The Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) community is working to standardize the way that lifecycle tools can share data (for example, requirements, defects, test cases, plans, or code) with one another. Linked data concepts are the foundation of OSLC. As a developer on Rational Quality Manager, I had a chance to see how OSLC […]

Spring is almost here, and that means a lot of things. It means that I’ll have to start mowing the grass again soon. It means that I’ve now long since forgotten my annual New Year’s resolution to lose weight. And it means that EclipseCon is just around the corner, and we’ve got some great stuff […]

Very few companies provide milestone builds of their products to their customers. And not all provide betas. But how many companies do both AND self-host on their milestones and betas? Not many, but we DO and we’re proud of it. By self-hosting, we work out the problems before you experience them, but we also know […]

Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) is a set of specifications that enable the integration of software development and more broadly Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). The intention is to make life easier for software and product developers and tools vendors, by making it easier for tools to work together. Every time we fire up one of […]

The Rational User Experience & Design team is undertaking a study to better understand the users of our offerings and solutions.  We work closely with development and other groups to create products that are easy to use and meet your needs through a variety of research, design, and evaluation activities. The study involves interviewing a […]

The next release of Rational Quality Manager is coming soon. And by now you have seen the latest Beta and milestones posted for download, the updated release plans, a lot of progress on work items, and even the updated documentation. However, you probably haven’t seen much information about Rational Test Lab Manager (RTLM) being included […]

I’m very pleased to announce the release of IBM Rational Activity Tracking 0.5, the first Rational Insight incubator and the first Insight project developed in collaboration with IBM Research. But just what is IBM Rational Activity Tracking? To illustrate, let’s look at an example. With today’s globally integrated work force, it is common for software developers […]

I am truly ‘jazzed’ to announce the release of Rational Insight 1.0.1. This release was the first release of Rational Insight developed at Jazz.net using a transparent development process. Download the trial now and experiment with some of the new features, including: Support for Rational Focal Point IBM Rational Focal Point is a product and […]

We are pleased to announce the availability of Rational Team Concert 3.0, and invite you to download it and enjoy. It’s loaded with cool features, many of which you asked for, including a few that I’ll summarize here: Any Plan (Agile, Formal, or Hybrid) We’ve added support in the core planning component for more traditional […]

Today we are announcing that Rational Team Concert 3.0 will be generally available on November 23, 2010. Visit the Rational Team Concert project page to learn more and get the highlights of what’s new! In addition to the enhancements in the main product functions, there have been significant changes to the licensing and deployment models […]