Under Rational-konferansen i Orlando denne uka lanserte IBM 20 nye Rational-produkter for programvareutvikling bygget på samarbeidsteknologien Jazz. Den nye plattformen vil gi utviklingsteam lokalisert på forskjellige steder kraftige verktøy for utvikling og samarbeid i sanntid.
Denne teknologien kan endre arbeidsmetodene og gjøre geografisk spredte utviklingsteam langt mer effektive.
IBM bygger blant annet inn sosiale nettverk og Web 2.0-samarbeid i den nye versjonen av programvareutviklingsplattformen.
Alle 20 produkter vil være på markedet innen slutten av 2008.
Blant produktforbedringene er:
- IBM Rational Team Concert, som integrerer sosial nettverksteknologi som lynmeldinger og informasjon om tilstedeværelse i styringen av globale utviklingsprosjekter.
- IBM Rational Team Concert Express-C er en gratisversjon som gir konsulenter og studenter erfaring med globale utviklingsmiljø, og støtter inntil 50 brukere per server.
- IBM Rational Requirements Composer gjør det enklere for programvareutviklingsteam å enes om prosjektdesign gjennom storyboards, utkast, scenarier og modeller.
IBM lanserer også 11 nye produkter som gjør det enklere for partnere å integrere IBMs Rational-programvare og levere programvare raskere. På tirsdag delte IBM ut Rational Awards til fire partnere som har bidratt med nye og innovative programvareløsninger til kunder innen ulike kategorier.
Les mer i vedlagte pressemeldinger.
IBM TRANSFORMS HOW PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER SOFTWARE
ORLANDO, FL, June 2, 2008...IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new software that will transform how people will collaborate thereby driving greater value and performance from their globally distributed software investments. In front of more than 3,500 customers and business partners attending the IBM Rational Software Development Conference, IBM announced 20 products that break down the walls that inhibit organizations from truly collaborating with partners, suppliers, customers and their employees. These new offerings use IBM's Jazz collaborative technology to help geographically distributed software delivery teams work together in an open, real-time and transparent manner to more effectively deliver and source software solutions.
The challenges of globalization are forcing companies to become more nimble, using an increasingly geographically-dispersed and virtual workforce to remain competitive. In the world of software delivery, this means around the clock collaboration with specialized teams around the globe to pick up where another left off. For other stakeholders in an organization, such as lawyers, a finance department, CIO or CEO, there is an increased need for visibility into how the software is delivered on a global scale. Technologies built on, or using, Jazz can interoperate with software from other vendors allowing customers to significantly improve their ability to communicate data within and between their enterprise.
"Currently, organizational, geographical and technical silos inhibit business agility and return on software investments. In a globally integrated enterprise, organizations need to transform how they collaborate to get the job done," said Dr. Daniel Sabbah, general manager, IBM Rational Software. "IBM's Jazz platform breaks down location, infrastructure and organizational barriers, transforming the practice of global software delivery."
According to Forrester Research*, only 37% of stakeholders are satisfied with the speed of internal application development, and just 42% are satisfied with the quality. IBM's new Jazz platform can transform software delivery into a dynamic integration of people, processes and projects. As the scope of software development and delivery broadens in this era of globalization, IBM is incorporating social networking and Web 2.0 practices into the new versions of its market-leading software delivery platform.
Twenty products infused with Jazz by end of 2008
By the end of 2008, IBM and its business partners expect to release 20 products harnessing the collaborative capabilities of Jazz. The new IBM software will help development teams of all sizes improve productivity and manage project requirements in real time.
Available on June 30, 2008, IBM Rational Team Concert incorporates social networking technologies, such as instant messaging and presence awareness, into the management of a software delivery project on a global scale. IBM Rational Team Concert helps software teams collaborate in real time in the context of specific roles and processes. Integrated version control, work item and build management capabilities help distributed teams overcome geographic and functional barriers to think and work in unison. IBM Rational Team Concert includes automated data gathering resulting in significantly less documentation and provides real-time project health information required to reduce project risk.
