From now through the end of 2017, IBM is offering a 10% discount on purchases of our most popular continuous engineering offerings. To get this deal, you must purchase 10 licenses (15 of  IBM Track and Plan on Cloud). Discount codes are located at the top of each page. IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation This […]

(NOTE: For the latest information, see Update on Rhapsody Design Manager and Rhapsody Model Manager.) Are you designing and developing products that keep getting more connected and more complex?  If so, you’re not alone. The Continuous Engineering team talks to clients in many industries whose products are now systems of interconnected parts that are also part […]

We are pleased to announce that the Rational Build Forge 8.0.0.5 fix pack is now available for download. This release contains quality improvements in terms of fixes for customer submitted defects, documentation, and installation.  The release also includes platform support for Windows Server 2016 Enterprise (console), Windows 10 Enterprise (agent) and DB2 Server Enterprise 11.1. The primary […]

We are glad to announce that the Rational Asset Manager (RAM) 7.5.3.1 fix pack is now available for download on jazz.net! This release contains quality improvements in terms of fixes for customer submitted defects, documentation, and installation. The Artifacts Upload capability has also been improved in this release. This capability now relies on a JavaScript implementation that supports modern browsers, […]

Share your insights on IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation.  Your peers go to G2 Crowd to get an inside look at Product Management tools and other business software. Adding your perspective on Rational DOORS Next Generation will help others pick the right product based on real user experiences. For the first 40 reviewers of Rational […]

As you can see in What’s new in Rational Team Concert 6.0.4, several new features were added to Rational Team Concert (RTC) source control. I would like to highlight a few of the features in this post. Operation History The ability to show the operation history of a stream or workspace has been one of […]

Are you interested in taking advantage of the IBM Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) reports delivered to support enterprise scaled agile environments but aren’t sure how to get started? Maybe you’ve tried to import them but haven’t been successful? Or maybe you aren’t using the Scaled Agile Framework ® (SAFe®) specifically, but still want some of […]

The IBM Rational Team Concert client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDE comes with a default file compare utility, but also allows you to use any external compare tool of your choice.  The compare utility that you use will come up in a separate window that you’d need to switch to in order to perform the […]

If you are a SAFe groupie like I am, you know by now that a new version of the Scaled Agile Framework® was introduced last week by Scaled Agile, Inc.. For those of you whose lives don’t revolve around SAFe, I’ll provide a quick summary before explaining how the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management  […]

The JSON data format is widely accepted and used for exchanging data in today’s world. Rational Publishing Engine (RPE) previously was able to generate documents from tools that exposed data in XML format. With RPE 2.1.2, documents can be generated consuming data in JSON format. There is absolutely no change in the user experience for adding schema, […]