Andover, MA-January 16, 2006- Lattix Inc. (http://www.lattix.com),
the provider of innovative software architecture management solutions,
today announced the immediate availability of Lattix LDM for Eclipse as
part of the new 2.5 version of Lattix LDM. With this new Eclipse
plugin, Lattix further extends the developers' capabilities to
visualize and maintain the architecture during application development
by delivering the power of Lightweight Dependency Models (LDM) to
formalize, communicate and control the architecture of Eclipse
projects.

Lattix has pioneered an approach that utilizes system interdependencies
to create an accurate blueprint of large, mission-critical software
systems. Lattix LDM is the first commercial product to use a dependency
structure matrix for a highly compact and scaleable representation of
the entire system. With the Lightweight Dependency Model approach,
architects and developers can analyze their architecture in detail,
edit the structure to create what-if scenarios and then specify design
rules to formalize and communicate that architecture to the entire
development organization.

Lattix LDM for Eclipse provides these unique capabilities:

* Map architecture to actual code : Seamlessly go from the big picture
to the detail. Select a subsystem and examine the code associated with
its dependencies.

* Test architecture and detect architectural violations while coding:
Maintain the architecture during actual development and prevent
architectural erosion.

* Refactor architecture: Combine architectural remediation suggested by
Lattix LDM with Eclipse refactoring capabilities in order to decouple
subsystems, remove unwanted dependencies and rename subsystems so that
the code organization reflects the intended architecture.

You can learn about the Lightweight Dependency Model approach from:
http://www.lattix.com/technology/whatisdsm.htm
You can see a demo of the approach from:
http://www.lattix.com/gettingstarted/demo10.htm

Lattix LDM for Eclipse and Lattix LDM V2.5 are immediately available
for Java and C/C++. A free Community Edition is also available.

About Lattix: Lattix is the leader of software architecture management
solutions that deliver higher software quality and lower risk
throughout the application lifecycle.  Lattix LDM provides a new
lightweight approach of utilizing dependency models for automated
analysis and enforcement of architectures.   Lattix is located in
Andover, MA.  More information about Lattix can be found at
http://www.lattix.com.

Lattix Contact : Lattix Inc., 8 Harper Circle, Andover, MA  01810; Tel:
978-474-5022; Fax: 630-604-3261; Email: info@lattix.com;

Media Contact: Barbara Stewart, Patterson & Associates, 480-488-6909,
barbara@patterson.com