IBM has released version 7 of its Rational Software
desktop products to help improve the development of service
oriented architecture (SOA) software.
The IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform 7.0 is Eclipse-based
and, according to the company, offers best practice processes that
help customers govern the process of software and systems delivery,
as well as tighten the relationship between IT and the
business.
The launch builds on the January release of Rational Systems
Developer and the June release of IBM Rational Software Development
Platform 7.0 Team tools, which enable better development team
collaboration by breaking down organisational silos.
Version 7 products include IBM Rational Elite Support for
Eclipse, which provides enterprise-level support for the Eclipse
open source development framework.
There is also IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere
software, which allows developers to design, develop, analyse,
test, profile and deploy SOA, Java, J2EE and portal
applications.
IBM Rational Software Architect provides advanced model-driven
development for software architects and model-driven developers
creating SOA, J2EE and portal applications.
And IBM Rational Software Modeler is a UML2.1-based visual
modelling and design tool for architects, systems analysts and
designers.
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