EclipseSource Extends Its Portfolio To Eclipse Modeling

Online, March 22, 2011 (Newswire.com) - EclipseSource announced today that it is extending its portfolio and expertise to the area of Eclipse Modeling, with the opening of a Munich branch office in April. EclipseSource Munich will be led by Maximilian Koegel and Jonas Helming, project leads on the Eclipse Modeling projects EMFStore and EMF Client Platform.

"Modeling is one of the hot topics in software development in Europe, and Eclipse modeling technologies are leading in many aspects," said Jochen Krause, CEO and Founder of EclipseSource. "This technology has been an important contributing factor to the enterprise uptake of Eclipse tools and frameworks, so we're very positive about our new team and their expertise."

"With the new team, EclipseSource is reaching out to another important technology and geography in the European Eclipse community," said Mike Milinkovich, Director of the Eclipse Foundation. "We offer them our hearty congratulations."

"We are very excited about joining EclipseSource since it is the company to work with in the area of Eclipse technology," said Jonas Helming, project lead on EMF Store. "The new team in Munich enables us keep a short geographical distance to our important customers."

In addition to assisting customers in implementing Eclipse technologies, the Munich branch will offer workshops and public courses in Eclipse Modeling. In parallel the team's research and development efforts will focus on the open source projects EMF Store, which provides a model repository for EMF models, and EMF Client Platform, a project designed to simplify the development of EMF-based Rich Client applications.

About EclipseSource Incorporated
EclipseSource brings together recognized experts from key Eclipse projects and delivers the ability to meet the demanding technical requirements of commercial adopters. EclipseSource provides a complete range of products and services from fundamental technology development, production and developer support, training and mentoring to commercial management and provisioning solutions.

With leadership roles in over ten key Eclipse projects, EclipseSource provides coverage for all essential Eclipse runtime technology under one roof. The organization has staff in North America and Europe and a truly global customer base ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to individual developers.

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