IBM's Rational software unit has delivered new software to help
businesses manage and simplify advanced systems software development.
The new IBM Rational software, announced Dec. 16, helps companies
simplify and integrate their business processes, enabling them to
advance the development of new products and services, IBM officials
said. As a first step in determining how all aspects of product
delivery will be managed, the new IBM Rational software helps to enable
software developers and systems engineers to meet precise design
criteria, comply with industry standards and compatibility challenges
and ensure accurate data exchange among design and development teams.
The new IBM Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software helps
developers who have little or no SOA (service oriented architecture)
experience develop SOA solutions with greater speed and use them to
connect and support distributed smart devices, IBM officials said. IBM
Rational Software Architect also includes features that allow the
design and development of next-generation communication services, such
as "click-to-call" features and integrated voice, video and Web.
"Software has become the invisible thread that makes 'smarter'
products possible," said Danny Sabbah, general manager of IBM Rational
Software, in a statement. "An unprecedented level of coordination is
now required among the companies, partners and customers who produce,
manage and consume them. These efforts must span the entire product
lifecycle, and IBM's extensive cross-industry expertise, business
transformational services and software solutions are helping customers
meet these challenges."
As a result, IBM Rational Software has extended its portfolio of
offerings in three areas to create the environment necessary to support
the complex solutions to help manage the smart product proliferation
including:
· Systems Management
-- Organizations require a high-level systems view of their solution
architecture and information systems infrastructure to improve
processes and manage various scenarios. Rational System Architect
enterprise architecture management software helps businesses evaluate
the potential impact of change and other modifications. The new version
of Rational System Architect is integrated with Rational Focal Point,
which includes advanced analysis and decision support capabilities to
help organizations execute the right projects at the right time.
· Defining Product
Requirements -- In order to help businesses, requirements management
software defines and manages product and project requirements when
building and connecting systems. New enhancements to IBM Rational DOORS
Web Access allow users to create new requirements and add traceability
links to demonstrate compliance with critical design criteria through a
simple Web browser interface.
· Innovative
Development -- Software developers and systems engineers must be able
to evaluate software designs before they are written into code. New
enhancements to IBM Rational Rhapsody include features that increase
collaboration between development and quality assurance teams, improve
the specification, capture and documentation of systems engineering
designs and extend Rhapsody's native language capabilities to include
Japanese.
And, with the explosion of intelligent devices in industries, from
telecommunications to energy to consumer electronics, IBM's new
Enterprise Verification Management Solution creates a comprehensive
test and simulation environment that helps "System on a Chip"
manufacturers improve quality, reduce development costs and deliver
products faster, IBM said.
"The IBM Software platform helps us to differentiate ourselves in
the market," said Simon Bradley, vice president, Technology Capability
Centre, Engineering, Physics, IT, Security Services & Simulation at
EADS Innovation Works. "We will be able to increase our quality while
reducing the time to market for our products."
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