Market-Leading Model-Driven Development Tool Noted For Modeling
Comprehensiveness and Ease of Adoption
LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL) today announced that Yphise, a leading
analyst firm, has named Rational Rose the best Unified Modeling Language (UML)
solution for project and information system modeling. Yphise provides
independent assessments of software products based on ISO 9001-certified
methodology.
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The results, which are included in Yphise's software assessment report
titled "UML Modeling of Projects and Information Systems," rated Rational Rose
higher than its competitors in the following areas:
-- Modeling comprehensiveness
-- Ease of adoption
-- Retaining information along steps
-- Mastering the model quality
"Increasingly complex development projects and short time frames for
delivery make tight integration with numerous development environments a key
component for successful developers," said Xavier Benmoussa, senior analyst at
Yphise. "Rational Rose's seamless integration with tools for configuration
management, testing and requirements management, combined with its support for
many development languages position Rational as the leader in the UML modeling
market."
"We're very pleased that Rational Rose has received this award from
Yphise," said Eric Schurr, chief marketing officer for Rational Software.
"Rational Rose liberates developers, project managers, engineers and analysts
from repetitive tasks and unproductive activities that stifle creativity,
enabling them to build better software, faster."
The complete report and additional information on Rational Rose is
available at http://www.rational.com/products/rose/.
About Yphise
Yphise is committed to providing the best in-depth and independent
software product assessments for large companies. Yphise assesses over 160
software products each year in all areas of interest for large companies to
develop, operate and maintain the information systems that they need to
compete. Each software product assessment is conducted according to Yphise
ISO 9001-certified methodology. Large companies worldwide have made thousands
of software selection decisions based on Yphise expertise. Assessment results
are available at Yphise.com SoftAssessment Portal, based on various license
options.
Since 1985 in Europe and 1998 in North America, Yphise has been committed
to providing the most relevant and accurate advice to assist large companies
in embracing information management change to increase business value. Yphise
clients include over 900 major companies worldwide from all sectors. Yphise
advises IT consultants in selecting their partnerships and choosing the best
software to recommend and use in each mission. Yphise advises software
vendors and investors in strategy development.
About Rational Software Corporation
Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves
the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects. This integrated,
full lifecycle solution combines software engineering best practices, market-
leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-eight of the Fortune 100
rely on Rational tools and services to build better software, faster. This
open platform is extended by partners who provide more than 500 complementary
products and services. Founded in 1981, Rational is one of the world's
largest software companies, with revenues of $649.0 million in its twelve
months ended December 31, 2002, and over 3,300 employees worldwide. Rational
is a member of the S&P 500 Index. Additional information is available at
http://www.rational.com and http://www.therationaledge.com, the monthly e-zine for the
Rational community.
"Rational, the Rational logo, and Rational Rose, among others, are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Rational Software Corporation in the
United States and/or in other countries. All other names are used for
identification purposes only and are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies."
Contacts:
John Coffey Megan Gallagher
Rational Software Waggener Edstrom
(781) 372-5848 (925) 680-2642
jcoffey@rational.com megang@wagged.com
SOURCE Rational Software
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CONTACT:
John Coffey of Rational Software,
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Waggener Edstrom, +1-925-680-2642, megang@wagged.com
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