SQL Power Architect is Embraced by Data Modelers Everywhere
Since it's highly-anticipated Open Source release on 7-7-07, the SQL Power Architect Data Modeling Tool has been downloaded over 10,000 times by users across the globe. The 10,000 download mark was reached on August 25, just 7 weeks after it's release.

The SQL Power Architect's unique feature set (it is currently the only java-based open source data modelling tool with ETL integration and data "snapshots" that enable the user to continue working while not connected to the databases) is making it a worldwide success, and the kudos keep pouring in: The SQL Power Architect "delivered an ERD which is as well laid out as I have seen: even high end tools I've tried couldn't make any better job of it in the first pass."; -scotdb, Diary of a Database Geek (blogs.ittoolbox.com). The SQL Power Architect is being downloaded and acclaimed by Mac, Windows and Unix users alike, and is also gaining popularity as a lower-cost alternative to proprietary data modelling tools such as Erwin.

Why go Open Source?
Database productivity tools are becoming a commodity. There are in fact several good open source alternatives to most proprietary database tools, and the industry is slowly starting to adopt them because they offer more value. Experts in the field believe that Open Source software is the future for Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence projects, because clients can take the money they used to spend on license fees and use it towards value-adding development.

SQL Power decided to Open Source it's already-popular data modeling tool to improve it: "By embracing the open source model, we are leveraging the efforts of a vast world-wide community," says Sam Selim, president of SQL Power. "This allows us to focus more on our consulting while still maintaining our world-class productivity tools." And it's already working: input from worldwide users has been driving the development and making the SQL Power Architect more reliable and powerful every day.