Rational® Tau® provides standards-based, model-driven development of complex systems and software for information systems and enterprise IT applications, including SOA.

• New! Rational Tau version 4.3 released on 06/02/09.
• Supports model-driven Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) development
• Provides automated error checking, rules-based model checking, and a model-based explorer
• Integrates requirements modeling and embedded application development so development teams can focus on building what is needed for a project or program
• Enables collaboration to quickly and easily communicate and share even the largest projects among all stakeholders
• Automatically generates custom reports and documentation at any point in the development cycle
• Provides automated test generation and execution
• Features an open architecture based on UML 2.1, which allows you to extend customize Tau for your organization
• Operating systems supported: Sun Solaris, Windows