Insights · Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect Collaboration & Repository Guide

Performance over VPN, repository formats, DBMS vs Pro Cloud Server, offline work, conflict resolution, documentation and governance — the practical questions a team sharing an EA repository actually runs into, gathered in one place.

Performance & remote access

Performance

Enterprise Architect Over VPN

Why remote modelling sessions feel slow, and what's actually causing it.

Performance

Why Local-First Reduces EA Latency

What "no network round trip during modelling" actually means for a working session.

Use case

How to Share Enterprise Architect With Remote Consultants

The real options for external access, compared on their actual merits.

Repository architecture: shared file, DBMS, Pro Cloud Server

Comparison

CelinQ vs Pro Cloud Server

The short, structured comparison — including when Pro Cloud Server is the better fit.

Comparison

Pro Cloud Server vs Local-First EA

The narrative version, with a worked three-office scenario.

Architecture

Centralized vs Local-First EA

The flagship comparison: what each approach actually buys you.

Offline & distributed teams

Offline

Can Sparx EA Work Offline?

What offline actually means for a shared repository, and where the risk lives.

Distributed

Modelling Across Distributed Teams

Why central repositories punish distance, and what removes the penalty.

Conflicts & merging

Merging

Merging Without Losing Work

Why last-write-wins is data loss with good manners, and what real merging looks like.

Merging

Proof-Carrying Merges

How automatic conflict resolution explains itself, one rule at a time.

Documentation & governance

Documentation

How to Keep Architecture Documentation Up to Date

Why documentation goes stale, and what continuous documentation does about it.

Governance

Audit Trails for Public-Sector EA

What auditors ask for, and how to have the answer ready before they ask.