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{{Infobox company
|name             = Altova
|foundation       = 1992
|logo		  = Altova logo.svg
|logo_caption = Company logo
|key_people       = Alexander Falk
|type             = Private Subsidiary
|industry         = [[Software|Computer software]]
|location_city    = [[Beverly, MA]] and [[Vienna, Austria]]
|area_served      = Worldwide
|homepage         = [https://www.altova.com Altova homepage]
}}
'''Altova''' is a commercial software development company with headquarters in [[Beverly, MA]], [[United States]] and [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], that produces integrated [[XML]], [[JSON]], [[database]], [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]], and [[data management]] software development tools.
==Company==
Altova was founded in 1992 as an XML development software company.<ref name=Susa>{{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=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Its software is used by more than 4 million users<ref name=Susa /> and more than 100,000 companies globally.<ref name=Woodie /> 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.<ref name=Woodie>{{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}}</ref> The CEO and president of Altova is Alexander Falk,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Falk is also the inventor behind Altova's patents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US7200816 |title=Patent: US 7200816 |access-date=February 6, 2013 |date=April 3, 2007}}</ref>
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<ref name=McCown>{{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]]}}</ref> and other tasks such as query execution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163343.aspx |author=Scott Mitchell |publisher=[[MSDN|MSDN Magazine]] |title=Manage databases, easier FTP, and clustered caching |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |date=October 2007}}</ref> Examples of Altova software includes the [[XML]] editor [[XMLSpy]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> and MapForce, a data mapping tool.<ref name=Bridgwater /><ref>{{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}}</ref> Altova has also added XBRL capable programs to its XML software line,<ref>{{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}}</ref> including development tools.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In addition, they have included [[Web Services Description Language]],<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[project management]] and [[Unified Modeling Language]] capabilities to their software.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Most recently, the company has introduced a mobile development environment called MobileTogether for developing cross-platform enterprise mobile solutions.<ref name=Ramel/> At the beginning of 2014, the company claimed to have more than 4.6 million users of its software.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.altova.com/company |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.altova.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Programs==
* [[XMLSpy]]—[[XML editor]] for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging [[XML]] technologies<ref name=WOCone />
* MapForce—any-to-any graphical [[data mapping]], conversion, and integration tool<ref name=WOCone />
** MapForce FlexText—graphical utility for parsing flat files
* StyleVision—multipurpose visual XSLT stylesheet design, multi-channel publishing, and report building tool<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[UModel]]—[[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] modeling tool<ref name=Dorsey>{{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}}</ref>
* [[DatabaseSpy]]—multi-database [[data management]], query, and design tool<ref name=McCown />
* DiffDog—XML-aware file, directory, and database differencing tool<ref name=Bridgwater />
* SchemaAgent — graphical [[XML Schema (W3C)|XML Schema]], [[XSLT]], [[Web Services Description Language|WSDL]] and  management tool<ref name=WOCone>{{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}}</ref>
* Authentic—[[WYSIWYG]] XML authoring tool and database content editor<ref name=Bridgwaterthree>{{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]]}}</ref>
* MissionKit—Altova's integrated suite of XML, SQL, and UML software tools<ref name=Bridgwater>{{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}}</ref>
* MobileTogether—Cross-platform mobile development environment for native apps for the enterprise<ref name=Ramel>{{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}}</ref>
* FlowForce Server—Server software for managing automation of business processes<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* RaptorXML Server—XML and XBRL server with support for [[XML validation]], [[XBRL]] validation, and [[XSLT]] and [[XQuery]] processing<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Awards==
*Named to the [[SD Times|SD Times 100]] six times, including in 2010<ref>''The SD Times 100, 2010: A Noble Gathering of Leaders''. [The SD Times 100, 2010: A Noble Gathering of Leaders]</ref>
* 2009 [[Gartner]] Cool Vendor in Application Development<ref>{{cite web |title=Cool Vendors in Application Development, New Tools |year=2009 |url=http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=924113 |publisher=[[Gartner|Gartner Report]]}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* 2009 ''Visual Studio Magazine'' Readers Choice Award Winner<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Visual Studio Magazine |url=http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/08/01/2009-Readers-Choice-Awards.aspx?Page=2&p=1 |date=August 1, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 |title=IN-DEPTH: 2009 Readers Choice Awards}}</ref>
* 2009 ''Windows IT Pro Magazine'' Editor's Best Developmental Tool, Silver Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/best-of-connections-2007-winners--97523 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412050542/http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/best-of-connections-2007-winners--97523 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |publisher=Windows IT Pro Magazine |title=2009 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards |date=November 19, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013 }}</ref>
* 2007 ''Windows IT Pro Magazine'' Best of Connections Award, Office Category<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/best-of-connections-2007-winners--97523 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412050542/http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/best-of-connections-2007-winners--97523 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |date=November 7, 2007 |author=Amy Eisenberg |title=Best of Connections 2007 Winners! |publisher=Windows IT Pro Magazine }}</ref>
* 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014 [[Jolt Awards|Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards |title=Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards |accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[XMLSpy]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.altova.com Altova Web site]
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[[Category:Software companies of Austria]]