New Agreement Deepens Relationship With Rational, Based on Successful Pilot
Projects With Rational's Solutions
LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL) today announced that NTT Comware Corp., one
of the largest systems integrators in Japan, has standardized on the Rational
Unified Process(R) and Unified Change Management (UCM) for all software
development projects across its entire 4,000-person development organization.
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UCM is Rational's best practices process for managing change from
requirements to release. UCM is enabled by Rational(R) ClearCase(R) and
Rational(R) ClearQuest(R), Rational's market-leading software configuration
management solution, and is a key component of the Rational Unified Process.
UCM defines a consistent, activity-based process for managing change that
teams can apply to their development projects.
NTT Comware has conducted four pilot projects with Rational's tools and
the Rational Unified Process since 2001. Based on the success of these
projects, NTT Comware has adopted the Rational Unified Process, Rational
ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest across its enterprise. NTT Comware also
will utilize a localized version of Rational's Web-based training on the
Rational Developer Network(SM) (http://www.rational.net/) to help improve its
productivity with Rational's solutions.
"NTT Comware's goal is to strengthen our competitive advantage by adopting
the Rational Unified Process and other Rational solutions," said Yuji Matsuo,
president of NTT Comware. "Our work with Rational will enable us to continue
to more rapidly provide higher-quality and reliable systems to our customers."
"As a leading systems integrator, NTT Comware understands that following a
set of software development processes helps speed the creation of high-quality
software," said Mike Devlin, co-founder and chief executive officer of
Rational Software. "We are very pleased that NTT Comware has had numerous
project successes with Rational's solutions and that it has decided to expand
its relationship with us."
Additional information on Rational's solutions is available at
http://www.rational.com/products/.
About NTT Comware Corp.
NTT Comware was founded from NTT in 1997 and has 6,000 employees. NTT
Comware is one of the biggest systems integrators in Japan. Eliminating
traditional way of framework in a business process, NTT Comware innovates the
business with IT. NTT Comware removes all kinds of extra processes in the
business for concentrating managerial resources for the main business. At the
same time, building new mechanism in the business, NTT Comware withdraws
business competitive potential. (http://www.nttcom.co.jp/).
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 $657.3 million in its twelve
months ended September 30, 2002, and over 3,400 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, and the Rational logo, 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:
John Coffey Angelo Kakolyris
Rational Software Waggener Edstrom
(781) 372-5848 (203) 353-7026
jcoffey@rational.com angelok@wagged.com
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CONTACT:
John Coffey of Rational Software,
+1-781-372-5848, jcoffey@rational.com; or Angelo Kakolyris of
Waggener Edstrom, +1-203-353- 7026, angelok@wagged.com
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