[DECEMBER 6, 2002] -- Update: IBM today entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rational Software for about $2.1 billion in cash. The acquisition is subject to Rational stockholder and ...

IBM will pay $2.1 billion in cash to acquire modeling tools company Rational Software, in a bid to win over more application developers. Rational's business operations will be combined with IBM's ...

IBM Corp. last week agreed to acquire development tools vendor Rational Software Corp. for $2.1 billion. The deal marks the second largest software acquisition in Big Blue's history. Analysts say ...

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IBM has agreed to pay approximately $2.1 billion in cash or $10.50 per share for Rational, which specializes in software-development tools. Rational will now become the fifth brand in IBM Software ...

Special Focus author abednarz@nww.com takes a look at the IBM-Rational buy a year later. With the $2.1 billion Rational purchase, IBM gained an array of tools aimed at helping companies build, ...

IBM Corp. agreed Friday to acquire longtime customer Rational Software Corp. for $2.1 billion, the largest in a recent string of acquisitions to bolster its software operations. The deal values ...

IBM completed its $845 million acquisition of Telelogic AB, a Swedish development tool maker, in April. Now, a little more than seven months later, IBM officials say the integration of Telelogic’s ...

IBM's Rational division yesterday announced new features that will appear in its next generation toolset, code-named Atlantic. IBM Rational -- a division formed from the acquisition of Rational ...

In an upgrade to its software development arsenal, IBM will replace the Rational Process Workbench with software and best practices focused on SOA, collaboration, and reduction of software project ...

Big Blue plans to pay $2.1 billion in cash for Rational Software, the leading seller of tools to create models of applications and databases before programmers actually start coding. Martin LaMonica ...