Black Duck Addresses Open Source Management, Compliance, Security

Black Duck Software, a provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code, reportedly has released the latest version of its so-called “Black Duck Suite.”

 

The management platform and an advanced enterprise-class solution integrates individual products to provide new levels of automation and efficiency, addressing the management, compliance and security challenges associated with open source.

 

“Black Duck offers the only unified suite of products designed to automate and simplify the managed reuse of open source code,” said Timothy Yeaton, president and chief executive officer at Black Duck.

 

“With the Black Duck Suite, development organizations can realize the transformational economics and increased velocities afforded by using open source, and do so at significant scale – while mitigating associated licensing, security and other risks,” Yeaton said.

 

Enhanced capabilities of the new release of the Black Duck Suite includes; Integrated platform architecture and common user interface, expanded security vulnerability tracking includes over 35,000 common vulnerabilities and exposures, expanded encryption coverage for export compliance by 36% to 450 standard algorithms, plus updates for the October 2008 BIS rules and all new Software Developer’s Kit with web services API.

 

“Combining open source assessment with a context for addressing compliance and licensing issues is key for users in a disrupted, global economy,” “ said Melinda Ballou, program director for IDC’s (News - Alert) Application Life Cycle Management service.

 

“We chose Black Duck automation to improve productivity by supporting our software license approval processes, code validation, and security alert processes. And more importantly, it gives us the highest confidence that we are in compliance with the licenses for the open source software embedded in our products,” stated Mike Munger, senior technical staff manager at InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM (News - Alert) and Ricoh.

 

Available in about a month, the Black Duck Suite addresses the wide spectrum of management, compliance, and security problems associated with open source components are used at significant scale in software development. It infuses the Code Center, Export and Protex enterprise products into a unified framework, and also includes software development kit which enables integration with IBM Rational, Microsoft (News - Alert) and other development tools and environments, mentioned the company.