Black Duck Software Expands International Reach With New Distribution Partners in Israel and the United Kingdom.AnyOpen and CM-Logic Relationships and Black Duck's Participation in Two European Trade Events Represent Growing International Demand for Software License Compliance COLOGNE, Germany -- Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of software compliance management solutions, today expanded its international reach by adding AnyOpen and CM-Logic, two IT services firms, as resellers, to increase Black Duck's presence in Israel and the United Kingdom. Both AnyOpen and CM-Logic will sell BlackDuck's protexIP software license management solutions as part of their customer engagements to ensure their customers can take advantage of open source code while managing license compliance. Software development today involves the assembly of a number of code components often gathered from different origins within a company and from public open source libraries. BlackDuck's protexIP creates a collaborative environment for companies to manage the process of verifying compliance with an assortment of 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. that apply to software code. The new partnerships coincide with Black Duck's participation in two pan-European trade shows. Black Duck recently attended Open Source in Mobile, held in Amsterdam on November 7 and 8, where 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. Douglas Levin lev·in n. Archaic Lightning. [Middle English levene, levin; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.] also spoke, and the company is participating in LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Cologne 2006 with partner Novell from November 14 through November 16. The events will raise the importance of software license compliance management, given the growing use of open source in applications worldwide. "Organizations in Israel are wrestling with the issue of compliance with complicated software license requirements, especially related to open source software components imbedded imbedded, adj See embedded. in their solutions", said Avi Brody, Co-CEO of AnyOpen. "By providing protex/IP, the leading software compliance platform, to our customers we hope to help them make the most of open source while protecting their own software intellectual property." "CM-Logic is at the forefront of the changes to the application development process that result in better software meeting strategic enterprise IT needs, and by incorporating Black Duck's solutions into our work with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Rational, our customers can fully recognize the advantages of today's application development process," said Stephen Toop, CEO/Founder of CM-Logic, Ltd. Both AnyOpen and CM-Logic will distribute Black Duck's protexIP solutions. This includes protexIP/development Enterprise Edition and protexIP/development Professional Edition, which are used by software programmers See systems programmer. , managers and legal counsel to ensure that code under development complies with applicable software licenses. "Software development has become a global process, and the complexity of software license compliance is a reality worldwide," said Douglas Levin, CEO of Black Duck Software. "In the past few months, Black Duck has signed five international partners to address the need that companies everywhere have to manage this complexity. Our resellers will help hundreds of companies deploy Black Duck's protexIP and exportIP as part of their software development lifecycle processes. Enterprises around the world understand that by properly managing the licensing requirements relevant to open source, they can 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 benefits of today's changing application development models." AnyOpen and CM-Logic are the newest Black Duck international partners. Earlier this year, Black Duck announced agreements with other international distributors, including Atos Origin Atos Origin, SA (Euronext: ATO) is an international IT corporation which operates in 40 countries worldwide, with over 50,000 employees. The corporate headquarters are located in Paris, France and Zaventem, Belgium. in Europe; SIOS SIOS Servizio Informazioni Operativo e Situazione (Italian defense secret service; one for each Italian military service) SIOS Status Indication Out of Service (SS7) Technology, Inc. in Japan; Black Duck Software Korea; and Open Channel Solutions in Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. About Black Duck's protexIP Black Duck's protexIP platform creates a collaborative environment that helps organizations effectively manage their increasingly complex software licensing policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental . The protexIP platform assists companies in validating software contents, verifying licenses and finding and addressing issues early in the development cycle--or well in advance of a due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. event. Companies reduce business risks, complete software projects on time and on budget, and stay on track with their go-to-market strategies and business plans. protexIP is the most widely used solution of its kind in the industry. About CM-Logic CM-Logic is an established software development and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. company focused on enterprise configuration management solutions. Specialists in the implementation of the IBM Rational suite including ClearCase[R], ClearQuest[R] and Build Forge. CM-Logic provides software which further enhances the capability and investment return of IBM Rational. CM-Logic empowers change by providing change management tools and consultancy support to leading organisations around the world. They specialise and have worked closely with all the products within it since their inception - They are proud to be the first company in Europe to win IBM Value Advantage Plus (VAP (Value Added Process) An executable program in a NetWare 2.x server. Starting with NetWare 3.x, VAPs were replaced by NLMs. See NetWare. ) status for Rational Please visit http://www.cm-logic.com for further information. About AnyOpen AnyOpen Ltd. is a professional services firm based in Rehovot, Israel that helps enterprises, hi-tech companies and government organizations make the most out of open source software while protecting their intellectual capital. 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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