Content Enriches User Experience by Providing High Quality Technical Papers
and Articles Focused on Software Development
DENVER, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational User Conference --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL), the e-development company(TM), today
announced an agreement with the IEEE Computer Society, in which the Computer
Society will provide content from its Digital Library to Rational Developer
Network, a developer portal that delivers targeted content exclusively to
Rational Suite (TM) customers. This is the first time that this material has
been made available outside the IEEE Computer Society membership.
This content will consist of technical papers and articles on the software
development topics most important to Rational users. By bringing together
both licensed and Rational original content, Web-based training, and an online
community of peers, Rational Developer Network provides a single resource for
answers to complex developer questions, enabling Rational Suite users to
improve their time-to-productivity.
Grady Booch, chief scientist for Rational Software, will work closely with
the IEEE Computer Society to select the most pertinent content for Rational
Developer Network users. He will also host Rational Developer Network's
knowledge center, which features IEEE content by providing editor's notes and
other original information to supplement the content.
This agreement will enable Rational Developer Network users to have free
access to content selected from the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library that
is currently accessible only to IEEE Computer Society members with online
subscriptions. Over the next twelve months, Rational Developer Network will
have access to over one hundred papers from IEEE.
"We are very excited to be able to integrate relevant and useful content
from an organization as widely respected as the IEEE Computer Society into
Rational Developer Network," said Dan Shiffman, senior vice president,
Intellectual Property Group of Rational Software. "It is Rational Developer
Network's goal to index, organize, and deliver a wide variety of resources
that enable users of Rational Suite to expand their base of software
development knowledge across the complete software development lifecycle, and
therefore help them create higher quality software faster."
IEEE Computer Society content will be available on Rational Developer
Network beginning in late July 2001. Each article will have a title and short
abstract on the knowledge center's main page linking to an article summary
page which includes an abstract, link to the PDF file, links to the IEEE
Computer Society Digital Library, and author bios.
Over the next twelve months, Rational will enhance the knowledge center to
include additional content that focuses on specific areas of interest to
Rational users. The first section will be available in late July 2001 and
will focus on software architecture.
About Rational Developer Network
Rational Developer Network is a developer portal that delivers targeted
content to the Rational developer community. Rational Developer Network's
editors collect and commission articles, white papers, and other artifacts
which, when coupled with threaded discussions, provide members with an online
forum for learning and knowledge sharing. This capability is available to all
Rational Suite customers with current maintenance agreements.
For additional news announced at the Rational User Conference, please
visit http://www.rational.com/news/ruc2001/index.jsp . To view screen shots,
please visit http://www.rational.com/news/ruc2001/screenshots.jsp .
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About the IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Computer Society is a 100,000-member professional association
that seeks to be the leading provider of technical information and services to
the world's computing professionals. As part of the larger Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., headquartered in Piscataway, New
Jersey, the Computer Society recently celebrated its 55th anniversary.
Additional information is available at http://www.computer.org .
About Rational Software Corporation
Rational Software provides a platform for software development that speeds
time-to-market while improving software quality. This integrated,
full life-cycle solution combines software engineering best practices,
market-leading tools, and professional services. Ninety of the Fortune 100
and 49 of the Fortune e-50 build software with the Rational solution. This
open platform is extended by hundreds of partners providing more than
500 complementary products and services. IDC has recognized Rational as the
revenue leader in multiple application development and deployment markets for
four years in a row. Founded in 1981, Rational, one of the world's largest
software companies, had revenues of $820.4 million in its twelve months ended
June, 2001 and employs more than 3,800 people around the world. Rational is a
component of the Nasdaq-100 Index(R). Additional information is available on
the Internet at http://www.rational.com .
The word "Rational" and Rational's products are trademarks of Rational
Software Corporation. References to other companies and their products use
trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purposes
only.
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