Advantage Gen
Synonyms
COOL:Gen
IEF
Information Engineering Facility
A CASE tool for rapid application development which generates code from graphical business process models. Formerly called Information Engineering Facility (IEF) and produced by Texas Instruments, it was then bought by Sterling Software, Inc. who renamed it to COOL:Gen to fit into their COOL line of products. Computer Associates International, Inc. then acquired Sterling Software, Inc., and renamed the tool "Advantage Gen".
In 2003, CA are supporting Advantage Gen and adding support for J2EE/EJB, enhanced web enablement, Web services and .Net.