Rational's life-cycle solution for VS.NET, .NET framework

NEW DELHI: In conjunction with the launch of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Rational Software has outlined its complete life-cycle software development solution for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework.

Rational's life-cycle management solutions enrich and extend Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, resulting in a more orderly and productive development process that unleashes the creative power of software development teams.

Rational, member of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integration Program (VSIP), has achieved seamless integration with the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Rational delivers powerful and comprehensive solutions for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET developers through a combination of the Rational Suite product family, Rational ClearCase and Rational XDE Professional v2002: Microsoft .NET Edition. Rational's new product that eliminates the gap between software design and development in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, speeding the construction of C# applications.

"We've been working closely with Rational for many years and we're thrilled that they are delivering the full Rational Suite product family to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET developers," said Tom Button, vice president, Developer and Platform Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "Rational's market-leading, integrated software development life-cycle solution for developers is a great example of integration with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET."

Rational's solutions span development tools, server support, professional services, software engineering best practices, and developer resources to support customers' most ambitious Microsoft .NET development initiatives. "Rational's strategic relationship with Microsoft provides developers using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET with a combined solution that enables teams to architect, design, code, execute, test, deploy, and debug applications," said Eric Schurr, senior vice president of marketing, Rational Software. "The seamless integration of our tools and best practices with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET liberates developers from the chaos that plagues typical software projects, allowing teams to create great software."