Content Deepens Offerings on Rational Developer Network to Help Customers
Overcome Software Development Challenges
LEXINGTON, Mass., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL)
today announced that it has signed an agreement with technical publisher
Addison-Wesley (AW) to publish chapters of software development books on the
Rational Developer Network(SM) (http://www.rational.net).
This content, which will be updated regularly, will be available on the
Books Central Knowledge Center on the Rational Developer Network. This is the
first such relationship for Addison-Wesley.
The Rational Developer Network is a Web site that provides targeted
content and skill-building resources to Rational customers, increasing their
development efficiency and mastery of Rational's tools and best practices.
"We're very pleased to work with Addison-Wesley to continue to deepen the
highly-relevant content offered to our customers on the Rational Developer
Network," said Dan Shiffman, senior vice president, Intellectual Property
Group, Rational Software. "The comprehensive offerings on the Rational
Developer Network provide customers context specific information and focused
guidance to help overcome the challenges faced throughout the software
development lifecycle."
"We believe that the Rational Developer Network is a valuable resource for
software developers," said Paul Becker, senior editor of Addison-Wesley.
"Addison-Wesley has a long history of working with Rational's thought leaders,
including Grady Booch, and we are thrilled to extend this relationship by
providing high-level content to the Rational Developer Network."
Several of the books will be from The Addison-Wesley Object Technology
Series, which is edited by Rational Software's Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and
Jim Rumbaugh, as well as AW's Software Patterns Series and Component Software
Series. Technical experts and editors from Rational, including Grady Booch,
will work closely with AW to select the appropriate books and their respective
chapters for the Rational Developer Network's audience.
Rational will be able to offer its customers access to selected chapters
from existing and new books, as well as from books that are currently in
progress. Each AW chapter will have a title and short abstract on the main
page of Books Central, linking to an article summary page that includes an
abstract, link to the PDF file, book cover image, copyright information,
permission statement, and links to the AW online catalog.
About Addison-Wesley
Addison-Wesley is a leading publisher of high-quality and timely
information for programmers, developers, engineers, and system administrators.
AW's mission is to provide educational materials about new technologies and
new approaches to current technologies written by the leading authorities.
Addison-Wesley is a division of Pearson Education, and Addison-Wesley readers
and authors benefit from Pearson Education's global resources.
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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 life-cycle solution combines software engineering best practices, market-
leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-six 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 $796.7 million in its twelve months ended
September 30, 2001, and over 3,500 employees worldwide. Rational is a
component of the Nasdaq-100 Index(R). Additional information is available on
the Internet at: http://www.rational.com.
Rational, the Rational logo and the Rational Developer Network, 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.
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