Rational's tools win readers' choice awards in annual Visual Basic Programmer's Journal survey

Business Wire, April 2, 1997

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1997--Rational Rose for Visual Basic and Rational Visual Test recently won readers' choice awards in the annual survey of the readers of Visual Basic Programmer's Journal.

Rational Rose for Visual Basic and Rational Visual Test were selected for the awards based on the votes of a sample of the 110,000 subscribers to Visual Basic Programmer's Journal and of past attendees of the magazine's VBITS trade conference.

"Rational is extremely proud that two of our products have earned this award," said Adam Frankl, director of marketing for the Rational Rose product line. "The Visual Basic Programmer's Journal readership consists of software developers with real-world experience, and they have confirmed that Rational's tools are the industry standard for modeling and testing applications in Visual Basic."

Rational Rose for Visual Basic, Rational Visual Test, and the other readers' choice selections will be reviewed in the special Buyer's Guide issue of Visual Basic Programmer's Journal. The special issue is scheduled for release in early April.

Rational Rose provides a complete visual modeling solution -- from capturing business requirements through analysis and design to construction. It includes support for the industry-standard Unified Modeling Language (UML), including use cases for defining end-user requirements. The UML has been submitted to the Object Management Group for recognition as the official standard for object modeling and is widely endorsed by industry leaders such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Oracle.

It also offers an open application interface for easy integration with third-party tools and an accessible, intuitive user interface. The Rational Rose family supports a variety of implementation languages, including C , Forte, Java, PowerBuilder, Smalltalk, and Visual Basic.

Rational Visual Test is an automated software-testing tool. It helps developers rapidly create tests for applications of virtually any size and created with any implementation language and harness those tests for later reuse. Rational Visual Test is integrated with Microsoft Developer Studio, a desktop development environment, and has extensive integration with Microsoft Visual C . Rational's automated software-quality products can be used to test individual software components or entire systems, bringing high levels of productivity to developers and testers.

Rational Software Corporation (NASDAQ:RATL) develops, markets and supports a comprehensive solution that automates the component-based development of software. Rational's solution includes an integrated family of products that automate development and quality assurance throughout the software lifecycle, a software process that can be configured to the specific needs of customers, and a range of consulting and support services. For more information on Rational's products and services, visit Rational's Web site at www.rational.com . -0-

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