Rational software for small and mid-sized business

Grow the value of your software

Whether you create software in house, outsource it, or use packaged applications, software is fast becoming a strategic asset to the business. With this shift, effective software development and delivery is paramount to meeting your business goals. To succeed, you need to:

Meet the needs of the business to deliver more innovation, while maintaining existing infrastructure and without additional budget
Improve your ability to meet higher performance expectations with increased complexity in a compressed timeframe
Address demanding security and compliance requirements
Get to market with the right system on time and with impeccable quality

How do you ensure that your software is delivered on time, at cost, and most importantly, does what the business needs? IBM Rational® can help you overcome these challenges with solutions for mid-sized companies.

What we offer

We understand that you need to get more from you software investment. That means meeting your most pressing needs with solutions that deliver immediate results and that continue to grow as your needs evolve. These solutions help by improving your software effectiveness to deliver on time, with better quality, and for less, so you can achieve your software business goals.

Get the IBM software you need, for less with software appliances
Get the power of enterprise IBM software, right-sized and priced for your business with Presto appliances from IBM Premier Business Partner Black Diamond Software. Presto is delivered on a virtual image, which eliminates the time needed to evaluate, install, and configure software. Presto is available as leased-term licensing with optional financing through IBM Global Financing to help reduce up-front software acquisition costs.
Work smarter with collaboration across teams and infrastructure
Drive down total cost of ownership in heterogeneous environments, such as Microsoft®, Eclipse, IBM i, and open source with tools that allow diverse teams, including business leadership, to work together.
Ensure security and compliance for your Web business
Security is an essential part of your IT investment. Rational provides the market-leading offering at lower costs than traditional security techniques to ensure your Web environment addresses security and compliance issues.
Improve team effectiveness with a practical, ready to use agile approach
Agile practices speed time to market, improve quality, reduce risk, and lower costs. Rational tools provide a practical approach to get started fast with just-right process and automation to help you make agile benefits a reality.
Reduce your TCO with IBM Rational Solutions for IBM i
Leverage your IBM i investment with offerings that allow you to deliver new functionality integrated across your infrastructure.
Reduce the cost of quality, maintain reputation, and perform with less
Software quality is a critical issue. Rational provides a suite of offerings that ensure your software meets expectations without inhibiting team productivity.
Act on right information. Know and share requirements
Starting with a complete understanding of requirements shared across an entire team is essential to achieving success. Avoid costly rework, maintain/build customer loyalty, and get to market faster with Rational solutions.