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To: Roy F who wrote (2481)	6/15/1998 8:26:00 AM
From: Roy F	Respond to of 3115

IDC Names Rational Software Number One in Visual Modeling Tools Market For Third Consecutive Year Rational Rose Increases Market Share and Generates More Than Three Times The Revenue of the Nearest Vendor June 15, 1998 08:05 AM Rational User Conference, ORLANDO, Fla., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational(R) Software RATL announced today that International Data Corporation (IDC), an independent market and technology research firm, has ranked Rational as the market leader as measured by product revenues in the object-oriented analysis, modeling, design, and construction tools (OOAMDC) market for the third consecutive year. The report, Development Life-Cycle Management: 1998 Market and Trends Report, published in May 1998, details the 1997 revenue performance of the key product market segments for the application development community and notes Rational's 61.5 percent revenue growth in the market since last year. "With Rational Rose(R) 98, Rational has extended its leadership position in the visual modeling market," said Steve Garone, research director for IDC. "For the third straight year, Rational has dominated the market with a revenue level nearly four times that of the second largest vendor." Rational Rose, the world's leading visual modeling tool, allows developers to define and communicate a software architecture, resulting in: * Accelerated development, by improved communication among various team members * Improved quality, by mapping business processes to software architecture, and * Increased visibility and predictability, by making critical design decisions explicit visually using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) standard. The IDC report also notes that "Rose 98 is a major step forward for Rational and its CBD (Component Based Development) strategy for enterprise IT organizations while also enhancing its technical embedded customer base." About Rational Software Rational Software, creator of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), is the leading provider of a solution that unifies proven software development principles, tools, and services to improve the productivity of project teams and individuals. Rational's products span the critical activities of requirements management, visual modeling, testing, and configuration and change management. For more information, visit Rational's Website at www.rational.com. NOTE: The word "Rational" and Rational's products are trademarks of Rational Software Corporation. References to other companies and their products use trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purposes only. For more information contact: Rational Software Corporation 18880 Homestead Road Cupertino, CA 95014 Tel. 408-863-9900 or 800-728-1212 Fax 408-863-4120 Fax-on-demand 800-758-5804 Pin # 113375 E-mail info@rational.com Web www.rational.com SOURCE Rational Software Corporation