| Date |
Owner |
Product Name(s) |
Comment |
| 1989 |
SDP |
AMC*Designor 2.0 |
The first commercial is release in France by SDP (Suresne), under the name: AMC*Designor 2. The “OR” stands for Oracle, the first database targeted by SDP. |
| 1992 |
SDP |
S-Designor 3.0 |
SDP expands their business abroad and publish a first version dedicated to the US market called S-Designor 3. The main reason for a different version is that the most popular analysis methodology in France at that time (MERISE) was not used in the US, hence a different set of models and features for both products. |
| 1995 |
PowerSoft |
PowerDesigner |
PowerSoft acquires SDP in 1995 and renames S-Designor to PowerDesigner, for a matter of consistency with the brands PowerBuilder and Powersoft. PowerSoft had been taken over by sybase in 1994, and was still operating as a Sybase subsidiary and owner of Powerdesigner at that time. Future versions of the product will be released under the Sybase umbrella, without the name PowerSoft. |
| 1995 |
PowerSoft |
PowerAMC |
AMC*Designor becomes PowerAMC. |
| 1997 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 6.0 |
|
| 1997 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 6.0 |
|
| 1999 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 7.0 |
|
| 1999 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 7.0 |
|
| 2001 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 8.0 |
|
| 2001 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 9.5 |
|
| 2002 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 9.0 |
|
| 2004 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 10.0 |
|
| 2004 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 10.0 |
|
| 2005 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 11.0 |
|
| 2005 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 11.0 |
|
| 2006 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 12.0 |
Metadata mappings and reporting features |
| 2006 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 12.0 |
|
| 2007 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 12.5 |
UML 2.0, ETL, EII (Enterprise Information Integration) |
| 2007 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 12.5 |
|
| 2008 |
Sybase |
PowerDesigner 15.0 |
Enterprise Architecture Model, customizable frameworks, Impact and Lineage Analysis Diagram, logical data model |
| 2008 |
Sybase |
PowerAMC 15.0 |
Same as PowerDesigner 15.0 made available in French |
| 2011 |
Sybase, a SAP company |
PowerDesigner 16.0 |
SAP acquires Sybase in 2010. As for PowerSoft, the first version is released under the name of the previous owner. Future versions will include the prefix SAP. New Shell, Role based UI, Glossary, Impact analysis on repository, Sybase IQ reference architecture wizard. |
| 2011 |
SAP |
PowerAMC 16.0 |
Same as PowerDesigner 16.0 made available in French |
| 2013 |
SAP |
SAP PowerDesigner 16.5 |
SAP Platform support: SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Netweaver SAP Solution Manager |
| 2015 |
SAP |
SAP PowerAMC 16.5 |
|
| 2016 |
SAP |
PowerDesigner 16.6 |
PowerAMC is no longer available as a separate product. The features of the 2 editions were similar for several years. They are now delivered with a single installer, but the user can choose the installation language. |
