IBM Rome Software Lab
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The IBM Rome Software Lab (formerly known as IBM Tivoli Rome Laboratory) is one of the largest software development laboratory in Italy, and one of the largest IBM Software Group Labs in Europe.
Founded in 1978, the Rome Lab (located in Rome
) now has more than 550 professionals among software developers, project managers, IT specialists, and IT architects. The main mission of the Rome Lab is focused on IBM Tivoli development, including Tivoli Configuration Manager, Tivoli Remote Control, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, and Tivoli Monitoring.
In 2004, the laboratory focused on the adoption of the IBM Rational Unified Process
(RUP) in Tivoli and in the wider Software Group inside IBM. In 2007, IBM opened the "Rome SOA Leadership Center" hosted by and formed with a team of experts on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) coming from the IBM Rome Software Laboratory. The Rome laboratory constantly collaborates with Italian Universities and Research Centers.
Another portion of this reality is the "Rome Solutions Lab", which includes two main areas: the "Publishing" area involved in the development, support and delivery of the IBM NICA
(Networked Interactive Content Access); and the "Industry Solutions" area, an internal development organization, working on the development, support and delivery of customer software solutions based on and providing extensions to IBM Software Group products.
Founded in 1978, the Rome Lab (located in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
) now has more than 550 professionals among software developers, project managers, IT specialists, and IT architects. The main mission of the Rome Lab is focused on IBM Tivoli development, including Tivoli Configuration Manager, Tivoli Remote Control, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, and Tivoli Monitoring.
In 2004, the laboratory focused on the adoption of the IBM Rational Unified Process
IBM Rational Unified Process
The Rational Unified Process is an iterative software development process framework created by the Rational Software Corporation, a division of IBM since 2003...
(RUP) in Tivoli and in the wider Software Group inside IBM. In 2007, IBM opened the "Rome SOA Leadership Center" hosted by and formed with a team of experts on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) coming from the IBM Rome Software Laboratory. The Rome laboratory constantly collaborates with Italian Universities and Research Centers.
Another portion of this reality is the "Rome Solutions Lab", which includes two main areas: the "Publishing" area involved in the development, support and delivery of the IBM NICA
IBM NICA
-IBM NICA:IBM NICA is an end-to-end digital asset management solution that provides the ability to manage, archive, retrieve, reuse and sell publishing content such as text, images, graphics, PDFs, QuarkXPress and InDesign pages and video and audio clips...
(Networked Interactive Content Access); and the "Industry Solutions" area, an internal development organization, working on the development, support and delivery of customer software solutions based on and providing extensions to IBM Software Group products.