I'm really liking IBM's open beta programs for System z software, and there's yet another program to report. IBM has just released new beta builds of Rational Team Concert for System z, for both z/OS and Linux. They are publicly available at no charge, ready to download now. At this writing Version 2.0 Beta 2 is current and available here:
https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/betas/z2.0Beta2, You can visit the main Web site for more information on Rational Team Concert and other "Jazz" technology products: http://jazz.net The 60-day trial versions of RTCz Version 1.0.1 (the current released/production version) are also available for download there. So what is Rational Team Concert for System z? What does it do? Here's the official text: IBM Rational Team Concert for System z is a collaborative software delivery environment that teams can use to simplify, automate, and govern application development on System z. This beta program is intended to provide early access to the product while it is being developed. Rational Team Concert for System z includes the following features: * Specialized support for traditional language artifacts such as COBOL * Integrated collaborative software delivery lifecycle tools for System z development, including source control, change management, build and process management * Support for multi-tier software development and application modernization efforts * Native z file system support * System z artifact build script generation and management - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
