London – May 5, 2009
MEGA, the industry pioneer in business process analysis (BPA) and enterprise architecture (EA) for nearly 20 years, today announced plans to offer a new adaptation of the MEGA Modeling Suite to support the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF).
This follows the recent introduction of the MEGA Suite for DoDAF, another extension of the MEGA Modeling Suite that supports the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF). MEGA also offers other standardised framework, model, and library support for The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), the US Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF), IT City Planning, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), and Enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM).
The NAF provides standardised guidance, rules, and product descriptions for developing, presenting, and communicating architectures for communications and IT systems. NATO’s complex programs require a structured, standardised approach through architectural frameworks. NATO’s challenges, such as the increased need for the NATO Response Force, put very high demands on information and communications technology.
The NAF ensures a common understanding to compare and integrate architectures within NATO. Its primary use is for development of large-scale defence and security systems where multiple contractors contribute specialised components that must be integrated into a single system. The NAF helps optimise processes, improve the use and deployment of resources, and contribute to better decision making to insure successful NATO programs.
Several projects involving European government agencies and private contractors are underway using the NAF. It is expected to become even more important in France, as that country returns to NATO’s military command for the first time since 1966.
MEGA plans to make the MEGA Suite for NAF available in the autumn this year, to support the current version of the NAF. It will offer easy-to-generate, high quality deliverables and repository design consistency, two important items that have been lacking in previous NAF products from other companies. The product is currently in beta testing with one of the largest aerospace and defence companies in the world.
