What is IBM® Rational® Synergy?

IBM Rational Synergy is a task-based software configuration management (SCM) solution that brings together global, distributed development teams on a unified platform. It provides capabilities that help software and systems development teams work and collaborate faster and easier. 

Features

• **Advanced baseline and release management capabilities: **IBM Rational Synergy helps plan, track and centrally administer multiple projects and releases across your organization.
• **Highly scalable platform: **This software helps enforce governance, validate compliance, provide near real-time visibility, and reduce administrative overhead.
• **Automated processes and tasks: **This software provides a common language to help users interact with the project and each other in a consistent manner.
• **Software reuse and component-based development: **Rational Synergy helps accelerate development and reduce duplication of effort. The component repository allows software components to be uniquely identified and versioned for ease of reuse.

Benefits

• **Increased productivity: **High-performance WAN access allows distributed teams to carry out operations at LAN-like speeds, reducing the overhead of having multiple servers.
• **Unified global teams: **Software changes and tasks are synchronized in real time, so dispersed teams can collaborate in a cohesive fashion over the global delivery framework.
• **Centralized repository: **The single SCM repository manages all artifacts related to software development, including source code, documents, and more.
• **Reduced downtime: **Maintenance activities can be planned more efficiently to help ensure high availability around the clock.