http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/12/01/rational-in-2008/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/12/01/rational-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-329553 People Over Process » What Rational is doing now - Scott Hebner at RSC 2009 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:35:13 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/12/01/rational-in-2008/#comment-329553 [...] In this interview from RSC 2009, I talk with IBM’s Scott Hebner, who you might recall from two other interviews, at RSDC 2008 and Innovation 2008. [...] [...] In this interview from RSC 2009, I talk with IBM’s Scott Hebner, who you might recall from two other interviews, at RSDC 2008 and Innovation 2008. [...]

]]> http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/12/01/rational-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-326724 People Over Process » RSC 2009 - Making Software More Important Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:26:44 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/12/01/rational-in-2008/#comment-326724 [...] The “systems” angle that Telelogic added to Rational gives them a thick snark-shield from the above. Businesses who use software as a component of their overall system (like a car or cellphone) are more capital “E” Engineers than so-called software engineers. We’re told that they require more discipline, thus more complexity, and thus more tools. There’s certainly some feeling of truth there, and you can see that the emphasis that Rational puts on software as an overall component of a business strategy instead of just part of IT fits well here: if software is clearly involved in the core business, it’s worth spending more money on. The alternative is that software is just part of IT (the people who run your email, not your business), who indirectly supports the business and doesn’t so clearly contribute to revenue. [...] [...] The “systems” angle that Telelogic added to Rational gives them a thick snark-shield from the above. Businesses who use software as a component of their overall system (like a car or cellphone) are more capital “E” Engineers than so-called software engineers. We’re told that they require more discipline, thus more complexity, and thus more tools. There’s certainly some feeling of truth there, and you can see that the emphasis that Rational puts on software as an overall component of a business strategy instead of just part of IT fits well here: if software is clearly involved in the core business, it’s worth spending more money on. The alternative is that software is just part of IT (the people who run your email, not your business), who indirectly supports the business and doesn’t so clearly contribute to revenue. [...]

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