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Richer integration with RTC. You can associate ClearCase UCM activities with RTC tasks using the ClearCase Change Management Interface (CMI) integration. Refer to the following technote for more information:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27036887 The clmutil command supports the administration of Rational Team Concert task URIs that are attached to Rational ClearCase UCM activities. Refer to the following technote for […]

Incorrect requirement specification and lack of user input are the 2 most quoted reasons why software projects fail. Businesses that use tools such as MS-Word and Excel to define, collect and manage their requirements have a significant opportunity to optimize their practices and tooling to reduce costs associated withrework and speed their time to market. […]

ClearCheck scans, analyzes and reports the health status of your VOB servers. It applies best practices as recommended by IBM Rational and our field experience. The new version provides greater proactivity and a more accurate report. What’s new in version 2.5? Improved report interface: more information has now been organized into tables. We have also […]

Do you know Rational VoiCE Jam? This is a great opportunity for you to suggest your ideas on how to extend the IBM Rational toolset (ClearCase, ClearQuest, RTC, RRC, RQM and more). You can also vote on ideas suggested by others! The jam is open until tomorrow, December 13th.

I’ve been asked several times recently whether ClearCase supports Windows 8. As of yet, Windows 8 is not officially supported by ClearCase. As part of our development process, we did try to install ClearCase 8 on Windows 8, and it seems that snapshot views are working (MVFS was not installed). However this is still unofficial […]

If you haven’t tried out R&D Reporter V3 yet, you may want to watch our new video which will take you through the first steps of working with R&D Reporter, creating reports and reviewing a baselines comparison report.     If you want to learn more about the new version of R&D Reporter, read here: […]

Last week I attended the Rational Innovate conference in Potsdam Germany, along with hundreds of Rational users from Germany and German-speaking countries. Although many sessions were delivered in German and the temperature outside was very low, I found the conference very interesting and warm. I demonstrated our latest releases for Rational ClearCase, including ClearCheck, R&D […]

Do you want to save time? Learn how Visual Annotate can help you save time Let’s assume you’re a software engineer, and you have to find a bug that comes from a code section written by you or one of  your colleagues, to fix it and deliver it as soon as possible (the application is […]

We’re enjoying the momentum of development, and many new releases are coming soon. One of the most enjoyable things for us is to see how users take our product, embed it as part of their development processes and utilize it in new ways that we hadn’t even imagined. We’re satisfied to see our tools being […]

We are happy to announce the release of the newest version, which contains many new features and benefits inside, intended for all stakeholders in the development lifecycle: team leaders, development managers, software developers, QA engineers and release managers. We are sure that everyone will find benefits that increase her/his daily tasks. New features and benefits: […]

I’ll be attending the conference in Potsdam Germany, during Wednesday and Thursday. If you’d like to see a demo of our latest releases, please fill the following form.

“I am using Visual Annotate daily to understand in which context the code was written. For every line of code it shows me who wrote it, in what version and associated issue, and what is its impact. This information accelerates my work and helps me to collaborate better with my colleagues.” Gene Cook, Software Engineer […]

In this post  we are once again hosting a guest writer, Mr. Leonid Stanovsky, a long-time user of our products who has agreed to share his review. Last time he reviewed this product, he referred to version 2.5 (formerly named “CompBL”). This time he reviewed version 3.0 and its new features. “GoMidjets R&D Reporter allows […]

I’m happy to announce that we finally have a new Beta version (V2.0), and it’s better than ever. The new version is including the following innovative features: Embedded ‘Diff’ along with annotated data – view them in one dashboard (!) for a better root cause analysis New specific information for each annotated code line: version’s comments, activity […]

This video shows the enterprise build, promote, and deploy scenario in the CLM 2012 “Money that Matters” sample.