Leading Management and IT Consulting Firm Uses Rational's Integrated Software
Development Lifecycle Solution in Hundreds of Client Projects Worldwide
LEXINGTON, Mass., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL) today announced that Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
(CGE&Y) has implemented the Rational Software Development Platform to improve
the capability and capacity of its Advanced Development & Integration (AD&I)
service line worldwide.
CGE&Y's AD&I service line, which consists of approximately 16,000
employees, develops and implements software-intensive IT systems worldwide.
Over the past two years, CGE&Y has used Rational's software on hundreds of
client projects in North America, the United Kingdom, Sweden, New Zealand,
Germany, India, and France, and continues to roll out Rational's solution
throughout their organization across the globe.
CGE&Y utilizes the Rational Suite(R) and Rational(R) ClearCase(R) products
worldwide for client engagements across its software development organization
and has standardized its development activities on the Rational Unified
Process(R) to ensure that a single methodology and common language is utilized
around the world.
CGE&Y's consultants -- analysts, developers and testers -- utilize
Rational Suite(R) AnalystStudio(R), Rational Suite(R) DevelopmentStudio,
Rational Suite(R) TestStudio(TM), Rational ClearCase, and Rational(R)
ClearCase Multisite(R) throughout the entire software development lifecycle to
manage weekly builds and interim releases.
"Rational helps us to deliver large, highly-integrated projects by
providing us with additional discipline throughout the software development
process," said Colette Coad, vice president for Global AD&I Delivery
Excellence at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. "The tools that we have adopted and
the best practices provided by the Rational Unified Process help liberate our
developers from unproductive activities, which has helped us increase
development speed and quality and therefore deliver additional value to our
customers."
"Cap Gemini Ernst & Young has identified Rational's tools and best
practices as an important element of serving their clients' software
development projects," said Eric Schurr, senior vice president of marketing
for Rational Software. "By standardizing on the Rational Unified Process and
adopting Rational Suite across their development organization, Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young now has a consistent method and integrated tools with which to
better develop software around the globe."
Additional information on CGE&Y's use of Rational's software development
platform is available at: http://www.rational.com/voice/cgey.html.
About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the largest management and IT
consulting organisations in the world. The company offers management and IT
consulting services, systems integration, and technology development, design
and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help businesses continue to
implement growth strategies and leverage technology. Early 2002, the
organisation employed more than 56,500 people worldwide and reported 2001
global revenues of more than 8.4 billion euros.
More information about individual service lines, offices and research is
available at http://www.cgey.com
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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 lifecycle 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 $689.8 million in its twelve months ended
March 31, 2002, and over 3,500 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 at http://www.rational.com and http://www.therationaledge.com, the
monthly e-zine for the Rational community.
"Rational, the Rational logo, Rational Suite, ClearCase, and
AnalystStudio, 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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http://www.cgey.com
http://www.rational.com
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CONTACT:
Bill Durling, +1-781-372-5886,
bdurling@rational.com; or John Coffey, +1-781-372-5848,
jcoffey@rational.com; both of Rational Software; or Philippe
Guichardaz of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, +33-(1)-47-54-50-45,
philippe.guichardaz@cgey.com
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