Making effective software delivery a reality for the small development team, IBM is introducing IBM Rational Team Concert Express-C Edition, a free version available for download from www.jazz.net using open source Tomcat and Derby. IBM Rational Team Concert Express-C is designed to help consultants and students gain experience with a global software delivery environment. IBM Rational Team Concert Express can help mid-sized and departmental teams embrace global collaboration quickly using transparent development, out-of-the-box processes and supports up to 50 users per server. IBM Rational Team Concert Standard Edition, optimized for corporate teams, includes an expanded set of capabilities such as customizable process, real-time project health, enterprise scalability and supports up to 250 users per server. In 2009, IBM Rational Team Concert Enterprise Edition will provide the broadest array of capabilities that any size team can use, including feature-rich work item management and greater source code and configuration management capabilities.
IBM is introducing IBM Rational Requirements Composer to help software delivery teams gain consensus on how a project should be designed using familiar business artifacts such as storyboards, sketches, scenarios and models. Currently in beta, this new software will help teams visualize commitments thereby reducing rework and review cycles on requirements.
IBM is also announcing the beta of IBM Rational Quality Manager, comprehensive test planning and process software which provides a single view into all aspects of a quality plan. With 100% distributed access and Web 2.0-based collaboration, this new software traces where a project stands in the software delivery cycle to help key stakeholders prioritize issues for resolution.
By Jazz enabling the following products, IBM is helping its current customers scale to better take advantage of opportunities presented by globalization:
- New versions of IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest and IBM Rational BuildForge now support global scalability and performance with 24/7 global server monitoring, enhanced security with access control lists, a new web 2.0 style client and Agile process support.
- The new version of IBM Rational RequisitePro integrates with the new Rational Quality Manager to swiftly drive project requirements into test plans.
- The new version of IBM Rational Asset Manager integrates with the Jazz technology in IBM Rational Team Concert to help software delivery teams manage how development assets are used.
At the foundation of these new offerings is Jazz collaborative technology which provides a platform of services enabling powerful integration. Similar to what Eclipse did to consolidate the desktop, Jazz will transform the industry by supporting interoperability across a broad array of collaborative application lifecycle management solutions. Over the next several years, most of the IBM Rational portfolio will evolve to incorporate Jazz technology to improve team collaboration and make it easier to integrate IBM products and those from IBM's business partners. This will provide both new and existing IBM customers with a flexible on-ramp to the Jazz platform of the future.
IBM is developing Jazz and future products in conjunction with the software development community at www.jazz.net. At Jazz.net, members of the community can transparently collaborate with IBM and each other, provide input on requirements, report bugs and ultimately contribute to the development of IBM's industry-leading software delivery platform. By opening up the software development community as a transparent software supply chain, the Jazz.net community will drive the evolution of standards and common components incorporated in future IBM software releases.
Independent software vendors, through the Ready for IBM Rational software validation program, are working with IBM on integrating and validating their offerings to IBM Rational Team Concert and other IBM Rational Jazz-enabled offerings. Black Duck Software is integrating its Governing IP Compliance solution to IBM Rational Team Concert. CAST Software is integrating its Automated Application Intelligence solution to IBM Rational Team Concert. CM-Logic is developing a connector for its Change Management solutions to IBM Rational Team Concert work items. iRise is integrating its Application Simulation solution with IBM Rational Requirements Composer. Mainsoft is integrating Microsoft SharePoint and IBM Lotus Quickr with IBM Rational Team Concert and other Jazz-based products. QSM is integrating its Estimation and Project Control offering with IBM Rational Team Concert. Ravenflow is integrating its Requirements and Diagram offering with IBM Rational Requirements Composer. Source IQ is integrating its Management Metrics for ALM Governance solution with IBM Rational Team Concert. Surgient and VMLogix are integrating their Virtual Test Lab management support solutions to IBM Rational Quality Manager, and WebLayers is integrating its Automated Design Time Governance solution with IBM Rational Team Concert.
Driving value from software investments
To help organizations drive greater value from their current software investments, IBM is announcing new services that map an organization's business value to best practices in software delivery. The IBM Rational Measured Capability Framework, Rational Health Assessment, Rational Self Checks and IBM IT Governance Services help organizations improve insight into their business outcomes by automating, deploying, adapting and measuring proven best practices. IBM's IT Governance Services can help organizations establish governance priorities and identify strengths and gaps putting them on an IT governance roadmap for improved software effectiveness.
