Helping industries develop the new generation of smarter products

Whatever you are developing, from a robotic surgical system to a self-driving vehicle, IBM Rational provides industry-specific capabilities for companies developing the new generation of smarter products and systems. Industry solutions extend Rational solutions with best practices, documented workflows, tool mentors, and execution templates to help companies:

•Synchronize hardware and software development
•Comply with industry regulations
•Increase best-practice adoption

The IBM Rational Solution for Medical Devices now provides:

• Improved compliance support for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and IEC 62304
• Guidance for the use of traceability in medical device development
• Support to provide evidence of regulatory compliance
• Support for incremental adoption of agile development practices

The IBM Rational Solution for Aerospace and Defense now provides:

• Compliance support for DO-178C including practice content, check lists, tool mentors and tool templates
• New practice content for architecture frameworks including DoDAF 2.0 and UPDM
• Improved work-flow support when using Rational Systems Architect and Rational Rhapsody together

The IBM Rational Solution for Automotive now provides:

• New extensions for AUTOSAR for ECU software implementation
• Enhanced support for ISO 26262 Automotive Functional Safety Standard

The IBM Rational Solution for Electronic Design now provides:

• Enhanced integration between IBM Rational ClearCase and Cadence Design Framework
• New practice and process assets to support high-level electronics design and EDA design workflow

The IBM Rational Solution for Energy and Utilities now provides:

• Enhanced cyber security compliance through requirements management
• Improved workflow management through trade studies and decision support
• Regulatory and design compliance through requirements management

The IBM Rational Solution for Communication Service Providers now provides:

• Enhanced planning and design capabilities through TM Forum Frameworx support
• Enhanced quality testing through new support for GSMA OneAPI