January 31, 2006 IBM Rational Tool Targets U.S. Contractors Courtesy of EE Times WASHINGTON — IBM Corp. is promoting a software initiative designed to help systems engineers manage their development environments and comply with industry regulations. IBM Software Group (Somers, N.Y.) said Tuesday (Jan. 31) its Rational Systems Developer initiative targets military and other government contractors that must comply with Defense Department and other U.S. specs. Among the mandatory DoD requirements is the Defense Architecture Framework. The tool helps multiple development teams create visual models of a system's software design and generates code from the design, IBM said. Other compliance and standards efforts covered by the software tools include Autosar, the automotive electronic-standards effort, and a Navy open architecture spec. Rational is built on the Eclipse open-source development platform, which IBM said will help U.S. contractors make the transition to service-oriented architectures. IBM said eight partners will develop Eclipse-based products using Rational software. Partners include Coverity, Inc., Pathfinder Solutions and RTOS specialist Wind River. E-mail This Story Print This Story Reprint This Story Get the latest Developer news, product info, and trends every week.			Microsoft To Aid Indian Software Startups Embedded Experts: Fix Code Bugs Or Cost Lives Bush's India Visit Expands Technology Partnerships Sun To Support Next-Gen Cryptography Standard EU Reopens Software Patent Debate H-1B Backers Lose Budget Round     Developer Pipeline's Main RSS Feed     Developer Pipeline's Blog RSS Feed VIEW ALL BRIEFING CENTERS Editorial and vendor perspectives Special Report: Are Computers Destroying The Earth? With Earth Day just around the corner, two reporters cross swords over the question of whether computers and technology are helping or hurting the environment. See what they have to say, then vote on who's got it right. Embedded Experts: Fix Code Bugs Or Cost Lives Apple's Boot Camp: Macs Do Windows Microsoft Platforms Chief Talks Co-opetition With Open Source Crash Course: Get a Handle on Web Services Specs and Standards How do recent stories highlighting the ability of Apple's new Intel-based Macs to run Windows as well as Mac OS X affect your view of Macs as development platforms? Macs that can run Windows and OS X? Gimme!     39% Yawn. No thanks.     22% It all comes down to price point. Count me as maybe.     17% Ha. If it doesn't run zOS or Solaris, forget it...     12% Apple? Never! TRS-80 RULEZ!     10% E-fficiency: Web App IDEs Want to give your e-business a competitive edge? Turbo-charge your development projects with one of these Web application development IDEs. Web Site Development Made Easy A "Class" Act: Software IDEs