Black Duck Software Joins OSDL.WALTHAM, Mass. & BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Black Duck's Karen Copenhaver and Kevin Bedell Bedell could refer to A person:
Black Duck Software, the leading provider of software compliance management solutions, today announced that it has joined the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux(R) in the enterprise. Black Duck Software helps businesses expand their use of open source software by providing products and services for understanding and safely managing software licensing compliance. The company's protexIP(TM) system brings developers, lawyers, and business decision-makers together and enables enterprises to take advantage of the dramatic cost, quality, and time-to-market benefits that open source provides. "Open source software is dramatically changing the way software is developed, and executives are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to realize its benefits, while simultaneously assuring they meet their obligations to its authors and the community," said Douglas A. Levin, 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 are excited to bring our expertise to OSDL and its member companies to further accelerate the adoption of Linux and open source software by enterprises worldwide." "Black Duck is helping the Linux industry gain more peace of mind about running open source software," said Stuart Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , CEO of OSDL. "We look forward to their contributions to OSDL's initiatives around legal issues that can impact the development of new applications that will enable the Linux community worldwide." In related news, Black Duck's Karen Copenhaver, executive vice president and General Counsel, and Kevin Bedell, director of Consulting Services, will present tutorials at the OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit on January 31 and February 1, 2005 in Burlingame, CA. Their tracks will focus on open source software use, licensing, and best practices within the enterprise. Black Duck Software will also demonstrate its protexIP system at the Summit in booth #206. About the Open Source Development Lab OSDL - home to Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. , the creator of Linux - is dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 by CA, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, 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) , Intel and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , OSDL is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. at the center of Linux supported by a global consortium of more than 60 of the world's largest Linux customers and IT industry leaders. OSDL sponsors industry-wide initiatives around Linux in telecommunications, in the enterprise data center and on corporate desktops. The Lab also provides Linux expertise and computing and test facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Japan available to developers around the world. Visit OSDL on the Web at http://www.osdl.org/. About Black Duck Software Founded in 2002, Waltham, Massachusetts-based Black Duck is the leading provider of software compliance management solutions for governing software assets. Black Duck's customer base includes enterprises, vendors, law firms and other organizations worldwide. For more information about Black Duck, visit www.blackducksoftware.com, email sales@blackducksoftware.com, or call 781.899.2718, extension 450. Back Duck Software and protexIP are trademarks of Black Duck Software, Inc. OSDL is a registered trademark of Open Source Development Labs, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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