IBM Rational is a service provided by IBM. IBM Rational helps with software and systems development. It is supposed to help software be more profitable and and improve productivity.
IBM Rational Team Concert was created in 2008-06.
IBM Rational Software Modeler was created on 2004-10-13.
IBM Rational Application Developer was created on 2005-01-07.
IBM Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management was created in 2011-06.
Req Pro was a part of the original Rational suite (Rational Rose, Rational Clear Case). DOORS Was a major competitor to Req Pro, later IBM bought it and renamed it to Rational DOORS. So now you have two requirement tools under IBM. DOORS is generally used by Systems Engineering companies and ReqPro by IT companies. Presently IBM is developing another product based on their open source intiative - jazz.net; which is called Rational Requirements Composer. RRC can be considered next generation version of ReqPro
Rational Unified Process
Many companies specialize in financial risk management. Some examples of companies that specialize in financial risk management include GARP, iBM, Cargill, and Aon.
RFT, or Rational Functional Tester, is a software suite released by IBM to help programmers test their code. IBM offers a trial on their official webpage, but one will have to pay if one wants to own a copy of the software.
IBM manufactures IBM printers.
It is not known who with IBM has made IBM Watson
The IBM Rational Build Forge software is used to automate, streamline and standardize repetitive tasks. For instance and as a result, a software assembly process is accelerated and improved.
Yes. There are many IDE's available for developing java programs/applications. Some are: 1. Eclipse 2. Net Beans 3. IBM WSAD - Websphere Studio Application Developer 4. IBM RAD - Rational Application Developer Etc..