We recently looked at BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1, an important player in this space (reviewed in "Brave New Apps: The Development Tools," August 5). A new solution, IBM Rational Rapid Developer 2003, ...

IBM on Wednesday is expected to announce a set of Rational software products for modernizing applications running on its flagship System Z mainframes. Rational, which IBM bought in 2003, has been best ...

IBM on Tuesday announced a new suite of software quality tools, the Rational Quality Management Portfolio. The company promises the new tools will improve the software development process and, in ...

IBM on Wednesday will announce integrations between its Rational and Tivoli product lines that enable users to automate processes across development, testing, and operations teams. The service ...

Big Blue plans to pay $2.1 billion in cash for Rational Software, the leading seller of tools to create models of applications and databases before programmers actually start coding. Martin LaMonica ...

IBM Corp. has agreed to acquire Rational Software Corp. for US$2.1 billion, the companies said Friday. Rational, which is located in Cupertino, California, provides software tools and services for ...

CRN:: Solution providers have said that since Rational became a part of IBM, its tools don't support Microsoft products as much as they support the J2EE platform. What's the story there? Devlin: ...