Turning complexity into clarity

On a smarter planet, products and systems are combined in ways that promise efficiencies and capabilities for the creation and delivery of business and social value that may have been unimaginable a decade ago.

From power grids to emergency response and defense systems, electric car recharging infrastructure and smart phone payment systems - these products and systems have to be interconnected and dependent on each other for their evolving functionality. These systems of systems require new ways of thinking, planning, development, deployment and operation that differ widely from those of conventional systems.

The IBM solution for systems and software engineering helps teams bring products, systems and IT infrastructures together in an integrated, collaborative environment. As a result, you are able to:

• Work with underlying architectural and behavioral aspects of existing systems in new ways to meet evolving business and societal needs
• Build new and extended capabilities into interconnected systems
• Design systems of systems that are safe, secure and able to respond to changing requirements and operational situations

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  Rational solution for systems and software engineering

  A systems lifecycle management solution comprising IBM development tools, proven best practices, and flexible deployment services to help you optimize complex and embedded systems and software delivery.

All products - Systems of systems engineering

• Rational Modeler  | Trials and Demos (US)

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  Rational Focal Point

  Evaluate investment scenarios to align product, project, and application portfolio decisions with the overall business value.

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  Rational Team Concert

  Provides agile and formal planning, source code management, work item management, build management, and project health.

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  Rational DOORS

  Requirements management and definition using a collaborative approach, that enables stakeholders and IT teams anywhere in the world to provide input, gain clarity, better achieve consensus, and adapt to changes more quickly.

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  Rational Quality Manager

  Optimize quality through collaborative planning, automated testing, and defect management.

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  Rational Rhapsody

  Validate requirements, develop architectures and design real-time and embedded software using visual modeling

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  Rational System Architect

  Link, consolidate, and analyze information spanning strategy, business architecture, information systems, and technology infrastructure.