2007}}

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{{cite magazine |url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-management/altova-databasespy-makes-dbs-user-friendly-390 |title=Altova DatabaseSpy makes DBs user-friendly |date=April 9, 2007 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |author=Sean McCown |magazine=InfoWorld}} and other tasks such as query execution.{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163343.aspx |author=Scott Mitchell |publisher=MSDN Magazine |title=Manage databases, easier FTP, and clustered caching |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |date=October 2007}} Examples of Altova software includes the XML editor XMLSpy,{{cite web |url=http://adtmag.com/articles/2008/05/15/javaone-wrapup-new-products-from-dotfx-canoo-coverity-infragistics-more.aspx |publisher=Application Development Trends |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |date=May 15, 2008 |title=JavaOne Wrap-Up: New Products from dotFX, Canoo, Coverity, Infragistics, More |author=John K. Waters}} and MapForce, a data mapping tool.{{cite web |url=http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2008/08/28/performing-comparisons-with-team-foundation-server.aspx |date=August 28, 2008 |author=Jeff Levinson |title=Performing Comparisons with Team Foundation Server |publisher=Visual Studio Magazine |accessdate=February 6, 2013}} Altova has also added XBRL capable programs to its XML software line,{{cite news |url=http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/03/01/altova-missionkit-boasts-xbrl-savvy.aspx |title=Altova MissionKit Boasts XBRL Savvy |author=Ken Cox |date=March 1, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |publisher=Visual Studio Magazine}} including development tools.{{cite news |url=http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/05/19/Nevada-XBRL.aspx?Page=1 |date=May 19, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |title=Nevada tags financial data |publisher=GCN Magazine |author=Joab Jackson}} In addition, they have included Web Services Description Language,{{cite web |url=http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=33950&page=2 |publisher=SD Times |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |date=December 1, 2009 |title=News Briefs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213135144/http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=33950&page=2 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }} project management and Unified Modeling Language capabilities to their software.{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/software-review-umodel-2010-from-altova/ |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |title=Software Review: UModel 2010 from Altova |author=T. Michael Testi |date=February 10, 2010}} Most recently, the company has introduced a mobile development environment called MobileTogether for developing cross-platform enterprise mobile solutions. At the beginning of 2014, the company claimed to have more than 4.6 million users of its software.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.altova.com/company |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.altova.com |language=en}}

• XMLSpy—XML editor for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML technologies
• MapForce—any-to-any graphical data mapping, conversion, and integration tool
• MapForce FlexText—graphical utility for parsing flat files
• StyleVision—multipurpose visual XSLT stylesheet design, multi-channel publishing, and report building tool{{cite web |url=http://www.webpronews.com/three-is-the-magic-xml-number-2006-06 |author=David Utter |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |date=June 27, 2006 |title=Three Is The Magic XML Number |publisher=WebProNews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914035542/http://www.webpronews.com/three-is-the-magic-xml-number-2006-06 |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
• UModel—UML modeling tool{{cite news |publisher=Dr. Dobb's Journal |title=Altova Tools Add OOXML and Improved Database Support |date=September 13, 2007 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |url=http://www.drdobbs.com/web-development/altova-tools-add-ooxml-and-improved-data/201806397 |author=John Dorsey}}
• DatabaseSpy—multi-database data management, query, and design tool
• DiffDog—XML-aware file, directory, and database differencing tool
• SchemaAgent — graphical XML Schema, XSLT, WSDL and management tool{{cite web |publisher=Computerwoche |url=http://www.computerwoche.de/a/altova-vereinfacht-aufbau-von-web-services,1208460 |date=February 15, 2006 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |title=Altova simplifies building Web services}}
• Authentic—WYSIWYG XML authoring tool and database content editor{{cite news |url=http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/altova-conjures-up-xml-alchemy/240007899 |author=Adrian Bridgwater |title=Altova Conjures Up XML Alchemy |date=September 24, 2012 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |publisher=Dr. Dobb's Journal}}
• MissionKit—Altova's integrated suite of XML, SQL, and UML software tools{{cite news |publisher=Dr. Dobb's Journal |title=Altova Aims For Eye-Catching XML Power |date=February 22, 2011 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |url=http://www.drdobbs.com/web-development/altova-aims-for-eye-catching-xml-power/229219046 |author=Adrian Bridgwater}}
• MobileTogether—Cross-platform mobile development environment for native apps for the enterprise{{cite news |publisher=ADT Magazine |title=Mobile Development Product Watch: Cross-Platform Is King |date=May 20, 2014 |accessdate=September 22, 2014 |url=http://adtmag.com/articles/2014/05/20/mobile-development-product-watch.aspx |author=David Ramel}}
• FlowForce Server—Server software for managing automation of business processes{{cite news |url=http://www.zdnet.com/altova-debuts-enterprise-server-software-trio-7000014659/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130827154836/http://www.zdnet.com/altova-debuts-enterprise-server-software-trio-7000014659/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 27, 2013 |author=Andrew Nusca |accessdate=August 27, 2013 |date=April 30, 2013 |title=Altova debuts enterprise server software trio |work=ZDNet}}
• RaptorXML Server—XML and XBRL server with support for XML validation, XBRL validation, and XSLT and XQuery processing{{cite web |url=http://www.sdtimes.com/link/44638 |author=David Rubinstein |accessdate=August 27, 2013 |date=April 24, 2013 |title=Altova announces RaptorXML validation server |publisher=SD Times}}

• XMLSpy

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• [https://www.altova.com Altova Web site]

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