Apama is part of the Software AG Designer. It is an Eclipse-based, integrated environment for developing Apama applications. The process of developing an Apama application is centered around an Apama project. In Software AG Designer, you create Apama projects and add new components such as scenarios, blocks, functions, and dashboards. You can also specify pre-packaged Apama components or components from existing projects. With Software AG Designer, you can create launch configurations to test your applications, and export the initialization information necessary for deploying applications.