Artisan Software Tools and Aonix have merged to create a new company, Atego. The new company will design and development tools and services for modeling architectures, complex mission and safety-critical systems and software, along with Ada and Java development solutions.
The full product suite also includes tools for requirements interchange, co-simulation, tool-chain integration, process authoring and deployment.
The majority of the new company will be owned by management, employees and existing shareholders, with backing from two investors, namely ETV and Spark Ventures. James B. Gambrell, former CEO of Artisan, has been appointed as executive chairman, Pierre Cesarini, former CEO of Aonix, is the company's CEO. of Atego and is responsible for the merged company's worldwide operations.