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Increase productivity by using Rational Application Developer with other Rational software
Rational Application Developer integrates with products across the Rational portfolio and provides third-party extension support. This two-part series gives an overview of integrating Rational Application Developer with IBM® Rational Team Concert™ and IBM® Jazz™ technology, IBM® Rational® Asset Manager, IBM® Rational® RequisitePro®, and IBM® Rational® ClearQuest®. The authors discuss installation, configuration, requirements, use cases, and limitations. You will learn how you can apply these integrations during software development in the Rational Application Developer environment, from requirements management and traceability, to implementation and maintainability, to governance with reusable assets.

IBM Launches New Security Solutions, Extends Secure by Design Initiative
IBM is introducing new software and services that help organizations build security into the initial design of their applications, rather than bolt it on as an afterthought when it becomes more costly to fix.

Rational Support now part of the new IBM Support Portal - Start Using it Today!
In early January 2010, the existing technical support pages were retired and officially replaced by the new IBM Support Portal. This portal centralizes all IBM technical support sites into a single, customizable online support experience. IBM Support Portal has been available since October on a "Click to Try" basis to all IBM clients. So don't wait - start using the IBM Support Portal today!

IBM Rational C/C++ and COBOL Development Tools for AIX Open Beta Program
This program targets clients interested in deploying Rational C/C++ and COBOL development tools for AIX. This new code is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) where developers can remotely develop, compile, build and debug applications on Windows while their sources reside on AIX. The Beta Forum (click the Support tab) will be monitored by the development team. Give the new beta code a try and let us know what you think on the Forum!

Revolutionizing the Economics of Application Maintenance
Application maintenance and development costs are eating up many IT budgets, yet the correlation between expense and business value is unclear. Businesses are taking a hard look at how IT manages applications, development skills, and team collaboration. They can no longer afford disparate IT teams spread across the enterprise using incompatible development processes, technologies, and infrastructure. At the same time, they need to continue delivering value from their existing software investments.

IBM Rational announces new and enhanced capabilities to help organizations reduce their mainframe transactions costs, improve their maintenance efficiency, and extend the life of their business critical applications.
To learn more, visit www.ibm.com/software/rational/announce/modernization

Rational News: Consolidated Collection of Trial Software Pages on developerWorks
IBM has compiled a set of resources for each of the 60+trial organized into Learn, Try, Buy, and Support. Learn provides and overview of the product, Try provides way to download or use the product online, Buy gives pricing information, and Learn is a collection of technical content.

Rational News: IBM Acquires Ounce Labs
IBM announced it has acquired Ounce Labs, Inc., a privately-held company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, whose software helps companies reduce the risks and costs associated with security and compliance concerns. IBM will integrate Ounce Labs, a leading provider of enterprise source code security testing, into its Rational software business. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Rational Earns #1 Ranking in Application Development Software from Gartner and Evans Data
According to analysts Gartner, Inc., IBM is the worldwide market share leader in application development based on total software revenue in 2008. This is the eighth consecutive year that IBM leads in this space. According to the independent Gartner report, IBM leads the industry with 27.1 percent share in 2008, growing 7.9 percent as compared to the overall segment's growth of 4 percent.

IBM Rational tools also achieved top honors in the annual Evans Data Corp. Software Development Platform User Satisfaction survey. Rational was named overall winner, ranking higher than development tools from Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, as well as open source offerings. This is the third time in four years Rational has taken top honors.

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