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Rational tool doesn't play favourites
News Rational Software on Tuesday introduced a new software development tool that is compatible with software from Microsoft, IBM and Sun Microsystems. We saw those two platforms as the pre-eminent development platforms, but that's not to say we won't...
[February 6, 2002, 6:31]
Rational updates modelling tool for .Net
News Rational on Monday spruced up its XDE Professional tool with support for Microsoft's Visual Basic.Net language and ASP.Net class library technology, which makes it easier to build complex Web-based business systems by handling much of the...
[August 20, 2002, 9:09]
Boldly going to IBM Rational 2008
News During his presentations at the IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2008 in Orlando, Florida in June, prominent coding guru and IBM fellow Grady Booch said this year's event had drawn a more interesting and diverse mix of attendees than...
[June 11, 2008, 15:40]
IBM tightens up Rational 'team' tools
News IBM this month will release an upgrade to its Rational tools designed to give development teams more control and better oversight. At the Rational Software Develompent Conference on Tuesday, Team, IBM announced enhancements due later this month in...
[June 5, 2006, 15:30]
Microsoft: Linux debate needs to be 'more rational'
News We need to get back into more of a rational discussion about what is the cost of running Linux and open source. Microsoft has dismissed high-profile European government defections to Linux, such as the city of Munich, but admitted Europe will be a...
[June 30, 2004, 15:50]
IBM to buy Rational for $2.1bn
News IBM is to buy Rational Software for $2.1bn (£1.3bn), the companies said on Friday. Buying Rational will enable IBM to provide a complete software development environment for companies that want to integrate their business processes and software...
[December 6, 2002, 13:20]
IBM's Rational eases Java development
News IBM's software group is getting ready to unveil a Java development tool, the fruit of its acquisition of Rational Software, that promises to make it easier for programmers to build custom business applications.
[May 20, 2003, 7:50]
IBM opens up Rational focus
News IBM is rewriting its Rational development tools to work more closely with Eclipse open-source software, in the first phase of a Big Blue push to integrate its programming products. Over the next year and a half, the company will rework the Rational...
[March 30, 2004, 9:00]
IBM integrates Rational into Tivoli tools
News The products, which will be released this year, are being developed by Tivoli but will draw on existing software in IBM's Rational tools division, he said. In IBM's case, it has built connections between its Tivoli software for "provisioning," or...
[April 29, 2005, 9:35]
Microsoft: We won't dump J++
News Earlier reports that the development of J++ was to be sold off to rival software firm Rational Software, have been refuted by the software corporation. According to Tony Goodhew, Microsoft Visual Studio Product Manager, the confusion comes from the...
[December 6, 1999, 11:11]
Atlantic launch expands IBM's tools range
News IBM has expanded its range of Rational development tools with the launch of four new modules aimed at different parts of the development process. The new modules are Portfolio Manager, Software Architect, Software Modeler and Manual Tester...
[October 13, 2004, 10:00]
IBM ploughs deeper into SME market
News IBM announced on Friday a raft of scaled-down software products for small businesses, including SME versions of Rational Build Forge and Tivoli Network Manager. One of the new product offerings, Rational Build Forge, is designed to manage the...
[October 8, 2007, 13:12]
Grady Booch: The developer's developer
News Prior to the acquisition, Rational had made a commitment to the Eclipse platform and worked closely with IBM on a variety of technical and customer elements, such as the UML standard. The chief scientist, since 1980, of development tools specialist...
[September 26, 2007, 17:34]
IBM acquires source code-scanning tools
News Earlier this year, IBM released Rational AppScan, designed to scan Flash and Ajax-based applications for security defects, and the Ounce purchase is intended to complement this product, the company said.
[July 29, 2009, 16:47]
IBM fine-tunes Jazz open-source project
News In June, IBM will also discuss how Jazz will be layered into IBM's existing Rational development suites, Sabbah said. Set to launch in June at Jazz.net, the project will be based on work from IBM Research and its Rational tools division around...
[January 31, 2007, 7:31]
IBM buys developer BuildForge
News The privately held Texas company was already a Ready for IBM Rational software business partner, developing their products based on the Rational development platform. The addition of BuildForge strengthens the company's Rational software...
[May 3, 2006, 10:00]
IBM's Jazz project lets outsiders tune in
News As part of its Jazz project, the computing giant is expected to announce on Monday at its Rational Software Development Conference in Orlando, Florida, plans to use an open-source-style process during the building of its forthcoming collaborative...
[June 11, 2007, 8:32]
IBM pitches flexible package at mid-size firms
News The new releases are Rational AppScan OnDemand, Tivoli Foundations Application Manager, Tivoli Foundations Service Manager, Enhanced Technical Support (ETS) gateway and System Storage DS3950 Express. IBM Rational AppScan OnDemand is a service aimed...
[October 27, 2009, 7:02]
IBM raises the tempo with Jazz
News Coming one year after Jazz was first announced, the new products were unveiled by IBM's vice president for marketing and strategy Scott Hebner during Monday's keynote sessions at the company's Rational Software Development Conference in Orlando...
[June 3, 2008, 10:14]
IBM acquires Telelogic
News Telelogic will be incorporated into IBM's Rational Software division, which came about through IBM's purchase of another supplier of software development tools called Rational. But we thought that too of IBM and Rational when the former acquired...
[June 11, 2007, 13:51]
