Palamida Helps Enterprises Streamline Software Intellectual Property Policy Decisions; IP Authorizer v1.0 Promotes Timely and Efficient Communication Between Developers, Managers and Legal Counsel.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 -- Palamida(TM), a provider of software intellectual property (IP) management and compliance products and services, today announced general availability of IP Authorizer au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: v1.0. The new product speeds the process through which enterprises incorporate third-party code in their software development, promoting compliance with corporate IP policy. Today's software projects contain contributions from many sources, and timely and efficient communication between developers, managers and counsel can speed decisions regarding the use of third-party software components In computer programming, third party software component is a reusable software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform. and licenses, and keep development projects on schedule. Palamida IP Authorizer v1.0, a Web-based application See Web application. , provides an automated, uniform system for managing the decision process surrounding third-party products and license use, before they enter into a company's code base. "IP Authorizer comes directly from requests from our customers who wanted to add the ability to automate what in many cases they were already doing manually," said Mark Tolliver, Palamida 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. . "It's a natural expansion of our product line, and we're very pleased to be able to help our customers address more of their IP management and compliance business process." Uniform System for Managing Decision Process for Third-Party Code and Licenses Palamida IP Authorizer v1.0 provides a multi-tier, customizable workflow and a central system for developers to request permission to use third party products and licenses. When developers make a request, the product prompts them to include pertinent information such as planned use of the product as well as details of the implementation. The software inserts the license and product details associated with the request, including a description, copyright notices and other disclaimers. New requests are automatically compared to a database of previously approved and denied requests, and against the company's IP policy, to enable instantaneous answers where possible. Instant approvals or denials are accompanied by a clear, detailed explanation and customizable use requirements. Where previous approvals or denials are not relevant, the new request is automatically routed to legal counsel or business managers for review, depending on the company's business process. Developers and managers can monitor the progress of requests through a dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. that shows all submitted requests and their status. With this visibility, development managers and counsel can track all requests to analyze compliance against a company's IP policy. IP Authorizer v1.0 IP Authorizer v1.0 comprises "enterprise-ready" features that enable a company to deploy and manage the solution "in-house." These include: --Security enhancements - The software is designed specifically to comply with standard corporate security requirements for protection against security threats, allowing administrators to analyze and control all users' access into the system, ensuring that every access point complies with corporate security policy and reflecting current security best practices standards --Multiple application server support including BEA WebLogic A software suite from BEA Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (www.beasys.com) that is used to deploy Web and SOA applications. The core product is BEA WebLogic Server, a J2EE application server. Application Server 8.1 and 9.1 and JBoss 4.0.2 --Multiple database support including Oracle 9i release 2, MySQL 4.1 and PostgreSQL 8.0 In addition to streamlining the third party software verification Software verification is a broad and complex discipline of software engineering whose goal is to assure that a software fully satisfies all the expected requirements. There are two fundamental approaches to verification:
The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. purposes. Palamida IP Authorizer v1.0 also contains a user interface which maps to the way developers and legal professionals use the product. The user interface is customizable for the unique needs of individual companies. Pricing, Requirements and Availability Palamida IP Authorizer v1.0 is available now as a hosted service or deployed behind a company's firewall starting at a $15,000 annual subscription for small workgroup configurations. The product requires 1 GB of memory with a single 1.3 GHz or Dual 500 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium or equivalent processor, 36 GB of hard disk memory and a DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). drive. For more information on IP Authorizer, visit http://www.palamida.com/products/ipauth/overview. About Palamida Palamida answers the question "What's in your code?" by providing an unprecedented level of software transparency. By empowering customers with insightful information about their software assets, Palamida products and services offer accurate evaluations of software during acquisitions, on-going testing against intellectual property policy during application development and governance of software environments. Founded in 2003, Palamida is led by industry veterans and backed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . Investors include Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, WaldenVC and Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . For more information visit www.palamida.com. Palamida is a trademark of Palamida, Inc. |
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