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EZ Insight: The IBM Rational Jazz Strategy for Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management: Executive Summary

Last updated: 31 July 2009

Industry analyst and Agile luminary Liz Barnett evaluates the Rational Jazz strategy in this objective analyst report.

Analyst Report: Gartner Marketscope for Application Quality Management Solutions

Last updated: 05 Nov 2008

This MarketScope assesses companies that have a baseline for managing quality efforts and carrying out testing activities. This market is undergoing change with a number of acquisitions, and increasing market demand to reduce development and maintenance costs, and to meet greater regulatory demands.

Try AppScan Developer Edition

Last updated: 05 Sep 2008

Try AppScan Developer Edition to gain a better understanding of AppScan Build Edition capabilities.

Featured Rational announcement letters
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IBM Host Access Client Package for Multiplatforms V7 and Host Access Client Package for iSeries V7 boosts end-user efficiency and convenience

Last updated: 03 Dec 2009

Host Access Client Package delivers new releases of Personal Communications for Windows® and IBM® Rational® Host On-Demand.

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS , V4.2 delivers enhancements to XML parsing and offers usability improvements

Last updated: 25 Aug 2009

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS , V4.2 delivers enhancements to XML parsing and offers usability improvements

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V4.1 helps improve application developer productivity

Last updated: 13 Dec 2007

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V4.1 helps improve application developer productivity

Featured Rational books
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IBM Rational Unified Process Reference and Certification Guide: Solution Designer

Last updated: 14 Dec 2007

The first and only official RUP® certification guide, this book fully reflects the latest versions of the Rational Unified Process® and of the IBM RUP exam. Authored by two leading RUP implementers, it draws on extensive contributions and careful reviews by the IBM RUP process leader and RUP certification manager.

Requirements Management Using IBM Rational RequisitePro

Last updated: 14 Dec 2007

Utilizing a start-to-finish sample project, requirements expert Peter Zielczynski introduces an organized, best-practice approach to managing requirements and shows how to implement every step with Rational RequisitePro.

Implementing the IBM® Rational Unified Process® and Solutions: A Guide to Improving Your Software Development Capability and Maturity

Last updated: 07 June 2007

This book delivers all the knowledge and insight you need to succeed with the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions. Joshua Barnes presents a start-to-finish, best-practice roadmap to the complete implementation cycle of IBM RUP® from projecting ROI and making the business case.

Featured Rational brochures
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IBM Rational AppScan: enhancing Web application security (PDF, 344KB)

Last updated: 29 Sep 2008

IBM Rational AppScan: enhancing Web application security.

The IBM Rational AppScan lifecycle solution

Last updated: 31 Jan 2008

IBM Rational® AppScan® is a suite of marketplace-leading Web application security solutions that gives organizations the necessary visibility and control to address this critical challenge.

Comply, Improve, Transform: IBM Rational Solutions for Compliance-Driven Development

Last updated: 26 Sep 2005

Meeting regulatory requirements is more than a legal obligation—it is an opportunity to improve your organization’s transparency, oversight and results. This 16-page brochure explores the Rational approach to compliance-driven development.

Featured Rational case studies
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Case study: Agentrics standardizes on IBM Rational AppScan software to help deliver safe Web applications to large retailers

Last updated: 31 Jan 2008

Agentrics leverages IBM Rational® AppScan® software to automate its Web application security testing.

Case study: DTCC leverages IBM Rational AppScan software to help protect its financial transactions

Last updated: 31 Jan 2008

DTCC educated its application developers on building security into the Web application development lifecycle, and the company leverages IBM Rational® AppScan® software to identify, analyze and remediate security issues from early development through live deployment.

Case study: NAV CANADA takes advantage of IBM Rational AppScan software to address the security and compliance of its online applications

Last updated: 31 Jan 2008

NAV CANADA utilizes a comprehensive solution—based on IBM Rational® AppScan® software—that automates security and compliance-related issue testing of its core Web applications, and that easily integrates into its software development lifecycle.

Featured Rational data sheets
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SWG en_US - IBM Rational Team Concert for System z - V1.0.1

Last updated: 08 Oct 2009

Organizations face growing demands to quickly deliver high-quality software that effectively meets business objectives.

IBM Rational Method Composer

Last updated: 01 April 2009

Built on top of Eclipse, Rational Method Composer adds new best practices to RUP that leverage IBM's expertise in portfolio management, collaborative distributed development, and service-oriented architectures.

