NEW YORK -- IBM Corp. said Friday it will purchase Rational Software Corp., a maker of development tools, for $2.1 billion in cash -- its biggest software acquisition since purchasing Lotus in 1995.

The newly named IBM Innovate show will feature material about the Rational product line as well as other IBM products and services IBM has expanded the scope of its annual conference for Rational ...

IBM Corp. has agreed to acquire Rational Software Corp. for US$2.1 billion, the companies said Friday. Rational, which is located in Cupertino, California, provides software tools and services for ...

CRN:: Solution providers have said that since Rational became a part of IBM, its tools don't support Microsoft products as much as they support the J2EE platform. What's the story there? Devlin: ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

After acquiring Rational Software for $2.1 billion in December, IBM has offered some insight into its plans to wrap Rational’s development tools into the On Demand initiative. Coming down the pike is ...

Sabbah is a 30-year veteran of the company and an architect of its open-source policy, as well as overseer of its mainstream WebSphere middleware. While acting as head of development for WebSphere, ...

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IBM's Rational division this week gave attendees at its annual user conference in Orlando, Fla. a peek at three new products focused on the notion of "software investment management," as well as ...

IBM on Wednesday will announce integrations between its Rational and Tivoli product lines that enable users to automate processes across development, testing, and operations teams. The service ...

My guesses for what would constitute the bulk of the show news this week at IBM's 2008 Rational Software Developer Conference seem to have been mostly accurate. It’s teams, it’s collaboration and it’s ...

It's opening Sunday night down here in Orlando at IBM's 2008 Rational Software Developer Conference. Having attended and reported on this event since 2004 I thought I would be able to make a few ...