Rational Synergy

Unifies global, distributed teams

• The high-performance, wide area network (WAN) access allows distributed teams to carry out operations at local area network (LAN)-like speeds, increasing productivity and reducing the overhead of having multiple servers.
• The single SCM repository manages all artifacts related to software development, including source code, documents, and the final software executables and libraries.
• Software changes and tasks are synchronized in real time, so dispersed teams can collaborate in a cohesive fashion over the global delivery framework.
• With fast backup performance for IBM Informix® databases, downtimes are reduced and maintenance activities can be planned more efficiently. This helps achieve availability around the clock with overlapping time zones and agile practices.

Automates processes and tasks

• The common language of TBCM helps users interact with the project and each other in a consistent manner.
• Work assignments and tasks can be added to multiple release streams, simplifying parallel development.
• The task-based approach helps you customize the standard workflow so it can match the team’s preferred methodology.
• Process customization helps you achieve the development methodology—from agile or hybrid to industry-specific—so you can realize process maturity and capability.

Provides advanced baseline and release management capabilities

• Plan, track and centrally administer multiple projects and releases across your organization.
• Easily determine all the files and logical changes that are contained within a particular release. Automatic detection helps ensure complete and consistent builds.
• Safely remove a high-impact change and incorporate it into a subsequent release.

Helps support software reuse and component-based development

• Software reuse helps accelerate development and reduce duplication of effort.
• The component repository allows software components to be uniquely identified and versioned for ease of reuse.
• Software components can be used as building blocks to develop other systems, reducing the cost of development.
• Product lines, parallel development and conflict detection provide greater efficiency and effectiveness in managing your software development lifecycle.

Delivers a highly scalable platform

• Provides the advantage of a scalable, integrated platform that enforces governance, validates compliance, provides real-time visibility, reduces administrative overhead and increases overall agility.
• Integrates with IBM Rational Change software to provide a single view of your development status simultaneously with the impact of change requests.
• Supports multiple operating systems including Microsoft® Windows®, Oracle Solaris, IBM AIX®, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, SUSE Enterprise Linux, VMware ESX and Citrix.