Jim Rumbaugh joins Rational Software Corp!

Jim Rumbaugh joins Rational Software Corp!

[David Weller]

(Reported from comp.object)


The following press release was sent out this morning.

RATIONAL AND MARTIN MARIETTA'S ACC JOIN FORCES TO PROVIDE OBJECT-TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS; JIM RUMBAUGH JOINS RATIONAL

To: Business Wire

Distribution: National Business Editors, Computers and Elecronics Software

Release on Monday, October 3, 1994, 8:00 am EDT


Contact: Paul Mancini, 610-992-6286

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Kara Myers, Rational Software Corporation
     (408) 496-3891
     E-mail karam@rational.com

     Paul Mancini, Martin Marietta Corporation
     (610) 992-6286
     E-mail mancini.paul@ist.vf.ge.com

RATIONAL AND MARTIN MARIETTA'S ACC JOIN FORCES TO PROVIDE OBJECT-TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS; JIM RUMBAUGH JOINS RATIONAL

Santa Clara, CA (October 3, 1994)--Rational Software Corporation and the
Martin Marietta Information Group's Advanced Concepts Center (ACC) announced
today the formation of a strategic partnership to further the growth and
maturity of object technology.

This alliance will foster the wide availability and acceptance of object
technology throughout the world and will leverage the strengths of the ACC
and Rational to benefit the overall market as well as individual customers.
Rational will extend its Rational Rose family of products, which currently
support the Booch method of object-oriented analysis and design developed by
Grady Booch of Rational, to support the Object Modeling Technique (OMT)
developed by James Rumbaugh et al. The ACC will extend its training, project
management, and systems integration services, which currently support OMT, to
support the Booch method. Rational and the ACC together will provide
continuing support for both the Booch and OMT methodologies.

"The ACC has an excellent reputation for providing quality services and has
helped make OMT one of the leading object methodologies," said Paul D. Levy,
president and chief executive officer at Rational. "By extending Rational
Rose to support OMT, we will be able to provide all the capabilities of
Rational Rose to organizations that have chosen to use the OMT method and
notation."

"By adding support for the Booch method to our existing OMT offerings, we
will reach a larger segment of the rapidly growing community of
object-technology users," said Ray Delaney, general manager of the ACC. "Our
alliance with Rational ensures that customers of both companies will continue
to receive the highest-quality products and services available while
dramatically extending their options for implementing object technologies. As
we combine our systems integration capabilities, training, and consulting
with Rational's application-development products, we will be unmatched in
delivering systems that align information technology with business vision."

In a related development, Rational announced today that Dr. James Rumbaugh,
chief developer of the OMT, is joining the company. Dr. Rumbaugh, who comes
from the General Electric Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New
York, will work with Grady Booch, creator of the Booch method, as part of the
powerful ACC/Rational alliance to develop a unified, industry-standard method
and notation for object-oriented analysis and design.

"Rational is one of the leading providers of object-technology solutions,"
Rumbaugh commented. "I'm looking forward to working with Rational's
experienced team of software engineers to help organizations improve
productivity and reap the benefits of object technology."

For the long term, Dr. Rumbaugh will work closely with Grady Booch and the
methodologists at the ACC to create an industry-standard method that
incorporates the best elements of object-oriented analysis and design
methodologies. The OMT and the Booch method both will be fully supported and
actively extended in the interim, and Rational and the ACC will continue to
sell and support their current product lines. Both companies will collaborate
to offer customers a migration path to subsequent versions of their products
as the methods evolve and ultimately converge.

"Jim Rumbaugh has been instrumental in furthering the use of object
technology," said Booch. "By working together, we can evolve and merge the
methods and notations into a strong, industry-standard methodology."

"Users of object technology are faced with a choice of several different
tools and methodologies," Levy said. "Jim Rumbaugh's arrival at Rational is
part of an ongoing unification effort that was begun by Grady and Jim in
recent years. By bringing together the chief architects of the two most
widely accepted methods in the industry, we can provide a comprehensive
solution for the development of complex software using object technology."

"The OMT and the Booch method are the two clear industry-leading
methodologies for object technology, and together they represent an
overwhelming share of the market," said Stephen McClure, an industry analyst
with International Data Corporation in Framingham, Massachusetts. "Unifying
the methods will help the object-oriented technology market grow more
quickly, especially in industries, such as telecommunications, that are early
adopters of object technology."

About Dr. James Rumbaugh
Before joining Rational, Dr. Rumbaugh spent 26 years with General Electric,
where he focused on object technology, teaching, and consulting. He is the
chief developer of the Object Modeling Technique and the lead author of the
book "Object-Oriented Modeling and Design" (Prentice Hall, 1991). Some of his
past projects include one of the first time-sharing operating systems,
algorithms for x-ray tomographic imaging, and a VLSI chip design system. Dr.
Rumbaugh earned a Ph.D. in computer science at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) in 1975. In addition, he earned a master's degree in
astronomy from the California Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree
in physics from MIT.

About Rational Software Corporation
Rational Software Corporation provides software-engineering solutions to
ensure the success of customers in developing and maintaining complex
software systems that are strategically important to their businesses.
Rational Software Corporation (NASDAQ symbol: RATL) has headquarters in Santa
Clara, California, and regional sales and support offices worldwide.

About Martin Marietta Corporation
The Advanced Concepts Center is part of Martin Marietta's Information Group,
a leader in global information technologies based in Bethesda, Maryland, with
offices worldwide. The Information Group's information-technology
professionals provide systems design, development, integration, and
operations for all levels of commercial, government, and intracorporation
customers. Its business base spans a wide range of technical systems
expertise and provides clients with a full range of open-systems information
technology and data management, tools, training, project management, and
consulting services.

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Press advisory: Grady Booch and Jim Rumbaugh will be holding a press briefing
at the OOPSLA conference on Tuesday morning, October 25, at the Oregon
Convention Center in Portland. Contact Rational for details.

Advanced Concepts Center and ACC are trademarks of Martin Marietta
Corporation. The word "Rational" and Rational's products are trademarks of
Rational Software Corporation. All other trademarks, registered trademarks,
or service marks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information contact:

Rational Software Corporation
2800 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051-0951
Tel. (408) 496-3600 or (800) RAT-1212, Fax (408) 496-3636
E-mail product_info@rational.com

Martin Marietta Advanced Concepts Center
640 Freedom Business Center, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Tel. (610) 992-6200 or (800) 438-7246, Fax (610) 992-6299
E-mail solutions@ist.vf.ge.com




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