IBM's WebSphere application server platform is too full of proprietary technologies to allow real interoperability with other systems according to UK messaging technology firm SpiritSoft. The firm today criticised Big Blue for bundling together old...
The tools are based on Eclipse and cover IBM's DB2, Domino and Tivoli product sets. Later this month IBM will release Version 2.0 of its Eclipse open source development platform featuring an enhanced Java toolset, improved team and repository...
While Rational's flagship modelling environment, Rose, is a standalone product that runs in its own integrated development environment (IDE), the company's next generation modelling tool XDE is based on IBM's Eclipse open tools integration framework.
The components of IBM/Rational's ClearCase were bought together several years ago and there has been plenty of time to integrate them. Popular products include Borland's StarTeam Standard, Merant's PVCS Version Manager, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe...
The two companies will also work to optimise PeopleSoft's applications to run on IBM's DB2 database and migrate PeopleSoft's development tools to the IBM-backed Eclipse open-source development tool program.
The new system includes a computer-aided design application called Catia and the Enovia process management tool - both of which are made by Dassault Systèmes - as well as IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM Rational Rose Data Modeler.