Rational Enables AWB to Save 40 Percent to 50 Percent on General
Application Costs
LEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL) today announced that AWB Limited (formerly
the Australian Wheat Board) has utilized Rational Suite(R) and the Rational
Unified Process(R) methodology to build an electronic Grain Centre System and
pilot On-Farm Storage System built on Microsoft .NET. These new business
applications will provide AWB with improved organizational efficiencies in the
handling and storage of grain.
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By combining the power of Rational Suite with the Rational Services
Organization's extensive knowledge of Microsoft .NET, AWB saved 40 percent to
50 percent on general application costs and completed the entire project on
time and under budget.
Rational Suite empowered AWB's project team to streamline its development
activities with Rational Unified Process and effectively gather and manage
requirements, build a scalable and reusable system architecture, track defects
and changes, and test its applications. AWB's project team consisted of a
staff project manager and business analyst, as well as an outsourced
development team that included up to 20 developers.
"By leveraging Rational's solutions and expertise, we created an
innovative and scalable Web-based system with improved workflow management and
significant communications efficiencies," said Tony Clement, general manager,
e-business, AWB Limited. "Rational enabled AWB to achieve our goals on time
and under budget. We will never embark on another e-business project without
Rational."
By using Rational's solutions to create the software architecture for the
Grain Centre System, AWB was able to achieve approximately 80 percent
reusability for its pilot On-Farm Storage System application. The On-Farm
Storage System was completed under budget and delivered in six weeks - an
extremely short timeframe for an application of its complexity.
"AWB migrated its systems to Microsoft .NET to help create new
efficiencies in the handling of grain," said Tom Button, corporate vice
president for the Developer and Platform Evangelism Division at Microsoft
Corp. "The use of Microsoft .NET has helped make AWB more agile and
competitive in the international marketplace, and has enabled AWB to save
significantly on hardware and operational costs."
"AWB is a clear example of a business that is using technology to create
competitive differentiation and achieve real business benefits," said Eric
Schurr, chief marketing officer, Rational Software. "Rational's solutions have
allowed AWB to shorten its time to value."
Additional information on Rational's solutions is available at
http://www.rational.com/products.
About AWB Limited
AWB Limited is Australia's largest grain marketing organization and is one
of the world's largest wheat management and marketing companies. AWB has the
responsibility for the management and marketing of all Australian export bulk
wheat.
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 Suite, 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 Corporation
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CONTACT:
John Coffey of Rational Software,
+1-781-372-5848, jcoffey@rational.com; or Megan Gallagher for
Waggener Edstrom, +1-925-680- 2642, megang@wagged.com
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