In addition to these IBM Jazz-based technology integrations, IBM is also announcing new programs, services and offerings to enable business partners and developers to more quickly help customers succeed in global team software development. For more information on these and other business partner offerings,
please visit http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/partners/
For a press kit containing supplementary materials and photos of this week's IBM Rational Software Development Conference,
visit http://www.ibm.com/press/rsdc
*"Corporate Software Development Fails To Satisfy On Speed Or Quality", Forrester Research, Inc., 2005.
Contact:
Karen Lilla
IBM Communications
1-617-828-2258
karen_lilla@us.ibm.com
NEW IBM PROGRAMS AND BUSINESS PARTNER PRODUCTS TO ACCELERATE SOFTWARE DELIVERY
ORLANDO, FL, June 2, 2008 - - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced software and programs to help clients more quickly and effectively deliver software in a global team environment.
IBM is announcing Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration, a proposed industry-wide initiative aimed at simplifying collaboration across the software delivery lifecycle. Through the initiative, IBM is inviting business partners, developers, ISVs and customers to collaborate on a common architecture, based on open Internet standards, to effectively integrate their software development processes.
Currently, software development tools vendors work with private vocabularies, formats and data repositories, which act as barriers to openly sharing resources across the software lifecycle. With Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration, IBM is proposing an open architecture to help ensure the interoperability of software development resources, such as project requirements and test plans, which would ultimately allow a customer to assemble their ideal software development platform using preferred tools and vendors. Interested participants can join the initiative at www.jazz.net
IBM is also announcing new software being developed by IBM business partners Black Duck Software, CAST Software, CM-Logic, iRise, Mainsoft, QSM, Ravenflow, SourceIQ, Surgient, VMLogix and WebLayers to integrate with new IBM Rational Jazz-based products announced today at the IBM Rational Software Development Conference. The new offerings help customers deliver more reliable, higher-quality software to market while managing costs.
Furthering its global software development strategy, IBM is also announcing the IBM Rational Ensemble, a free Jazz technology offering for IBM business partners, that provides independent software vendors (ISVs), resellers and systems integrators with education and services for IBM Jazz-based technology to quickly accelerate customer awareness and adoption. The Rational Ensemble provides Web portal access with links into Jazz community pages and content, specialized sales and marketing resources for Jazz offerings, go-to-market training and materials, educational Webcasts and events, Jazz Web content syndication, and access to Jazz experts through special live and online events. Business Partners can join the IBM Rational Ensemble at www.jazz.net
“Businesses are looking to maximize the value they get from their software development investments while balancing teams comprised of globally dispersed project stakeholders,” said Scott Hebner, vice president of marketing and strategy, IBM Rational Software. “We are teaming with our partners to help organizations adopt a global approach to their software development and transform the way they work together.”
New IBM Rational Business Partner Offerings and Incentives
While the IBM Rational business partner community continues to grow, more than 1,000 business partners re-sold and fulfilled IBM Rational software products last year. At the same time, more than 60 ISV partners delivered more than 80 integrations of their products with the IBM Rational portfolio of offerings through the Ready for IBM Rational software validation program.
To support the growing community, IBM is offering new Web-based tools and offerings that make it easier for business partners to grow their businesses with IBM software. IT decision makers rely heavily on search engines to locate products and services. IBM is now offering Internet Marketing and Web Content Syndication to deliver and share up-to-date IBM and business partner offerings and product information to assist in customer buying decisions. IBM is also providing Search Optimization Guidance to business partners looking to optimize their Web 2.0 technologies such as RSS, podcasts and blogs, as well as get tips for how to optimize Google and Yahoo searches for better results.
IBM is also providing new sales and marketing tools to business partners looking to sell IBM Rational software into specialized customer environments. Grow Your Business with IBM Software is Web-based tool that automatically recommends IBM Rational cross-sell software scenarios that utilize business partners’ existing areas of expertise and available skills. Grow Your Business with IBM Software helps IBM Rational business partners plan for profitable growth with links to IBM-cross-brand marketing programs, product sales and marketing dashboards, and ROI analysis. For more information, business partners can visit:
www.ibm.com/partnerworld/growyourbusiness
New IBM Rational Sales and Marketing Playbooks containing go-to-market content and demand generation information are now available to IBM Rational business partners. Playbooks including “Streamline and Optimize Portal Development,” “Prevent On-line Security Breaches of Web Applications,” and “Extend and Modernize Existing System i Applications” and many others are available at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/partners/
An IBM Rational Team Concert playbook will be made available later this year.
