A new Java development tool, the fruit of the recently integrated Rational software division, promises to make it easier for programmers to build custom business applications.

IBM's software group is getting ready to unveil a Java development tool, the fruit of its acquisition of Rational Software, that promises to make it easier for programmers to build custom business ...

There's been a tight relationship between Rational tools and the Eclipse workbench since 2003, as IBM started basing the Rational tool suite on compatibility with the Eclipse shared development ...

The latter version relies on the open source Eclipse Platform, acting as a tool information bus. Rational's double-barrel announcement represents a big step toward meeting developers' complaints about ...

IBM on Monday detailed a line of programming tools meant to create a market of customized add-ons for its Lotus Workplace desktop applications. The company said its Rational development tools ...

IBM Rational on Thursday is announcing plans to provide technical support for the Eclipse open source tools platform, thus giving customers a single point of contact for both open source and IBM's ...