LEXINGTON, Mass., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational Software
(Nasdaq: RATL), the e-development company(TM), today announced that
approximately 2,000 people from 41 countries attended the Rational User
Conference 2001 "Blazing New Trails", held this week in Denver.
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International attendees comprised 20 percent of the total, demonstrating
Rational's growth and success around the globe. The conference featured more
than 200 technical sessions in 10 tracks focused on software development. Led
by customers, Rational thought leaders, engineers, and partners, the
conference sessions were selected from more than 500 submissions.
Highlights of the Rational User Conference 2001 include an opening keynote
presentation from Mike Devlin, co-founder and chief executive officer, and
Paul Levy, co-founder and chairman. Mr. Devlin provided an overview of recent
news and product developments from Rational, as well as information on the
successes that customers have realized from the use of Rational's software
development solution. Mr. Levy commented on the ever-growing importance of
software in government, society and business.
Mr. Devlin and Mr. Levy were joined in their presentation by John
Swainson, general manager, Application & Integration Middleware Division, IBM
Software Group; and Tom Button, vice president of Developer Tools, Microsoft,
who provided insight into their respective relationships with Rational, as
well an overview of their companies' recent initiatives.
All of the keynote presentations, as well as Rational and partner news
and announcements from the Rational User Conference 2001, is available on the
Internet at:http://www.rational.com/news/ruc2001/index.jsp.
"We're very pleased with the success of the 2001 Rational User Conference,
particularly in light of today's economic landscape," said Eric Schurr, senior
vice president of marketing for Rational Software. "The fact that so many
customers and partners attended this year's event underscores the importance
of software to their businesses and the key role that Rational plays in their
software development. We remain dedicated to providing a comprehensive full
lifecycle software development solutions, so our customers can build higher
quality software faster."
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)(R). Additional information is available on the
Internet at http://www.rational.com.
About the Rational User Conference
The Rational User Conference offers technical insight and tactical
knowledge to better equip the Rational Software development community with
industry-proven tools, services and best practices. Attendees create their
agenda from more than 200 technical sessions covering 10 tracks on topics
spanning the development lifecycle. Industry experts and Rational engineers
introduce attendees to the power of integrating requirements management,
visual modeling, configuration and change management and automated testing
into their current software development strategy. Focusing on the entire
software development lifecycle, the annual conference offers crucial product
and industry insight for every member of the development team. Additional
information is available on the Internet at: http://www.rational.com/ruc/.
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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