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While the move to the new forum software last year brought new and more modern capabilities, we also lost some (like news reader compatibility). While you can get RSS feeds from the forum, unless you use the advanced searching capabilities, the feeds can seem more like fire hoses than drinking fountains...

We are constantly striving to reduce the time it takes for you to gain value from our products and solutions. The sooner you can effectively deploy a Rational development environment, the faster you can start using it and gaining value! We are pleased to announce a number of initiatives around improving...

Last year we made a big move with our jazz.net forums, moving from an older, thread-based, hierarchical model to a question and answer tag-based one. People acclimated to the new approach pretty quickly — plenty of questions still got asked and answered. Now that we’re past the early adoption...

In October, I had the opportunity to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.  The conference brings together women from all areas of computing for a time of networking, mentoring, professional development, and technical learning and discussions.  With over...

Let’s face it. Working in a business environment where tools from multiple vendors are deployed can be challenging. And given the pace at which things move, managing data between different parts of the business can become downright unwieldy. Many of you have shared this challenge with us, and a...

I have been working with a number of customers recently, and most of my work seems to be focused on customers that are looking to rapidly expand their Jazz deployments.  They have realized some dramatic improvements in their software development teams that use the Jazz tools, and now they want to expand...

The results are in and the team has crunched through the data. In my previous post titled, Now that’s how we jam, I gave a breakdown the roles, ideas and votes cast. In this blog, I’ll focus on the popular content items, by vote. With over 400 ideas expressed (see final tag cloud in image...

I believe Geoffrey Chaucer is credited with originating the English proverb, “All good things must come to an end.” Well Mr. Chaucer, you’ve captured my sentiments perfectly as we come to the end of the inaugural Jazz Plan Jam. As I ...read more

Ok…admit it…we’ve all done it.  While soaping up your hair in the shower, you break into an off-key rendition of that ballad you loved in high school….the one that told your boyfriend or girlfriend just how you felt about him or her.  Maybe later you ...read more

You may have noticed that Jazz.net has had a little bit of a makeover that we’re pretty excited about. Here are some highlights: All new Forum with a Q&A model, voting on answers, flexible tagging, badges, and user reputation. Check it out ...read more

Are you chock full of ideas and looking for a means to express them? Do you have a wish list or some pet peeves about our products? Are you looking for a way to let your voice be heard? Well then, I’m happy to announce our first ever Jazz Plan Jam, which ...read more

We know it can be frustrating to discover if an integration exists for the products you use. You’re probably tired of managing an endless list of bookmarks that you’ve collected to look up those integrations! The Jazz.net and Rational Integrations ...read more

Today, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announced it has awarded the ACM Software System Award for 2011 to the IBM technical leaders responsible for Eclipse: John Wiegand, Dave Thomson, Greg Adams, Philippe Mulet, Julian Jones, John Duimovich ...read more

We have such a great line up of sessions for you this year.  Please check out our new promo page where you will get to meet our wonderful Jazz Development Team, see what they will be presenting to you, and get to know who’s who and what they do ...read more

I have a hand in various parts of the jazz.net community site, but we’re coming up on one of my annual favorites: talking about and promoting the IBM Rational Software Conference – Innovate 2012! Why you should go to Innovate 2012 The view ...read more

The Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) community is working to standardize the way that lifecycle tools can share data (for example, requirements, defects, test cases, plans, or code) with one another. Linked data concepts are the foundation ...read more

It’s not enough that our developers write great software, but did you know they are movie stars too? We have some great new features to show you as part of the Rational CLM Beta for 2012. We took a few of our personal favorites and added those videos ...read more

Spring is almost here, and that means a lot of things. It means that I’ll have to start mowing the grass again soon. It means that I’ve now long since forgotten my annual New Year’s resolution to lose weight. And it means that EclipseCon ...read more

Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) is a set of specifications that enable the integration of software development and more broadly Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). The intention is to make life easier for software and product developers ...read more

The Jazz.net team has replaced the site’s old search with a new search engine and a new UI. While the full site search is operational, we are planning enhancements over time. You can help us prioritize these enhancements by using the search feature ...read more

Innovate 2012 conference is still a few months out, but our Jazz development team is already looking forward to seeing you there! With that in mind, we want to pass on the latest news about the conference from the Innovate team: Call for papers for Innovate ...read more

The Jazz.net library is one of the most popular and widely used resources by the community. It includes technical articles, how-to videos, tech tips, and workarounds. With every month that passes, the number of items in our library grows more and more. Just last month we posted thirty-two new items!...

I’m thrilled to announce the addition of the Design Management project here on Jazz.net. We’re excited to join the community, and we look forward to engaging with you and getting your early feedback! What is design management? For the last several years, we’ve talked with customers...

I often get asked about the best ways to get support and answers to common questions about our Jazz-based products. I also hear some people mention that they prefer open source solutions because they think that the support is better. I have worked with quite a few open source tools, as well as Jazz-based...

I finally found some time to go through the video interviews that I filmed while I was at Innovate 2010 earlier this month in Orlando, FL. I was able to track down a few Jazz developers, including Erich Gamma, and I also got a few customers and partners to share a few thoughts as well. Here’s ...