Design and development

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Design and development software enables collaborative design, implementation, and testing of software, applications, products, and systems.

IBM design and development offerings support a wide range of architectures, technologies, databases, platforms, and devices spanning distributed, IBM System z®, IBM Power Systems™, high performance computing, embedded systems, and industry solutions.

IBM design and development software can help you:

Improve your responsiveness to business needs by leveraging an open, modular, integrated environment
Improve quality by standardizing on a common set of tools, components, and best practices for all platforms
Achieve faster return on investment (ROI) through flexible reuse and optimization of core assets
Optimize productivity through a collaborative development

Design and development solutions

Application development
Deliver high-quality, flexible, innovative software with integrated development solutions.
Architecture and design (US)
Architect flexible, scalable software based on industry standards to meet specific business and infrastructure needs.
Power Systems development (US)
Optimize the value of your applications and infrastructure to deliver modern software solutions using an integrated set of tools specifically designed for IBM Power Systems.
Real-time, embedded systems and software
Model, visually analyze, construct, and assess systems and software architecture from requirements while enhancing design collaboration across the diverse set of stakeholders and disciplines.
System z development (US)
Modernize, extend, and maintain complex business applications with development solutions designed to transform your core systems into flexible applications and services for IBM System z.
Validation and verification
Create verification and validation plans, execute on performance and functional tests, and manage the overall quality of delivered software and systems.
Visualization components
Create richly graphical and highly interactive user interface displays for mission-critical applications while reducing development time and risk.

Design and development software

IBM ILOG JViews Enterprise

Java™ components for building highly custom, graphical desktop, Ajax, and Eclipse displays.

IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software

Eclipse-based, agile, enterprise development environment for Java developers.

IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software

A comprehensive development environment for creating and maintaining applications on IBM AIX® and IBM i, including C/C++ and COBOL applications on AIX and RPG, COBOL, CL, and DDS applications on IBM i.

IBM Rational Developer for System z

The premier IDE for creating platform independent services and for building traditional and composite applications, including IBM CICS®, IMS™, COBOL, PL/I, Java, EGL, Web, Web 2.0, and XML-based applications.

IBM Rational Rhapsody (US)

A visual development environment for systems engineers and software developers creating real-time or embedded systems and software.

IBM Rational Software Architect (US)

A robust, scalable platform for solution architecture and software factories for corporate IT, SOA, and general development. Supports Java, JEE, C++, Microsoft® .NET, SCA, Web 2.0, and more.