Your users can choose popular tools that support ActiveX automation. UML makes it easier to share models across development teams. Rational Software, the industry leader in UML development, is a Unisys partner. The MOF standard was driven by Unisys and supported by more than 20 other companies. Ultimately, it will be easier for your systems to share metadata across disparate tools.
Users have access to distributed objects anywhere in the enterprise.
Your developers can version and manage database schema changes automatically. The Microsoft SCC standard allows tools to store data in a configuration management system. No retraining is required to leverage the SCC capability. The CVS Unix standard allows tools to store data in a configuration management system. UREP supports the CVS API, allowing popular tools to store application files.