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To: Thomas Haegin who wrote (2609)	7/30/1998 2:48:00 PM
From: Roy F	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

Rational Leads ASQ Market According to Recent Dataquest Research Rational Provides Industry's Most Comprehensive ASQ Offering With Integrated Testing, Version Control, Requirements Management and Error Detection Solutions July 30, 1998 02:37 PM CUPERTINO, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational(R) Software RATL today announced that according to the most recent Dataquest automated software quality (ASQ) survey, Rational leads the ASQ market with a 24 percent share. This ranking was made public last week in Dataquest's "Application Development Tools and Middleware Market Share: 1997" survey, and is based on 1997 revenues for the following market segments: Software Testing, Software Configuration Management, Requirements Management and Error Detection. Dataquest defines the ASQ market as including all the tools that programmers and quality assurance professionals need to design and develop zero-defect software, and Dataquest indicates it expects these segments to converge over the next five years. According to the survey, Rational is the only vendor with product offerings in each ASQ market segment. "Rational is leading the way in providing a complete ASQ solution for customers who depend on software development and deployment," said Tom Bogan, vice president and general manager of Rational's Automated Testing business unit. "Again, we see the market demand for integration of functional and load testing with the other components of ASQ -- requirements management, error detection, defect tracking and configuration management. Dataquest's report validates Rational's strategy, and our market-share position confirms the fact that customers look to Rational to provide leading ASQ solutions." 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. SOURCE Rational Software Corporation