As a world-class IT leader, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) develops and manufactures information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices, and microelectronics worldwide. Its Global Technology Services segment offers IT infrastructure and business process services, such as strategic outsourcing, business transformation outsourcing, integrated technology, and maintenance. The company’s Global Business Services segment provides professional services and application outsourcing services, including consulting and systems integration and application management. Its Systems and Technology segment offers computing and storage solutions, including servers, disk and tape storage systems and software, semiconductor technology and products, packaging solutions, engineering and technology services, and retail store solutions.

IBM’s Software segment primarily offers middleware and operating systems software comprising information management software for database, content management, and information integration; lotus software for collaboration, messaging, and social networking; rational software, a process automation tool; Tivoli software for infrastructure management, including security and storage management; Websphere software for Web-enabled applications; and product lifecycle management software. The company’s Global Financing segment provides commercial financing to dealers and remarketers of IT products; lease and loan financing to external and internal clients; and sale and lease of used equipment.

IBM serves banking, insurance, education, government, healthcare, life sciences, aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical and petroleum, electronics, distribution, and communication markets. The company was founded in 1910 as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. IBM is based in Armonk, New York.

IBM Rational Key Strengths

• IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® offers comprehensive software change management solution. The company’s robust solution suite provides defect and change tracking, process automation, reporting and lifecycle traceability for better visibility and control of the software development lifecycle.

• Disparate systems and processes can create serious coordination problems, making it tough for teams to collaborate on what should be inherently connected processes. Rational ClearQuest software allows you to customize and enforce consistent development processes and achieve an integrated, consolidated view across the project, which facilitates defect tracking and change management across the enterprise.
• What’s more, IBM Rational ClearQuest change management software is designed to help you manage the software lifecycle more effectively. It gives you access to the information you need to make better decisions about issues you’re tracking. It helps you more effectively manage tasks and schedules, and respond rapidly to customer needs. Rational ClearQuest automated workflows can help you control and enforce development processes—from requirements definition through production—and help improve team communication, productivity and quality.
• To help your business improve productivity by consistently leveraging best practices, efficiently communicating information across the team, and analyzing and managing the impact of change as you track product defects and issues, IBM has assembled the Rational Lifecycle Package. This bundle includes IBM Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational Method Composer and IBM Rational RequisitePro software, and it supports enterprises large and small.