We’re delighted to announce that Archi version 5 is now available to download. There are many new features, improvements and fixes in this release so please take a look at the full list of changes in the Version History. Here’s a summary of some of the new features in Archi 5. Support for ArchiMate 3.2 […]
Archi 4.10 Released
We’re pleased to announce that Archi version 4.10 is now available. There are some new features, improvements and fixes in this release so please take a look at the full list of changes in the Version History. The focus of this release has been to add some useful new features such as Specializations in the […]
Archi 4.9 Released
We’re delighted to announce that Archi version 4.9 is now available to download. There are many new features, improvements and fixes in this release so please take a look at the full list of changes in the Version History. Here’s a summary of some of the new features in Archi 4.9. Specializations The main feature […]
Archi 4.8 Released
Archi version 4.8 is now available to download. The new features, improvements and fixes in this release are listed in the Version History. As well as updates and fixes to Archi’s UI and themes, this release adds support for macOS Big Sur.
Archi 4.7 Released
We’re happy to announce that Archi version 4.7 is now available to download. It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally here! We’ve crammed in a lot of new features, improvements and fixes into this release so please take a look at the full list of changes in the Version History. Here’s an overview […]
C4 Model, Architecture Viewpoint and Archi 4.7
In November ’19, I gave a talk at The Open Group Amsterdam event and shared examples of C4 views created using Archi. This raised a lot of comments and questions that I’m going to answer in this post. The C4 Model The C4 Model is a set of architecture viewpoints designed by Simon Brown to […]
Archi 4.6 now supports ArchiMate 3.1
We’re happy to announce that Archi version 4.6 is now available to download. The focus for this release has been on the following key areas: Support for ArchiMate 3.1 Improvements to UI and UX Optimisations and refinements Support for ArchiMate 3.1 ArchiMate 3.1 was announced by The Open Group last week at their November Amsterdam […]
Archi 4.5 Released
Archi version 4.5 is now available to download. The focus for this release has been on the following key areas: Speed and memory optimisations Better plug-in management Building upon more recent versions of Eclipse and Java Speed and memory optimisations When Archi was first developed, almost 10 years ago, we had no idea that it […]
Archi 4.4 Released
Archi version 4.4 is now available to download. This release contains many fixes, tweaks and quality of life improvements. Many Archi users will be glad to know that we no longer bundle Oracle’s Java Runtime with the Windows and Mac installers. We are now bundling OpenJDK 8 (https://adoptopenjdk.net/) with these installers, which means that you […]
Long read: Modelling Identity in Enterprise Architecture / ArchiMate
While I regularly inspect ICT architecture models (both as a teacher and as a consultant) I don’t often see concepts for “identities” and “accounts” present in those models. Authentication and authorization (A&A) may be implied in those models, usually by connecting the system or application with an identity provider such as a directory service, but […]