March 8, IBM released in Beijing, the Rational 7.0 version of Eclipse-based new product, Rational 7.0 devices will benefit SOA framework, and strengthen service-oriented architecture (Service Oriented Architecture, SOA) architecture capabilities to help clients more efficient delivery of highquality software and services.
It is reported that this new product release of Rational Software in 2006, built on IBM's Rational Systems Developer and IBM Rational Software Development Platform 7.0 Team tools on top of the goal of this series is to break enterprise silos of information within an organization,to promote collaboration between development teams and help customers to increase delivery times, reduce costs and improve software quality.
The new IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform desktop products and services include:
◎ IBM Rational Elite Support for Eclipse - on the Eclipse open source development framework to provide enterprise-class support to meet the needs of various types of developers (whether a novice to enterprise developers, or development experts).IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform 7.0 desktop products will install directly into existing Eclipse 3.2 environments offering the maximum flexibility, according to the need to use the appropriate tool.
◎ IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software - comprehensive integrated development environment to help developers design, develop, analyze, test, profile and deploy SOA, Java, J2EE and portal applications.
◎ IBM Rational Software Architect - provides advanced model-driven development, with the ability for software architects and model-driven developers creating SOA, J2EE and portal applications.
◎ IBM Rational Software Modeler - a visual UML2.1 based modeling and design tools, specifically for designers, systems analysts and designers to ensure that their specifications, architectures and designs are clearly defined and communicated.
◎ IBM Rational Systems Developer - 一款 Eclipse-based system design and development tools, from a rich partner ecosystem to provide support, including plug-ins that enable systems and software architects and model-driven developers to take advantage UML2, analysis and developmentfunction to create well architected C / C + +, Java, J2SE, CORBA-based applications, and other analysis and development of modules.IBM Rational Systems Developer allows customers to create and manage Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) views and work products.
◎ IBM Rational Functional Tester - An advanced, automated functional and regression testing tool for the need to test Java, VS.NET, Web-based applications and packet-type testers and GUI developers.
◎ IBM Rational Functional Tester Plus - a functional and regression testing solution bundle that allows the product teams to test a wide variety of software applications, including Java, web, web services,. NET, based thick client technology, etc..
◎ IBM Rational Manual Tester - A manual test authoring and execution tool that promotes test step reuse to reduce the impact of software change on testers and business analysts in.
◎ IBM Rational ClearQuest and Functional Testing - a comprehensive quality and change management package, the test team to test management, defect management, automated and manual functional testing of integrated management solutions.
◎ IBM Rational Professional Bundle - including Windows and Linux enterprise to design, construct and test J2EE, portal, SOA applications, and testing. NET applications need all the desktop tools.
◎ IBM Rational Data and Application Modeling Bundle - provides IBM Rational Data Architect v7.0 and IBM Rational Software Modeler v7.0, set of enterprise data modeling, integration and development capabilities, and the UML visual application modeling tools in one.
Meanwhile, IBM Rational desktop products also integrate WebSphere and Tivoli products important function modules, as early as possible to help customers achieve SOA.
In addition, IBM also announced in the Rational Software Delivery Platform 7.0 to integrate partner products, to improve software quality and efficiency.Partners as long as through Ready for IBM Rational software offering, its products be validated to ensure their products meet IBM interoperability and user experience in terms of requirements, you can speed up SOA applications, take advantage of more good quality and efficient architecture designdelivering software and services.