Black Duck Software Assembles Team of Industry Leaders to Bring Software Compliance Management Issues to Forefront.Compliance Vanguard Vanguard Any of three unmanned U.S. experimental satellites. Vanguard I (1958), the second U.S. satellite placed in orbit around Earth (after Explorer 1), was a tiny 3.25-lb (1.47-kg) sphere with two radio transmitters. Alliance to Educate and Inform Enterprise Organizations on License Regulations and Software Intellectual Property Protection WALTHAM, Mass. -- Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of software compliance management solutions, today introduced a new affiliation of companies to help enterprise organizations understand the important compliance issues related to proper use of open source code and applications. The Compliance Vanguard Alliance, spearheaded by Black Duck, includes as charter members a team of open source software industry leaders, including EnterpriseDB, Funambol, GroundWork, JasperSoft, Krugle, Open Country and OpenLogic. Through a series of programs, webinars and events, the Black Duck Compliance Vanguard Alliance will educate companies on harnessing the full value of today's software development paradigms while mitigating mit·i·gate v. mit·i·gat·ed, mit·i·gat·ing, mit·i·gates v.tr. To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve. v.intr. To become milder. the risks associated with those models. Application development today involves assembly based on congregating con·gre·gate tr. & intr.v. con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing, con·gre·gates To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See Synonyms at gather. adj. 1. Gathered; assembled. 2. code components from a variety of origins, including open source and proprietary sources. This model affords significant efficiencies and allows developers to re-use code, but it also raises potential licensing concerns and other issues. The Compliance Vanguard Alliance is being formed in advance of GPL See GNU General Public License. 1. GPL - General Purpose Language. 2. GPL - ["A Sample Management Application Program in a Graphical Data-driven Programming language", A.L. Davis et al, Digest of Papers, Compcon Spring 81, Feb 1981, pp. 162-167]. v.3 and in response to the burgeoning use of open source code and availability of open source licenses. "More and more companies are incorporating open source code into their software development processes and are enjoying the benefits, and these companies need to understand the inherent risks related to open source software," said Douglas Levin lev·in n. Archaic Lightning. [Middle English levene, levin; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.] , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Black Duck Software. "The Black Duck Compliance Vanguard Alliance program will show companies how to mitigate mit·i·gate v. To moderate in force or intensity. mit  i·ga tion n. the risks and fully capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the hybrid model for building applications. Each charter member of the alliance is a leader in its respective market, and together we offer a huge brain trust of knowledge about open source promises and pitfalls." As Charter Members of the Black Duck Compliance Vanguard Alliance program, benefits include: participation in alliance activities, including webinars and other special events designed to educate enterprises; education activities related to the imminent introduction of GPL v.3, the new version of the foremost open source license from the Free Software Foundation; and use of Compliance Vanguard marketing collateral Marketing collateral, in marketing and sales, is the collection of media used to support the sales of a product or service. These sales aids are intended to make the sales effort easier and more effective. . For companies who are interested in membership in the Compliance Vanguard Alliance, please contact Black Duck Software at 781-891-5100, email partnerships@blackducksoftware.com or visit www.blackducksoftware.com/partners/vanguard-alliance.html. Charter Members Embrace Alliance Program Initial members of the Compliance Vanguard Alliance have expressed enthusiasm for the new program: "Having successfully built our flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , EnterpriseDB Advanced Server, on a PostgreSQL foundation, we know first-hand the challenges and benefits of creating license-compliant software using open source," said Andy Astor, president and CEO, EnterpriseDB. "That's why we're looking forward to being part of the Compliance Vanguard Alliance. It's an ideal way to establish best practices for the use of open source and share the insights we've gained during our own development efforts." "As the world's most popular mobile open source project, hundreds of thousands of Funambol users and developers around the globe are benefiting from the innovation and creativity that open source provides," said Fabrizio Capobianco Fabrizio Capobianco is CEO of Funambol, the company behind the Funambol mobile open source project. He is a highly regarded expert on open source software as it applies to the consumer mobile email market. , CEO of Funambol. "By working together with Black Duck and other industry leaders, we can help ensure proper use and accelerated deployments of open source code and applications, furthering the growth of the mobile market and bringing even greater choice to wireless carriers and customers." "As open source continues to grow in popularity, we see more companies turning away from the expensive, proprietary IT monitoring solutions and toward open source products," said Ranga Rangachari, president and CEO of GroundWork Open Source. "As this happens, it is important that there is a forum for information about open source legal concerns. We are pleased to be a part of the Compliance Vanguard program - and know that our customers appreciate the fact that all of the code in GroundWork's products has undergone an extensive review by a third party compliance management solution such as the one from Black Duck." "JasperSoft's open source business intelligence software helps reduce costs and provides transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. to our customers, who find great value in publicly available code and the open source development model," said Paul Doscher, CEO of JasperSoft. "What is great about the Compliance Vanguard is that it brings peace of mind to our customers by helping them eliminate potential compliance and licensing challenges that might arise from using open source components." "We are pleased to join as a charter member of the Black Duck Compliance Vanguard Alliance," said Steve Larsen Steve Larsen (born January 26, 1975 in Langley, British Columbia) is a bobsleigher for the Canadian Olympic Team, and participated in the the 2006 Winter Olympics. External links
v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. code search that allows our customers to search first, find examples, smooth out license issues, and mitigate many risks surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the use of open source software. Partnering with Black Duck and the other alliance members helps bring more visibility and resources to these very important issues." "Open Country enables enterprises to manage the vast array of machines that run open source code, and for that reason, our customers are very much at the forefront in incorporating open source into their enterprise IT," said Laurent Gharda, president and CEO, Open Country. "We're often asked about general pitfalls of using Linux and open source solutions across an enterprise. By being a part of the Compliance Vanguard, we can point our customers to a central group that can explain the pitfalls, letting them capitalize on the benefits." "The Black Duck Compliance Vanguard Alliance is a great opportunity to proactively work with leading vendors to educate the market on how enterprises can mitigate risks of open source, while still fully realizing the myriad Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000. In modern English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity. The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. of benefits," said Steven L. Grandchamp, CEO of OpenLogic. "Along with our recently announced indemnification Indemnification Used in insurance policy agreements as to compensation for damage or loss. In the context of corporate governance, Director Indemnification uses the bylaws and/or charter to indemnify officers and directors from certain legal expenses and judgements resulting from coverage, our Policy JumpStart workshop, and our enterprise open source management platform, we now offer companies a variety of options to better control the use of open source in the enterprise." About Black Duck Software Black Duck Software([TM]) is the leading provider of software compliance management solutions that help companies govern how software assets are created and managed. Black Duck's offerings help businesses take maximum advantage of open source software while at the same time ensure that they satisfy the obligations associated with the code they use. Black Duck's customer base includes enterprises, product developers, outsourcers, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
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