IBM Rational offers industry-leading, comprehensive, integrated software configuration management, software change management, and build and release management solutions for successful software delivery. Used by thousands of companies worldwide, these solutions can help you improve productivity, gain better visibility into projects and processes, manage distributed teams, and provide audit trails and traceability across the software development lifecycle for fast delivery of high-quality software.

New to the change and release management portfolio is an extensible static analysis solution that enables software code reviews, bug identification, and policy enforcement very early in the development lifecycle. IBM change and release management solutions include:

• IBM software configuration management products for sophisticated version control and parallel development support to manage and control software assets
• IBM software change management products for defect tracking and automation of software processes
• IBM build and release management products for accelerating, standardizing and automating build and release cycles
• IBM static analysis products for identifying code-level issues early in the software development lifecycle and automating code quality analysis

Software Configuration Management

IBM Rational ClearCase® LT: Version control tool for small, local development teams. Easy to install and manage, it supports parallel development, automated workspace configuration and disconnected usage on Linux, Windows and UNIX platforms. Local, remote and Web interfaces and integration with leading IDEs enable access virtually anywhere, anytime.

IBM Rational ClearCase:

Manages and controls software assets across the lifecycle. Extends the value of Rational ClearCase LT by adding transparent, real-time access to files and directories, advanced build and release management and mainframe development support.

IBM Rational ClearCase MultiSite®: An option to Rational ClearCase that supports distributed access to software assets through replication and synchronization of Rational ClearCase repositories.

Software Change Management

Software Change Management®:

Manages and controls development processes for improved effectiveness. Process automation helps create repeatable, enforceable, predictable processes. Defect and change tracking helps document and manage issues to completion. Real-time status and reporting provide better visibility into projects and processes. Electronic signatures, user authentication and audit trails help meet regulatory compliance requirements. Local, remote and Web interfaces and integration with leading IDEs enable access virtually anytime, anywhere.

IBM Rational ClearQuest MultiSite:

Process management, reporting, and defect and change tracking for geographically distributed projects.

Process management, reporting, and defect and change tracking for geographically distributed projects.

Build & Release Management

Rational Build Forge Express Edition:

It provides comprehensive build management and release management to improve software quality and accelerate software delivery for small and midsize businesses. It provides a centralized solution that can coordinate and execute repeatable build and release processes across your organization.

Rational Build Forge Standard Edition:

Enables high-performance builds and agile software development. Its adaptive buildand- release management framework helps development teams standardize repetitive tasks, manage compliance mandates, and share information.

Rational Build Forge Enterprise Edition:

Provides enterprise-wide build management. The enterprise edition includes a language/scriptindependent accelerator for high-performance builds and releases and adds pooling and fault tolerance so that servers previously dedicated to a single project can become highly productive shared server pools.

Static Analysis

Rational Software Analyzer:

An extensible static analysis solution that enables code reviews and bug identification very early in the software development lifecycle. It provides an enterprise-class, extensible framework allowing for the integration of 3rd-party static analysis tools, powerful centralized reporting capabilities for IT governance and compliance, and automated workflow processes.