Black Duck and SpikeSource Announce Strategic Alliance To Support Use of Open Source Software in the Enterprise.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- New Integrated Services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. Bring License Compliance Management To Enterprises That Build On Certified See certification. Open Source Stacks Black Duck Software, the leading provider of software compliance management solutions, and SpikeSource, an open source IT services company, today announced a strategic alliance to provide integrated solutions that enable quicker and easier deployment of open source software by businesses worldwide. Black Duck's protexIP(TM) suite allows intellectual property management and license compliance validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. for software built on the SpikeSource Core Stack. Black Duck is also providing a custom version of its innovative protexIP/License Calculator calculator or calculating machine, device for performing numerical computations; it may be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. The electronic computer is also a calculator but performs other functions as well. integrated with the Spike Asset Manager (SAM), an open-source cross-platform framework for identifying and reporting on installed open source components. This allows developers to download SAM and probe to see what open source components and versions are currently installed on their computers, and then use the online protexIP/License Calculator to evaluate license compatibility Licences of software packages can contain contradictory requirements, rendering it impossible to combine source code from such packages in order to create new software packages.[1] For example, if one licence says " for the identified architecture and component set. This integrated tool is available for use without charge at http://spike-asset-mgr.spikesource.com. "We are very pleased to be teaming with SpikeSource. This alliance is great news not only for our customers, but for all of the open source community," said Douglas A. 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. "By marrying our software compliance management solutions with SpikeSource certified stacks we help enterprises realize the full potential of open source software while meeting their compliance obligations and managing their valuable intellectual property." "Black Duck shares our goal to make open source even more reliable, less expensive, and safer to deploy within the enterprise," said Kim Polese Kim Karin Polese (born November 13, 1961) was president and CEO of Marimba, Inc. until July 2000, and was one of the most prominent Silicon Valley executives during the dot-com era. , CEO of SpikeSource. "protexIP offers a natural compliment to our validated infrastructure solutions. Together, we help businesses achieve the many benefits that open source provides by addressing the full range of integration, validation, and compliance services required by our customers." Black Duck helps companies automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. software compliance management processes to preserve the value of their software intellectual property (IP) and manage use of open source software. With protexIP, companies can automatically analyze software projects to identify open source software and assure that licensing obligations are met. SpikeSource substantially reduces the cost of software infrastructure for IT organizations by making open source work for the enterprise. By utilizing Black Duck's innovative license management capabilities along side SpikeSource's validated and certified stacks of open source platform software, enterprises can more safely use open source to dramatically reduce software acquisition, development and deployment costs. About SpikeSource SpikeSource is an Open Source IT services company founded in 2003 to help accelerate enterprise open source adoption through testing, certification and support of open source software. For more information visit www.spikesource.com. 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, managed, and licensed. Black Duck's offerings help businesses take maximum advantage of open source software while at the same time assuring 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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