IBM Rational Team Concert 6.0 continues to develop and improve the capabilities provided for users of z Systems and IBM i. ISPF client usability The ISPF client is still focused on developers and their day-to-day code changing activities. First of all a new command,  SRCHFOR, has been added, to make it easier for developers to […]

In IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) 6.0 we have simplified the user experience while adding advanced capabilities. Let’s start with making things easier and more flexible for developers. Easy agile your way: IBM Rational Team Concert Quick Planner 6.0 I recently gave a brief keynote talk at the SCRUM Alliance in Phoenix about “Agile your […]

This release could well be introducing the most fundamental function into a requirements management (RM) tool since RM systems began.  While we continue our drive with usability and productivity, we are also providing support for requirements configuration management (CM), built from the ground up as part of the native tool, rather than simply integrating an […]

IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) 6.0 brings both incremental improvements over v5 and a completely new dimension to managing test artifacts. On the incremental improvements front, the team has done a great job to continue to work closely with our customers to further improve the user experience on specific areas such as dashboard widgets or […]

The Rational Publishing Engine 2.0 is now available as a GA download. This major release includes a simplified web interface that will help clients focus on generating documents with minimal steps and also apply effective template reuse within their organization. To learn more about the capabilities of this release, read the “What’s new” section in […]

The recent release of Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 6.0 RC1 signals the release candidate (RC) phase of development, which means that the official CLM 6.0 release is in its final stages. The 6.0 release offers new and exciting configuration management capabilities. To learn more about these capabilities, read the Getting started with configuration management help […]

You may have noticed some changes when you came to visit Jazz.net today. After 8 years, the jazz.net team thought it was time to give the site a more thorough overhaul then it has had in the past. Keeping Agile and Lean principles in mind, we’re starting small and looking to get early feedback on […]

I want to take this time to thank all of you who are participating in our 6.0 Beta programs for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG), Rational Quality Manager (RQM) and Rational Team Concert (RTC).  We appreciate and value your participation over the past five months.  As a result of the beta […]

We’re hiring! IBM is serious about the Cloud. It’s where business is headed and you should be there too. Developing and deploying web and mobile applications in a continuous delivery environment is complex and challenging. IBM Bluemix cloud technology is based on open standards such as Cloud Foundry and Docker, with industrial strength software-defined infrastructure provided […]

We’re very pleased to announce that CLM 6.0 Milestone 9 with Configuration Management is now available to try in the cloud. Check out Daniel Moul’s M9 beta announcement where he introduces what’s new. This sandbox provides the user with an automatically created set of CLM projects and a small data set along with a Task […]