Manage Open Source Use.
It’s not that hard with Black Duck.

Open source software revolutionized the software industry. Today most enterprise and commercial software development teams operate in a multi-source development environment, mixing open source with internally developed and other code. Open source software as part of a multi-source development process can reduce costs and increase velocity but creates challenges: the need to control components and code that developers download from the Internet, license obligations that need to be met, and security vulnerabilities that must be managed. You need to ensure open source compliance while giving developers the freedom they need to innovate and enable collaboration with policy administrators - without reducing productivity.

Black Duck helps you manage and control open source use while improving productivity, security and quality.

• Manage and control use of multi-source code. Strengthen your installed development tools and manage multi-source code use throughout the software lifecycle. The Black Duck Suite streamlines search, selection, approval, validation and tracking of both externally sourced as well as internally developed software components across geographically dispersed organizations and complex software development supply chains.
• Collaborate and inform. Provide developers, managers, security personnel, legal counsel and executives with timely information and a framework for collaboration. Dashboards, detailed reports, full licensing text and real-time alerts provide role-specific data views and increased visibility, promoting efficient coordination and communication.
• Promote standardization & code re-use. Centralize and standardize with a comprehensive collection of re-usable open source and third-party code. Enable contributions to your internal catalog of approved code. Accelerate code vetting with an interactive framework that captures policies over time.

Know Your Code™ better with Black Duck. Meet challenges, control issues and grow the value of your software assets. Find out how Black Duck is helping organizations like yours use multi-source development to accelerate productivity while adhering to sound governance policies.

Find out more:

• Explore the Black Duck™ Suite, an advanced enterprise-class solution to the management, compliance and security challenges associated with open source. It brings together Black Duck Code Center, Protex and Export products into a unified framework.
• Download and read the whitepaper entitled Best Practices for Managing Software Intellectual Property in an Open Source World. Learn best practices to avoid the risks and gain the benefits of multi-source software development.