Recognized as the Best Product in the Design Tools and Processes Category;
Beats Out Hundreds of Competitors
LEXINGTON, Mass., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL) today announced that Software Development
magazine has honored the Rational Unified Process(R) with a Jolt Award in the
Design Tools and Processes category.
Awards were given to those products that have "jolted" the industry by
making significant contributions, including the task of creating corporate
software faster, easier and more efficiently.
Rational was presented with this honor at the Jolt Product Excellence and
Productivity Awards at the Software Development West Conference and Exposition
in San Jose, California. Readers, vendors and judges submitted a record
number of over 700 nominations. A team of editors, expert advisors and
columnists from Software Development magazine selected the winners.
The Rational Unified Process enables development teams to increase their
productivity by providing a customizable and extensible platform for best
practices. This allows project leaders to select from a wide assortment of
process components, enabling them to choose the component that best suits the
needs of their project.
The Rational Unified Process is an industry wide process platform that
provides extensive technology and domain-specific guidance, including Plug-Ins
by partners such as IBM, Microsoft, HP, Sun, and BEA. Through collaboration
between Rational, a founding member of the AgileAlliance, and members of the
agile community, the Rational Unified Process also provides explicit
guidelines on agile best practices including refactoring, pair programming and
rapid feedback through run-time analysis. The Rational Unified Process is
continuously improved by incorporating suggestions submitted by thousands of
practitioners, based on their experiences with countless software development
projects.
"One of the keys to success in the software tools space is providing
information along with functionality," said Alexandra Weber Morales, editor-
in-chief, Software Development. "In Rational's case, they took the deep
knowledge of how successful development processes work -- embodied in the
company's well-known chief intellects -- and followed a browser-based,
minimalist approach to packaging the Rational Unified Process. The Rational
Unified Process is highly configurable and easy to use, but the methodology is
quite extensive. We can't wait to see what kind of effect this will have on
process patterns in the field."
"We're honored that Software Development's readers and editors have
acknowledged the positive impact that the Rational Unified Process has made on
our customers' software development results," said Eric Schurr, senior vice
president of marketing, Rational Software. "We developed the Rational Unified
Process to liberate developers from time consuming tasks, enabling teams to
create better software faster. Winning the Jolt award demonstrates that the
industry recognizes the value that the Rational Unified Process brings to
development teams."
Additional information on the Rational Unified Process is available at:
http://www.rational.com/products/rup.
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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-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 $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, Rational Software Corporation, the Rational logo, and the
Rational Unified Process, 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:
Bill Durling John Coffey
Rational Software Rational Software
781-372-5886 781-372-5848
bdurling@rational.com jcoffey@rational.com
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CONTACT:
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jcoffey@rational.com, both of Rational
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