The Jazz platform is designed to support any industry participant who wants to improve the software and systems lifecycle and break down walls between tools. The platform is built on architectural principles that represent a key departure from approaches taken in the past. Unlike the way monolithic, closed products of the past are integrated, Jazz has an innovative approach to integration based on open, flexible services and Internet architecture.

Jazz products are designed to put the team first. Rational is building a set of new Jazz products right here at Jazz.net. Other Rational products join the Jazz family through client or server integrations using the Jazz Architecture. And as part of IBM's "Ready for IBM Rational Software" partner program, IBM business partners offer extensions and complementary products that extend the value of the Jazz platform.

The jazz.net community site is the live development infrastructure for Jazz products. You can interact directly with the Jazz development teams and other community members, download product trials and betas, track our progress, and give us direct feedback.