Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
Search
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Applications
    • Applications
    • Servers

    Black Duck Targets Small Businesses with Software Update

    By
    Darryl K. Taft
    -
    November 1, 2005
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Black Duck Software Inc. Tuesday announced a new release of its protexIP/development system.

      Black Duck protexIP/development Version 3.0 features enhanced capabilities for analyzing proprietary, open source and third-party software for license compliance, said Doug Levin, the Waltham, Mass., companys president and CEO.

      The new version also features an expanded KnowledgeBase of software projects and license information, and offers a new, entry-level price point, Levin said.

      Black Duck announced its new version at the OSBC (Open Source Business Conference) East in Newton, Mass.

      The companys new entry-level offering is called the protexIP/development Professional Edition, which complements the Enterprise Edition. The Professional Edition is aimed at small businesses or any organizations just getting started with software compliance management, Levin said.

      /zimages/1/28571.gifClick here to read about Black Ducks partnership with Olliance.

      The new offering is a single-user system for developers, lawyers or others involved with assessing code for open source software compliance. Meanwhile, the Enterprise Edition is tailored to development workgroups and due diligence teams, and adds the multi-user/multi-role, security, license management and customization capabilities needed to implement full compliance processes.

      Version 3.0 of protexIP/development uses the companys Code Print technology and the companys knowledge base to identify open source, proprietary and commercial code that has been mixed into a companys code base.

      “Version 3.0 is a significant release for us,” Levin said. “We have a new string search feature that has a whole set of new vocabulary and lets you search by license name, key words or phrases, copyrights and authors.

      “We analyze a whole new set of file types including Linux, Unix and Windows binaries, libraries, image files, Java archives and class files, and other formats.

      “And we have a huge expansion of our knowledge base to include more than 200 million code prints and hundreds of licenses from more than 1,800 open source repositories.”

      The new version also features ease-of-use improvements including the ability to export analysis reports in HTML, XML or Microsoft Excel formats, Levin said.

      In addition, “Theres a lot to this code analyzing,” Levin said. “We have techniques to look at code to determine where it came from. And we can enable enterprises to look at and identify software not included in, but referenced by, their code.”

      Paul Henderson, Black Ducks vice president of marketing, said new development models and increasingly distributed development heighten the need for products like Black Ducks.

      “In this new world of software assembly or component-based development there are more things you need to track the license obligations for,” Henderson said.

      “Nowadays users are managing software assets in ways they hadnt thought of before.”

      Walter Giraitis, director of quality assurance at IMlogic Inc., Waltham, Mass., in a statement said: “Managing a distributed team of engineers, and with so much open source software available on the net, the task of ensuring that all the content of our code meets or exceeds our exacting standards is very challenging and time consuming.

      /zimages/1/28571.gifBlack Duck, VA software flock together. Click here to read more.

      “Black Duck software makes this typically difficult problem downright easy to handle, and has enabled us to be more efficient so that we can focus more time on developing a quality product,” said Giraitis.

      Last month, Black Duck announced an offer to provide free use of its protexIP/OnDemand software compliance assessment service free of charge through the end of the year to help promote more license compliant use of open source software, the company said.

      “We think the compliance management area is maturing,” Levin said. “People are getting it and were providing the market with true, unadulterated leadership.”

      Levin said the OnDemand offer amounts to a giveaway of about 25MB of code, or around one million lines of code, to users.

      Taking a swipe at his competitor, San Francisco-based Palamida Inc., Levin said: “OnDemand is a singe product for a single user, which is about what Palamida offers. They only offer a scanning tool. We offer that and more, and we offer it for free.”

      /zimages/1/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest open-source news, reviews and analysis.

      Avatar
      Darryl K. Taft
      Darryl K. Taft covers the development tools and developer-related issues beat from his office in Baltimore. He has more than 10 years of experience in the business and is always looking for the next scoop. Taft is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and was named 'one of the most active middleware reporters in the world' by The Middleware Co. He also has his own card in the 'Who's Who in Enterprise Java' deck.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      eWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      Zeus Kerravala - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      Wayne Rash - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Information

      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×