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Rational Software: Art & Technology

Rational Machines was an enterprise founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development. It changed its name in 1994 to Rational Software, and was sold for US$2.1 billion (equivalent to current US$3.68 billion) to IBM…

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Rational Software topic overview

The analysis highlights Art and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around Rational Software.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
12
Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

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Overview · 4 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1981 (1981)
Industry
Application development tools
Defunct
February 20, 2003 (2003-02-20)
Fate
Acquired by IBM
Founder
Paul Levy and Mike Devlin
Key people
Mike Devlin (previous CEO)

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Overview

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How Rational Software connects Entity context

The extracted context around Rational Software shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Rational Software → Code ClearCaseDOORSRational Performance TesterRhapsody, IBM Rational RoseRational Software, ModelerRational SynergyRational Unified ProcessRational, R1000, Rational Automation FrameworkIBM DevOps Another extracted example is Rational Software → February 20, 2003 (2003-02-20). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Rational Software

Top relations

see also · 5
Rational Software → Code ClearCaseDOORSRational Performance TesterRhapsody, IBM Rational RoseRational Software, ModelerRational SynergyRational Unified ProcessRational, R1000, Rational Automation FrameworkIBM DevOps
Defunct · 1
Rational Software → February 20, 2003 (2003-02-20)
Fate · 1
Rational Software → Acquired by IBM
Founded · 1
Rational Software → 1981 (1981)
Founder · 1
Rational Software → Paul Levy and Mike Devlin
Industry · 1
Rational Software → Application development tools
Key people · 1
Rational Software → Mike Devlin (previous CEO)
Website · 1
Rational Software → www.ibm.com/software/uk/rational/

Important terminology

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Important terminology

rational software ibm founded paul levy mike devlin 1981 tools development website machines enterprise provide expand use modern engineering practices

Rational Software relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 12 structured relationships around Rational Software. Examples in this analysis include Rational Software → Defunct → February 20, 2003 (2003-02-20) and Rational Software → Fate → Acquired by IBM. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Rational SoftwareDefunctFebruary 20, 2003 (2003-02-20)1.00infobox
Rational SoftwareFateAcquired by IBM1.00infobox
Rational SoftwareFounded1981 (1981)1.00infobox
Rational SoftwareFounderPaul Levy and Mike Devlin1.00infobox
Rational SoftwareIndustryApplication development tools1.00infobox
Rational SoftwareKey peopleMike Devlin (previous CEO)1.00infobox
Rational SoftwareWebsitewww.ibm.com/software/uk/rational/1.00infobox
Rational Softwaresee alsoRational Automation FrameworkIBM DevOps0.60section
Rational Softwaresee alsoCode ClearCaseDOORSRational Performance TesterRhapsody0.60section
Rational Softwaresee alsoIBM Rational RoseRational Software0.60section
Rational Softwaresee alsoModelerRational SynergyRational Unified ProcessRational0.60section
Rational Softwaresee alsoR10000.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Rational Software bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Software, Development and Ibm. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Rational Software
    • Software
    • Development
    • Ibm
    • Tools
    • Also
    • Architecture
    • Billion
    • Changed
    • Current
    • Engineering
    • Equivalent
    • Expand
  • rational software
    • Software
    • Development
    • Ibm
    • Tools
    • Architecture
    • Billion
    • Changed
    • Current
    • Engineering
    • Equivalent
    • Expand
    • Explicit
  • mike devlin
    • Development
    • Devlin
    • Founded
    • Levy
    • Mike
    • Paul
    • Tools
    • Rational
    • Software
    • Also
    • Architecture
    • Engineering
  • iterative development
    • Devlin
    • Founded
    • Levy
    • Machines
    • Mike
    • Modern
    • Modular
    • Particularly
    • Paul
    • Practices
    • Provide
    • Tools
  • explicit modular architecture
    • Architecture
    • Engineering
    • Enterprise
    • Expand
    • Explicit
    • Iterative
    • Machines
    • Modern
    • Modular
    • Particularly
    • Practices
    • Provide
  • ibm
    • Rational
    • Software
    • Also
    • February
    • Name
    • References
    • See
    • Sold
    • Us
    • Website
    • Levy
    • Mike

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the Rational Software map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Rational Software

Nodes6
Edges5
Triples12
Avg. degree1.67
Density0.333333
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Rational Software to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Rational Software · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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