IBM Rational Team Concert for System z

Last updated: 31 Mar 2009

Organizations face growing demands to quickly deliver high-quality software that effectively meets business objectives.

Featured Rational demos
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Rational ClearQuest electronic signature demonstration for regulatory compliance

Last updated: 10 Aug 2005

This 7-minute demo shows how organizations can leverage the electronic signature and workflow features of IBM Rational ClearQuest for regulatory compliance. You see how a typical team interacts with ClearQuest to enforce and document internal control structures for software development.

IBM Software Development Platform Demonstration

Last updated: 01 July 2005

This demo covers 5 roles on a development team as they implement an enhancement request for an existing Web-based Java app. For each role you will see the elements of the platform & how they work together to bring business value to your organization.

IBM Rational ClearCase asset management overview

Last updated: 22 Nov 2004

This online demonstration provides an overview of Rational ClearCase software asset management including version control, branching, parallel development and audit capabilities.

Featured Rational evaluation guides
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A Practical Guide to Choosing the Best Agile Tools

Last updated: 07 Aug 2009

The benefits of agile are clear: faster time to market, and more repeatable results. This evaluation guide is designed to help you identify common criteria and choose the best tools for your needs while protecting your investment as your team and agile maturity grow.

Buyer's Guide: Choose an Application Lifecycle Management solution to meet your strategic needs (Registration required)

Last updated: 12 Nov 2008

Application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions coordinate the lifecycle activities of software development, including requirements analysis, coding, building and testing. This guide discusses capabilities of an effective ALM solution and provides checklists you can use when evaluating vendors and their products.

IBM Rational ClearQuest

Last updated: 04 April 2005

Use this evaluation guide to facilitate the evaluation process, as well as learn about broad feature sets and capabilities of the product and answers to commonly asked questions.

Featured Rational information centers
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Personal Communications Information Center

Last updated: 03 Dec 2009

IBM(R) Personal Communications for Windows(R) brings the power of personal networking to your workstation by exploiting networking capabilities to provide a variety of connectivity options that support local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) environments.

IBM System z Enterprise Development Tools & Compilers information center

Last updated: 17 Aug 2009

This information center displays documentation for multiple System z Enterprise Development Tools & Compilers products.

ekit: Rational Build Forge Express

Last updated: 01 Feb 2008

IBM® Rational® Build Forge® Express Edition packages the latest enterprise-grade technologies into a reliable, flexible and robust configuration designed and priced specifically for small to midsize businesses.

Featured Rational podcasts
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IBM Rational Team Concert Turns Two!

Last updated: 11 May 2009

Rolf Nelson, IBM Rational Team Concert product manager, discusses the evolution of Rational Team Concert and the addition of new platform support, translations, document collaboration and enterprise scalability and security.

Why product management?

Last updated: 29 April 2009

Download and listen as Alyssa Dver explains why product management is so critical to company success, why the loudest voice in the room shouldn’t drive product decisions, and why product management can improve services, not just typical products.

A Look Ahead: The Future of Agile Development

Last updated: 24 April 2009

Walker Royce, Vice President, IBM Rational Software Services , explores the cultural and economic trends impacting agile teams; the critical link between team agility and software economics; and patterns of success in achieving agility at scale

Featured Rational presentations
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Introduction to IBM Rational ClearQuest

Last updated: 01 Aug 2004

This presentation discusses the problems with unmanaged change and how IBM Rational ClearQuest helps resolve these challenges.

The Foundations for Good Software Configuration Management

Last updated: 01 Aug 2004

This presentation discusses the foundations for good software configuration management and how IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest deliver this foundation.

Featured Rational product documentation
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IBM XL Fortran Enterprise Edition for AIX V11.1

Last updated: 06 Mar 3008

A collection of product document, including a getting started and installation guide, for IBM XL Fortran Enterprise Edition for AIX, V11.1.

XL Fortran for Multicore Acceleration for Linux on System p, V11.1

Last updated: 30 Dec 2008

A collection of product documentation files for XL Fortran for Multicore Acceleration for Linux on System p, V11.1, including getting started and installation guides.

IBM XL Fortran for AIX V12.1

Last updated: 05 Dec 2008

A collection of product documentation, including readme and installation guide, for IBM XL Fortran for AIX V12.1.

