The database models created using ERwin could be translated into software built through the PowerBuilder integrated development environment (IDE).

[3] In May 1995, Logic Works ERwin was expanded to include several other IDEs, adding SQLWindows from Gupta Technologies and Visual Basic from Microsoft.

[10] In 2014 Embarcadero Technologies sought to acquire the product from CA, Inc.[2] This acquisition was blocked by the Department of Justice over anti-competitive concerns.

[11][12] In April 2016, Parallax Capital Partners, a private equity firm, acquired the software from CA Technologies[13] and appointed Adam Famularo as CEO.

Users can then forward engineer the data definition language required to instantiate the schema for a range of database-management systems.

[12] The erwin DM 2018 update included Netezza, MySQL 8.x, PostgreSQL 10.4, and Hive; model counts reports; and PII support.

The 2019 update included DB2 z/OS v12, SQL Server 2017, Teradata v16.20, and PostgreSQL 11.2, in addition to reporting enhancements like user-defined properties and filters.

[37] Beginning in 1992, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was one of the larger organizations to utilize ERwin to integrate its many independent databases located at its 120 field offices.