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IBM® Rational® Jazz® is a new generation of products for collaborative software delivery. Uniquely attuned to global and distributed teams, Jazz is designed to transform how people work together to build software, making software delivery more collaborative, productive, and enjoyable. Jazz as an extensible framework that dynamically integrates and synchronizes people, processes, and assets associated with software development projects.

Since the first Jazz product, Rational Team Concert, was released in 2008, we have seen many of our customers reaping the benefits of team collaboration offered by Jazz technology. The Jazz Million Seat March is an initiative designed to rapidly broaden the awareness of Jazz to the worldwide software development community through published reports, training and education and by providing FREE Jazz software for teams of up to 10 developers so they can quickly experience the benefits so many others are already getting today!

What's New in RTC? Find out more in the webcast below or the Jazz.net blog.

Webcast: What's New with RTC 3.0

Abstract: IBM Rational Team Concert v3.0 includes new support for distributed software configuration management across multiple repositories, advanced dependency-based build, promotion of build products, deployment to execution environments, advanced work item customizations, enhanced work item security, formal project management and planning, risk management, task dependencies, context aware searching, support for Open Social dashboard gadgets and new enhanced integrations to IBM Rational DOORS, ClearCase, ClearQuest, and Synergy environments. Previous editions, and versions of IBM Rational Team Concert for other platforms, have been integrated into Rational Team Concert v3.0 that fully supports systems and software development on a wide variety of platforms including Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris, IBM i, Linux on Power, Linux for System z and z/OS. Please join us for this webcast to hear Rolf Nelson, IBM Rational Team Concert product manager, talk to us about What's New in Rational Team Concert version 3.

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Jazz.net Blog Posts

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Jazz.net gets a makeover

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

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...
We’ve hit a major DevOps milestone!

Posted 6 months ago

by Jazz.net

I am very excited to announce that IBM SmartCloud Continuous Delivery (SCD) v2.0 is available today! SCD v2.0 marks a major milestone on our DevOps journey. Our existing Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools provide a top-notch agile development...
Announcing the Rational Connector for SAP Solution Manager 4.0.0

Posted 10 months ago

by Jazz.net

We are pleased to announce that the Rational Connector for SAP Solution Manager 4.0.0 is now available as a free download on jazz.net . With this solution, businesses can now integrate between the ALM features of SAP Solution Manager and the Rational...
Running slow? Get a health check

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

Have you ever noticed sluggishness with a CLM web page and wondered whether you are hitting some product issues, or just having a bumpy connection with the server? Or while you were waiting for your content to show up in the browser, have you ever wondered...
Jazz Plan Jam results are in!

Posted 10 months ago

by Jazz.net

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...
The Jazz Plan Jam is ‘jammin’

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

Hey all of you “jazzers.” The first ever Jazz Plan Jam is well underway. We kicked off the Jam yesterday and the feedback is starting to roll in! The Jam ends on June 6 so be sure to jump in on the action! As of Wednesday evening, we have...
Thinking (and obsessing) about software performance

Posted 10 months ago

by Jazz.net

“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” –Mark Twain. When we interact with software, we require it does what we want it to and that it responds to our wishes quickly. The domain of software performance...
How Linked Lifecycle Data can transform your Systems Engineering Environment (Part 2)

Posted 9 months ago

by Jazz.net

This is part 2 of a 3-part series of blog posts about Linked Lifecycle Data (read part 1). What is Linked Lifecycle Data? Linked Lifecycle Data is simply the application of Linked Data principles to data created and maintained during the lifecycle of...
Innovate 2012 is just around the corner

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

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...
Announcing Tech Previews for HP ALM, Git, and JIRA Integration Adapters

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

Many of you have shared the challenges you face working in a diverse environment consisting of tools from numerous vendors. In particular, we are aware of the need for reliable integrations between our Rational products and other tools. Over the past...
Introducing the Rational Reporting Data Dictionaries: Demystifying the Rational data warehouse

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

The Rational Reporting team is pleased to announce that the first phase of our new reporting data dictionaries is now available on jazz.net. Through a collaborative effort between Rational and our clients, you’ve helped us to understand the challenges...
Designing Graphs and Tables (part 2)

Posted 6 months ago

by Jazz.net

This is the second part of a series of blog posts describing what the coauthors have learned about the visual display of quantitative information as it relates to the design of graphs and tables (continued from part 1). How to determine which type of...
CLM 2012 Part 5 – Navigating a More Unified CLM Web

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

Every release we have the opportunity, and responsibility, to make progress on unifying the Web user interface across integrated Jazz applications. Unifying the UI — or more completely, the user experience — continues to be an important area...
Wake up to Jazz – Skoo-bi-doobop-bop-bop-bada!

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

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...
Explore and create a Manual Test Script with RQM 4.0(Beta)

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

The recent milestone of Rational Quality Manager 4.0 RC0(Beta) includes a new integration with Rational Functional Tester 8.2.2 Beta for the Assisted Manual Testing feature. Using this integration allows you to record user gestures in your application...
CLM 2012 is here! Rational Team Concert, Rational Quality Manager, and Rational Requirements Composer 4.0 now available

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

Sound the trumpets, ring the bells, wake the children, and shut the front door! The day you have all been waiting for is here and we are certain you will agree, it was well worth the wait. We are very pleased and proud to announce the general availability...
Bug Fixing for Charity

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

This past weekend the Rational Team Concert and Jazz Foundation teams got together for some serious bug knockdown on the 4.0 stream. To make things a little more interesting, the RTC and JF leadership team – myself, Adrian Cho, Kai-Uwe Maetzel,...
Introducing the Rational Team Concert Shell integration for Windows Explorer

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

The recent milestone of Rational Team Concert 4.0 M7 includes a brand new integration and tool: the Rational Team Concert Shell for Microsoft Windows Explorer. With the RTC Shell integration, you can now source control files and folders from within Windows...
Rational Team Concert introduces support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012

Posted 6 months ago

by Jazz.net

We’re excited to share some big news! Starting with the Rational Team Concert 4.0.1 M4 milestone, Rational Team Concert works with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. Over the last couple of months especially, we’ve put in a lot of testing to make...
Announcing the CLM 2012 Beta!

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

Very few companies provide milestone builds of their products to their customers. And not all provide betas. But how many companies do both AND self-host on their milestones and betas? Not many, but we DO and we’re proud of it. By self-hosting,...
Now that’s how we Jam!

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

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...
Innovation requires words: creating a product glossary

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

In projects where innovation is taking place, new concepts and possibilities are in the air. Concepts evolve as the team dreams, discusses, designs and delivers working code through as the project progresses. New product behaviors and characteristics...
CLM 2012 Part 2 – Rational Team Concert: Task tracking, agile planning, source control

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

While shopping around recently for a more fuel efficient car, I noticed that most of the new features being touted in cars today are software innovations rather than mechanical ones: “infotainment” systems with Bluetooth connectivity, integrated...
Announcing the CLM 2012 release: Rational Team Concert, Rational Quality Manager, and Rational Requirements Composer 4.0

Posted 11 months ago

by Jazz.net

I am proud to announce that the Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) 2012 release will be available for download June 12! This release delivers RTC 4.0, RQM 4.0, and RRC 4.0 in one integrated solution. It is the culmination of many months of effort...
Software developers of tomorrow are doing it at JazzHub today!

Posted over 1 year ago

by Jazz.net

The JazzHub team planned to make a big splash at Innovate with our JazzHub Beta 2, the next major release of JazzHub. We just couldn’t wait that long! Instead, we went live with our Beta 2 in time for the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Challenge finals...