IBM Rational Software Architect v8.0 released

New sketching feature allows you to informally capture ideas which can be transformed to formal architectures later on.

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IBM Rational Software Architect development environment.

IBM Rational Software Architect reduces complexity, manages risk, ensures high quality software, and shortens the learning curve of new technologies allowing you to focus on creative solutions and getting to market faster with architectures and applications that are built to last. Software Architect has a number of available extensions including Software Architect Extension for C++ for C++ implementations and Software Architect Extension for SOA and WebSphere which allows you to deliver Java Enterprise Edition and SOA solutions.

IBM Rational Software Architect is a flexible, extensible, easy to use platform for delivering high quality architectures.

• New! Sketching, a simple and informal way to capture ideas and thoughts that can quickly kickstart a project and be transformed later on to formal architectures.
• Manage risk, quality, and change more effectively; flush out and better understand requirements; enable more accurate planning and estimating
• Maintain more effective control of architecture and delivery outcomes
• Effectively manage and re-use solution architectures and architectural building blocks
• Manage evolution of, and adherence to, design contracts as development is carried out by geographically and organizationally distributed teams
• Focus on creative aspects of solutions and avoid mundane, repetitive work.
• Leverage scalable infrastructure services with access to the Cloud.
• Quickly create custom factory solutions based upon your own domain examples, using exemplar-driven authoring tools. Use domain specific languages to represent your unique problem and solution domains. Automate development with Patterns Based Engineering.
• Enhance the capabilities of Rational Software Architect with various extensions for a variety of problem and industry domains
• Additional integrations with the IBM Rational software delivery platform include IBM Rational Team Concert
• Open and highly extensible to adapt to your needs. Powered by Eclipse 3.6, features are optionally installable and configurable at a fine-grained level to expose only the tooling capabilities you truly need.

About IBM Rational Software

IBM strives to lead in the invention, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. The company translates these advanced technologies into value for its customers through professional solutions, services and consulting businesses worldwide.