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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
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Related term clusters
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Bridge connections
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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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Rational Software
4Mike Devlin (entrepreneur) · Modular programming · Iterative and incremental development

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How Rational Software connects Entity context

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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/

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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 7 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.

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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

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

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.

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  • mike devlin
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Rational Software

Nodes6
Edges5
Triples7
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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