Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest Lead for Fourth Consecutive Year;
Rational Rose for Second Consecutive Year; Rational Widens Lead
in Both Categories
LEXINGTON, Mass., June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL) today announced that its software
configuration management (SCM) solution, which includes Rational(R)
ClearCase(R) and Rational(R) ClearQuest(R), and its analysis, modeling and
design (AMD) solution, Rational Rose(R), were named the market share leaders
in their respective categories by International Data Corporation (IDC).
These results are available in IDC's reports entitled: "Worldwide Software
Configuration Management Tools Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2006" (IDC# 27290)
and "Worldwide Analysis, Modeling, and Design Tools Forecast and Analysis,
2002-2006" (IDC# 27248R). These reports examine the SCM and AMD markets and
leading vendor performance for 2001, and provide a market forecast through
2006.
Software Configuration Management
Rational's SCM solution continued to dominate the software configuration
management market in 2001, with a 36.5 percent share. Rational's SCM solution
market share grew in 2001 despite a decline in revenue in the overall SCM
market during the year. Additional information on Rational's SCM solution is
available at http://www.rational.com/products/scm/index.jsp.
"Our research shows that customers will increasingly demand SCM tools that
provide integrated management of not only life-cycle artifacts but also life-
cycle processes," said Dick Heiman, IDC analyst and author of "Worldwide
Software Configuration Management Tools Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2006."
"Therefore, we believe that Rational's broad range of integrated products,
suites marketing strategy and process focus all bode well for their future
growth."
Analysis, Modeling and Design
IDC reported that Rational was the AMD market share leader for the second
year in a row, extending its leadership position with a "commanding" 30.7
percent share of the market in 2001. This is substantially higher than the
8.3 percent registered in 2001 by the next company in this category.
Additional information on Rational Rose is available at
http://www.rational.com/products/rose/index.jsp.
"We believe that companies are continuing to look for ways to achieve
their business objectives by producing higher quality applications in shorter
time periods," said Rikki Kirzner, IDC analyst and author of "Worldwide
Analysis, Modeling, and Design Tools Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2006."
"Therefore customers will continue to look to leading edge companies to
provide them with AMD solutions that offer more capabilities, features and
functionality to help drive their success."
"We're thrilled that Rational's SCM and AMD solutions have once again been
named the runaway leaders in their respective markets by IDC," said Eric
Schurr, chief marketing officer, Rational Software. "Our customers continue
to improve and enhance their software development processes with Rational's
SCM and AMD solutions, and these market results are another indication of
their success. Rational's software development solutions liberate project
leaders, developers, analysts and testers from time consuming activities that
delay software development projects, enabling them to create higher quality
business applications and software products faster."
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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, the Rational logo, ClearCase, ClearQuest, 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:
Bill Durling John Coffey
Rational Software Rational Software
781-372-5886 781-372-5848
bdurling@rational.com jcoffey@rational.com
SOURCE Rational Software
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CONTACT:
Bill Durling, +1-781-372-5886,
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jcoffey@rational.com, both of Rational Software
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