Whitepapers:

• Bridging the chasm between development and operations
  Companies today need to build, test, and deploy new versions of applications with increasing frequency while maintaining 24X7 operations. This white paper explores these challenges, discussing how to bridge the gap between software builds and deployments.



• Why Software Development Matters: Competitive Advantage and the On Demand Enterprise
  In this 3rd party whitepaper you will get a better understanding of the advantages that software development has on business goals and how leveraging software development can help you sustain competitive advantage in today's on demand world.



• Building the On Demand Business: Four Imperatives for Improved Software Development
  This paper explains how companies can improve their ability to develop software through an explanation of four software development imperatives and how the IBM Software Development Platform addresses them.



• Staying ahead of regulatory mandates: How IBM Rational® addresses compliance challenges in the financial sector
  New legislative mandates require US businesses to comply with new operational and accountability procedures. This paper examines the cost associated with compliance, the difficulties financial organizations face and the solutions that IBM Rational offers.



• Unifying Systems and Software Teams: A Holistic Approach to Systems Development
  Describes IBM Rational's overall approach to systems development while highlighting the motivations for undertaking this approach and explaining the problems that it solves.

Executive Brief:
On demand business: The executive guide

Brochure:
Building your business for today's on demand world: The IBM Software Development Platform

Product Information:
IBM Software Development Platform Data Sheet