2009 IBM Rational Awards for IBM Business Partners

Rational Business Partners are critical to our overall success and especially to the success of our annual conference. This year, we brought back the IBM Rational Awards for Business Partners with new award categories that emphasizes the breadth and depth of our partner ecosystem and one new award that focuses on systems-based solutions.

Outstanding Solution by an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) - Ravenflow (link resides outside of ibm.com)

The Outstanding Solution by an Independent Software Vendor Award recognizes Ravenflow for excellence in developing an effective and innovative solution that's enabled by IBM Rational Software. Ravenflow,a leader in Rapid Requirements Definition, and their solution, Raven, empowers business analysts to dramatically transform the way they elicit, specify, and validate stakeholder requirements.

Sowre Consulting España, S.L. (link resides outside of ibm.com) was selected as a finalist in this category.

Outstanding Collaborative ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Solution by a Systems Integrator (SI) Award - Accenture (link resides outside of ibm.com)

The Outstanding Collaborative ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Solution by a Systems Integrator (SI) Award recognizes Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, for excellence in the implementation of effective and innovative customer solutions enabled by IBM Rational Software. Designed for both small project teams (5-10 users) to large project teams (600-1000 users), Accenture Delivery Tools provides a turnkey, out-of-the-box solution for application lifecycle management.

Outstanding Quality Management Solution by a Systems Integrator (SI) Award - Sogeti (link resides outside of ibm.com)

The Outstanding Quality Management Solution by a Systems Integrator (SI) Award recognizes Sogeti, a leading international provider of professional IT services for excellence in the implementation of effective and innovative customer solutions enabled by IBM Rational Software. Sogeti’s Business Driven Test Management approach integrates world-class Sogeti testing services and structured methodology with industry-leading IBM Rational software for a collaborative solution for quality software delivery that enables clients to reduce software development costs, risks and time.

Outstanding Solution by a Value Added Reseller / Regional Systems Integrator - Prolifics (link resides outside of ibm.com)

The Outstanding Solution by a Value Added Reseller / Regional Systems Integrator Award recognizes Prolifics for excellence in implementing an effective and innovative customer solution enabled by IBM Rational Software. Prolifics, one of the largest end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies, is the winner for its RUP-based AgileSOA development methodology, blueprint and assets utilized at customer, mBlox, for its SOA and Portal initiative. This allows clients to streamline coordination of activities across various development teams and vendors involved in the process, enabling everyone to manage and understand tasks, roles, milestones and see deliverables.

Praxis Engineering Technologies, Inc. (link resides outside of ibm.com) was selected as a finalist in this category.

Outstanding System-Focused Solution -- RocketGang (link resides outside of ibm.com)

The Outstanding System-Focused Solution Award recognizes RocketGang for excellence in developing an effective and innovative systems-focused solution enabled by IBM Rational Software, including Telelogic products. RocketGang, a provider of software engineering and consulting services & training in IBM Rational and Telelogic products, wins this category for their team of experts. Their offerings provide a spectrum of pre- and post-sales services designed to help customers be successful with software delivery and dramatically benefit from reduced expenses, improved productivity, and time savings from increased efficiencies.

Top Marketing and Sales Rational Business Partner -- Ascendant Technology (link resides outside of ibm.com) (Atech)

The Top Marketing and Sales Rational Business Partner Award recognizes Ascendant Technology (Atech) for excellence in the promotion and delivery of Rational-based customer solutions as measured by their participation in IBM's Software Value Incentive program (SVI) and Value Advantage Plus. Atech, an end-to-end solution provider specializing in web-based solutions, wins this category for their significant revenue contribution to Rational Software. As a Reseller and Systems Integrator dedicated to IBM Software, Atech has leveraged valuable IBM co-marketing funds to deliver Proof of Technology and Business Value Assessments to close Rational sales and ensure clients realize value with successful deployment.

Island Training Solutions was selected as a finalist in this category. (link resides outside of ibm.com)