Combination of Rational Suite and Rational XDE Professional: Microsoft .NET
Edition Enables Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Developers to Quickly Realize the
Full Benefits of the Microsoft .NET Framework
LEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with
today's launch of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Rational Software (Nasdaq:
RATL) outlined its complete life-cycle software development solution for
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework.
Rational's life-cycle management solutions enrich and extend Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET, resulting in a more orderly and productive development
process that unleashes the creative power of software development teams.
Rational, a premier member of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integration
Program (VSIP), has achieved seamless integration with the Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Rational delivers
powerful and comprehensive solutions for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
developers through a combination of the Rational Suite(R) product family,
Rational(R) ClearCase(R) and Rational(R) XDE(TM) Professional v2002: Microsoft
.NET Edition, Rational's new product that eliminates the gap between software
design and development in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, speeding the
construction of C# applications.
"We've been working closely with Rational for many years and we're
thrilled that they are delivering the full Rational Suite product family to
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET developers," said Tom Button, vice president,
Developer and Platform Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "Rational's
market-leading, integrated software development life-cycle solution for
developers is a great example of integration with Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET."
Rational's solutions span development tools, server support, professional
services, software engineering best practices, and developer resources to
support customers' most ambitious Microsoft .NET development initiatives.
Rational's full-lifecycle software development solution on the Microsoft .NET
platform includes:
-- Requirements management and analysis capabilities with Rational
Suite(R) AnalystStudio(R), Rational Suite(R) DevelopmentStudio and
Rational(R) RequsitePro(R) empower teams to identify problems and
define solutions;
-- Direct access to Rational ClearCase software configuration management
capabilities from Microsoft Visual Studio .NET enables developers to
efficiently manage change and complexity;
-- Functional testing with Rational Suite(R) TestStudio(TM) ensures the
high performance and full functionality for applications built with
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET WebForms and WinForms;
-- Identification of hard-to-find runtime errors, performance bottlenecks
and untested code with Rational(R) PurifyPlus ensures reliable, high
quality code for .NET applications;
-- Power to code and design directly in the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
environment with Rational XDE Professional: Microsoft .NET Edition
accelerates .NET development;
-- Automated project metrics gathering and reporting with Rational(R)
ProjectConsole helps teams save time and improve project
predictability;
-- Detailed guidelines for developing software on the Microsoft .NET
Framework with the Rational Unified Process(R) Plug-In for Microsoft
.NET speeds the development of .NET applications. Rational is also
offering a new, lightweight developer-focused Rational Unified Process
configuration, offering specialized process guidance for Rational XDE
Professional: Microsoft .NET Edition;
-- Support for customers developing applications on the Microsoft .NET
platform with comprehensive, tool-specific content on the Rational
Developer Network(SM) accelerates customers' adoption of Rational's
solution for Microsoft .NET;
-- Rational Development Accelerators(TM), specifically designed for
Rational XDE Professional and Microsoft .NET, provide assets that
include reference applications and more than 20 patterns, as well as
tool automation, examples and guidance;
-- Rational University Web-based training courses for Rational's customers
utilizing the Microsoft .NET platform. Select courses on Rational XDE
Professional: Microsoft .NET Edition will be available free from March
2002 through mid-June 2002.
"Rational's strategic relationship with Microsoft provides developers
using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET with a combined solution that enables teams
to architect, design, code, execute, test, deploy, and debug applications,"
said Eric Schurr, senior vice president of marketing, Rational Software.
"The seamless integration of our tools and best practices with Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET liberates developers from the chaos that plagues typical
software projects, allowing teams to create great software."
Additional information on Rational's complete life-cycle solution for the
Microsoft .NET platform is available at http://www.rational.com/microsoft.
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About Rational Software Corporation
Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves
the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects. This integrated,
full life-cycle solution combines software engineering best practices, market-
leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-six 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 $751.4 million in its twelve
months ended December 31, 2001, and over 3,700 employees worldwide. Rational
is a member of the S&P 500 Index and a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index(R).
Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.rational.com.
"Rational, the Rational logo, Rational XDE Professional, Rational
Developer Network, Rational Suite, and Rational ClearCase, 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."
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