Rational software from IBM

Rational Software from IBM helps organisations create business value by improving their software development capability. The Rational software development platform integrates software engineering best practices, tools, and services. With it, organisations thrive in an on demand world by being more responsive, resilient, and focused.
Rational's standards-based, cross-platform solution helps software development teams create and extend business applications, embedded systems and software products. Ninety-eight of the Fortune 100 rely on Rational tools to build better software, faster.
THE ON DEMAND ERA;
Today's customers want more. They want higher quality, delivered at lower cost. They want faster turnaround, more personalised service, and greater customisation. And they want it now. To meet these needs, organisations are evolving their business to become more:
-- Responsive to dynamic changes in demand, supply and pricing
-- Adaptive to variable cost structures, with scalable business processes
-- Focused on core competencies that create competitive advantage
-- Resilient to threats with consistent availability and security.
Welcome to the On Demand era. This new wave of enterprise transformation requires tighter integration of applications and businesses processes, more collaborative relationships with customers and business partners-and an enhanced emphasis on software development.
RATIONAL: The software development platform for an on demand world
Software development competency is essential to building and evolving the software ecosystems that power an on demand world: applications that create strategic advantage, adapt quickly to changing business needs, and provide high levels of reliability and scalability.
The Rational platform fundamentally improves the way organisations build software. It encourages teams to:
-- Adopt iterative development practices that reduce project risk.
-- Focus on architecture, to develop more resilient systems that adapt more quickly to changing business needs.
-- Effectively manage change and protect critical strategic assets.
THE RESULT: a more proficient software development team, and a more responsive, resilient, and focused business.
IDC has recognised Rational as the revenue leader in multiple application development and deployment markets.
PROCESS MADE PRACTICAL: The implementation of a nimble yet targeted development process is crucial to software development success. That's why IBM Rational developed Rational Unified Process(r) (RUP(r)), an industry-wide platform for process guidance.
Rational Unified Process combines a core set of industry-proven best practices with optional process Plug-Ins to support projects of any size or scope. All types of projects-including small, Web-based and mission-critical can realise more predictable results by implementing Rational Unified Process.
UNIFIED TOOLS FOR THE PROJECT TEAM: IBM Rational tools provide full lifecycle support for individual contributors and the extended development team.
Individually,Rational tools are leaders in their respective market categories.Combined, they offer unprecedented automation and ease of use. Rational tools span Windows, UNIX, Linux, and mainframe platforms and support a host of languages, IDEs, and operating environments, including:Java, Eclipse, C/C++/C No, Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft. NET, COM/+, CORBA, more than 100 cross-development environments for real-time and embedded system developers, and evolving Internet/Web services standards.
SERVICES FOR ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION: IBM Rational works closely with customers to accelerate their success. Our services encompass world-wide consulting, deployment packages, technical support, and a wealth of knowledge and training resources.
Rational Developer Network(tm) delivers online content, training, discussion groups and artefacts tailored to the IBM Rational community. With more than 20 years of experience, IBM Rational has a proven track record of successful services delivery.
RATIONAL PRODUCTS: IBM Rational products support every discipline on the software team, including requirements & analysis, design & construction, automated testing, software configuration management, and lifecycle management.