BANGALORE: Rational Software, an e-development firm, has announced
partnership with WindRiver Systems, a leading provider of software and services
for connected smart devices, to provide cutting edge solutions for the real time
market.
The partnership will provide embedded systems developers with a highly
integrated development solution that will involve integration of Rational's Rose
RT with WindRiver's Tornado design suite.
The Rational Rose RT products complement
the WindRiver Tornado design platform enabling developers to use the UML tools
system design. This helps in drastically reducing the design time. The Tornado
tools along with VxWorks operating systems are widely acknowledged for
its embedded property and design tool.
The Rose RT product is integrated with Tornado tool set. Rational also has
the Atoll testing tool set, which is used for testing the code running on
VxWorks operating systems.
Announcing plans to enter the real time market, Rational India country
manager M K Bharatee said, "To lend special focus to the real time market,
we have appointed partners who would focus on selling Rational's real time
solutions such as Quality Architect along with Rose RT, ClearTest and Unified
Process.
"We provide the software industry's most comprehensive development,
design and test automation for developers of embedded and distributed real-time
systems," he said.
Speaking on the occasion, WindRiver country manager Ajit Edlabadkar said,
"Rational is one of the world leaders in software development tools. The
Rose RT product line from Rational and the Tornado design suite from WindRiver
are well integrated and well designed to roll out their products much
faster".