Featured Rational redbooks
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Collaborative application lifecycle management with Rational products

Last updated: 23 Dec 2008

This IBM Redbooks publication provides a blueprint for collaborative application lifecycle management and how the new IBM Rational products support this evolving market.

Strategic Reuse with Asset-Based Development

Last updated: 16 May 2008

This IBM Redbooks publication is focused on a best practice-based approach to strategic reuse within software delivery, known as Asset-Based Development.

Faster Application Change and Reuse with WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer

Last updated: 12 Feb 2008

This IBM Redpaper is written for analysts, developers, architects, and technical managers with the goal of introducing ideas about mainframe application change and reuse using WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer and related tools from IBM.

Featured Rational resource kits
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Did you say mainframe?

Last updated: 01 July 2008

This complimentary kit for mainframe developers is a practical, how-to guide for making the most of an existing development environment, including the skills and infrastructure already in place at an established enterprise.

IBM Rational ClearCase Innovator’s Series e-Kit

Last updated: 05 Feb 2008

This complimentary eKit provides a collection of materials that can help you become a power user of Rational ClearCase.

Featured Rational solution sheets
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Enterprise modernization solutions and EGL

Last updated: 01 Dec 2008

This solution sheet explains how the IBM Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) can help you modernize your enterprise.

Accelerating software innovation for the IBM i operating system

Last updated: 22 May 2008

Enterprise modernization solutions from IBM are designed to help you modernize your applications while controlling costs, minimizing architectural complexity and unifying siloed teams.

Accelerating software innovation on the IBM System z platform

Last updated: 05 Mar 2008

Discover the highlights and benefits of the IBM Enterprise Modernization solution for optimizing your System z assets.

Featured Rational tutorials
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Enterprise Modernization for IBM System z: Creating Web Services with IBM Rational Business Developer

Last updated: 21 Oct 2008

This tutorial shows you how to build and test a simple Web service using IBM Rational Business Developer, which supports service-oriented architecture (SOA).

IBM Enterprise Modernization for System i: Discover and understand RPG applications with X-Analysis

Last updated: 14 Oct 2008

This tutorial teaches you how to browse and visualize an application from a high-level model down to individual lines of code. It shows you how to flow chart, drill-down, and document your applications and their inter-relationships.

Calling IBM i programs from EGL using Rational Business Developer

Last updated: 19 Aug 2008

This tutorial describes how to write Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) code that calls programs (RPG, COBOL, CL, CL Commands, or programs written in any supported language) on your IBM System i5 machine.

Featured Rational videos
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Rational software helps Eaton and UPS reduce fuel consumption

Last updated: 03 Aug 2009

Rational software helps Eaton and UPS reduce fuel consumption.

Elevate your view with Rational Insight

Last updated: 13 June 2009

This three-minute video provides an overview of the Rational Insight solution for performance management.

Rational Insight Case Study: Rational Executive Dashboard

Last updated: 13 June 2009

This video shows how IBM executives leverage Rational Insight to manage their business and operational objectives by accessing live data from a variety of sources and Jazz-based products, including Rational Team Concert and Rational Quality Manager.

Featured Rational webcast
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Focus on Quality to Reduce Costs

Last updated: 29 Sep 2009

Focus on Quality to Reduce Costs

Webcast: Introduction to requirements management and IBM Rational DOORS

Last updated: 29 July 2009

Webcast: Introduction to requirements management and IBM Rational DOORS

Turn your IT Plan into a Competitive Advantage in an Uncertain Market: Harnessing the power of Enterprise Architecture

Last updated: 23 July 2009

Turn your IT Plan into a Competitive Advantage in an Uncertain Market: Harnessing the power of Enterprise Architecture

Featured Rational white papers
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Thought Leadership - Quality Management White Paper Series

Last updated: 02 April 2009

A four-part series that explores enduring software quality as a business imperative - its challenges and opportunities in today’s marketplace.

Simplifying Application Lifecycle Management with IBM Rational ClearQuest

Last updated: 24 Nov 2008

The need to streamline team efficiency and govern without impeding progress is greater today than ever. Hence, teams are implementing ALM best practices for better collaboration among team members. IBM Rational ClearQuest includes an out-of-the-box ALM schema, allowing organizations to manage and improve software delivery.

Expanding the value of RTC with IBM Business Partners

Last updated: 13 Nov 2008

Expanding the value of RTC with IBM Business Partners