IBM is announcing new enhancements to its Rational Software Comes to You offering. IBM provides what a business partner needs to create a tailored event for customers in their own market including all relevant content from the 2008 IBM Rational Software Development Conference. Business partners can now co-host and manage events with IBM, infused with specific partner value and offerings, to gain market recognition and drive new leads for software and services.
Also at the Conference
In related Rational Software Development Conference news, IBM announced winners of the inaugural Rational Awards recognizing business partners for delivering outstanding value to clients and innovative approaches to solving business issues. This year’s recipients Ascendant Technology, BSD Group, CROZ, and Rocket Gang will be honored throughout the conference at Business Partner Day and main tent event activities.
IBM Rational business partners BigLever, Instantiations, Ivar Jacobson International, Protecode, Relativity, Stoneworks, Surgient, and WebLayers will also demonstrate their product integrations and validations with products across the IBM Rational product portfolio including Telelogic DOORS and IBM Rational BuildForge. For more information,
please visit www.ibm.com/isv
Media contact:
Leigh Ann Schmidt
IBM
1-914-766-1362
leighanns@us.ibm.com
IBM ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL
2008 RATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
ORLANDO, FL, June 2, 2008 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the winners of the inaugural IBM Rational Awards competition, recognizing IBM business partners for delivering outstanding value to clients and innovative approaches to solving business challenges. Winners were selected in four awards categories spanning the IBM Rational software portfolio.
With the rapid expansion of the IBM Rational Business Partner community, IBM is rewarding and highlighting excellence in solutions for improved software development and delivery. The award winners have proven they combine their deep technology and industry expertise with IBM technology to deliver exceptional solutions that solve real business problems.
Chosen from more than 400 eligible business partners, winners will be honored during the IBM Rational Software Development Conference keynote session on Wednesday, June 4.
The 2008 IBM Rational Award winners by category are:
Outstanding IBM Rational Change and Release Management Solution
Ascendant Technology, LLC, Austin, TX
Ascendant Technology works with large and small organizations to build modern solutions using existing IT investments combined with IBM software and the most innovative Web 2.0 applications and tools.
Outstanding IBM Rational Quality Management Solution
BSD Group, Denver, CO
BSD Group helps customers manage their business processes. Combined with IBM core software, BSD works with customers to automate and simplify their software release development and testing – particularly with a solution that helps companies migrate from costly and proprietary Hewlett Packard test assets to IBM Rational software.
Outstanding IBM Rational Requirements and Portfolio Management Solution
CROZ, Zagreb, Croatia
CROZ helps customers improve documentation of the software development process. CROZ solutions combined with IBM software improve productivity across all team-based roles in the software development lifecycle.
Outstanding IBM Rational Architecture Management Solution
Rocket Gang, Scottsdale, AZ
Rocket Gang helps customers be successful in software development with architecture management solutions based on IBM software. Training, consulting and software assessments are delivered by specialists with decades of software engineering experience.
These IBM Rational business partner solutions result in quantifiable improvements in business performance through their use of IBM Rational software development tools. Winners were determined based on criteria including the use of multiple IBM Rational software solutions in the deployment of customer applications, lists of references, and successful engagements including business partner certifications. Consideration was also given to IBM Business Partners who have actively engaged, participated and demonstrated opportunity identification and ownership of small and medium-sized business opportunities and new customers through the use of marketing and field activities, as well as participated in IBM Rational sponsored events.
Another IBM Rational business partner was recently honored in April as a 2008 Beacon Award winner. Sogeti Group based in Paris, France, received a 2008 IBM Beacon Award for its Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Initiative.
For more information about IBM Rational business partner offerings and solutions,
please visit: http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/partners/
For more IBM Rational Software Development Conference news,
please visit: www.ibm.com/press/rsdc
Media contact:
Leigh Ann Schmidt
IBM
1-914-766-1362
leighanns@us.ibm.com