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Black Duck Software Establishes European Headquarters and Expands U.K. Presence.


New Amsterdam New Amsterdam, Dutch settlement at the mouth of the Hudson River and on the southern end of Manhattan island; est. 1624. It was the capital of the colony of New Netherland from 1626 to 1664, when it was captured by the British and renamed New York.  Operations Provide Springboard to Europe for Software Governance Market Leader

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of software governance solutions, today announced that it has established its European headquarters in Amsterdam and expanded its London operations. Coupled with Black Duck's separate announcement today of three additional partners (see "Black Duck Software Broadens European Reach with New Partners"), the new headquarters and personnel underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine.

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 the company's strong commitment to serving the fast-growing European market.

Black Duck created the software governance market three years ago with the release of the protexIP[TM] platform for managing obligations associated with software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. . Since that time, more than 300 enterprises have selected protexIP to help manage use of open source and other third-party software. Black Duck has grown its product family with the recent additions of transactIP[TM], a hosted service for vetting software code in advance of a business transaction such as funding or an acquisition, and exportIP[TM], which detects cryptographic algorithms in software to help comply with certain international regulations.

"The opening of Black Duck's European headquarters and expansion of partnerships here reaffirm re·af·firm  
tr.v. re·af·firmed, re·af·firm·ing, re·af·firms
To affirm or assert again.



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 our commitment to providing European businesses with a platform that helps them benefit from open source technologies, while complying with license obligations," said Douglas Levin lev·in  
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Lightning.



[Middle English levene, levin; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
, president and 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. "We look forward to deepening deep·en  
tr. & intr.v. deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens
To make or become deep or deeper.

Noun 1. deepening - a process of becoming deeper and more profound
 existing partnerships in Europe and to developing new relationships with customers, partners and resellers alike."

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]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 and other organizations worldwide that are concerned with protection of software intellectual property. For more information about Black Duck, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Black Duck Software, the Black Duck logo, transactIP, exportIP, protexIP and Know Your Code are trademarks of Black Duck Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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