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Open Source Projects for Cloud on Rise, According to Black Duck Software Analysis

cspencer — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:02:43 -0400

Open Source Projects for Cloud on Rise, According to Black Duck Software Analysis

Growth in Cloud Infrastructure Enables New Enterprise Application Development

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 23, 2010 -- Open source projects aimed at enabling enterprise IT application development for cloud computing are proliferating, according to an analysis by Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software.

Cloud computing frameworks and platforms designed to support integration with cloud services, scalability in private and public clouds, and manage and store cloud data are growing rapidly and include well-known projects such as Hadoop, Eucalyptus, Hyperic, deltaCloud, Open Stack and OpenECP.

"In the wake of the financial crisis of the past 18-24 months and as enterprise IT application developers re-architect applications for cloud environments, they are turning to open source software for its low cost, availability and breadth of possible solutions," said Melinda-Carol Ballou, Program Director, Application Life-Cycle Management & Executive Strategies, IDC. "Open source's low barriers to entry and abundance offer significant time-to-market advantages and make it an emerging and important element of cloud development strategies for enterprise developers. At the same time, organizations must put in effective open source assessment and management capabilities to leverage it as part of a complex software sourcing strategy for the cloud and for other environments."

Black Duck analyzed its KnowledgeBase of open source project information to uncover trends in open source projects for cloud computing. Although many open source projects useful for cloud development and deployment don't specifically reference cloud, Black Duck found almost 400 projects that did. The analysis shows a 70% percent growth from 2008 to 2009 in projects specifically associated with cloud computing. These cloud-specific open source projects account for nearly 50 million lines of code. Cloud environments referenced by the projects show Amazon as the leading environment, followed by Microsoft's Azure, Google Apps Engine, and Force.com. To see a chart and list of OSS cloud projects data referenced in this release, please visit http://www.blackducksoftware.com/oss/projects/#cloud

"When we began the analysis we expected to find projects focused on security, privacy, and management," said Peter Vescuso, Executive Vice President, Black Duck Software. "The variety of projects that self-identify as 'cloud' is much broader in scope, reflecting the sophistication of the cloud application ecosystem and confirming the importance of OSS cloud software developed to support the needs of enterprise IT."

Black Duck spiders the Internet for open source code, collecting information about projects and code into the Black Duck KnowledgeBase, which contains information on more than 250,000 open source projects from more than 4,500 unique websites.

To register for a webinar with Black Duck and CollabNet on cloud development, "Using Open Source to Re-Architect Applications for Cloud Deployment," please visit http://www.blackducksoftware.com/news/events/2010-08-25

For more information, please visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software

Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry's leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Black Duck, Know Your Code and the Black Duck logo are registered trademarks of Black Duck Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. Koders is a trademark of Black Duck Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
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+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
Topaz Partners
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+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Announces Support for Open Source Industry Initiatives

cspencer — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:38:28 -0400

Black Duck Software Announces Support for Open Source Industry Initiatives

Participation in FOSSBazaar SPDXTM Working Group, Support for Linux Foundation Open Compliance Program Signal Support for OSS Community

WALTHAM, Mass., August 10, 2010 – Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced its support for two compliance initiatives being spearheaded by the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux.

Through participation in the Linux Foundation’s FOSSBazaar SPDX working group, Black Duck is contributing resources to develop a specification for exchanging software license information. Phil Odence, Vice President of Business Development for Black Duck, co-chairs the SPDX committee. “The SPDX group’s objective is to create a set of data exchange standards that will enable companies and organizations to share license and component information for software packages,” says Odence. “This industry-wide initiative has support from more than 20 companies and organizations which are committing time and effort to create an open source specification that will simplify license and policy compliance.” Black Duck is committed to supporting the SPDX standard and technical specification to ensure its products accept and produce SPDX format information.

Black Duck also announced its support for the Linux Foundation’s Open Compliance Program, a six-pronged initiative which includes the SPDX effort as well as tools, training, consulting and a self-assessment checklist to help companies comply with open source licenses. In addition to supporting SPDX, the company provided content for the Program’s training curriculum. More information about the Open Compliance Program can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

“Our work with the Linux Foundation and participation in the SPDX working group demonstrates our commitment to the open source community,” said Odence. “Complying with the requirements of the more than 1,900 open source licenses Black Duck has identified can be challenging, but these initiatives make license compliance a simpler effort for all.”

In a related effort, Black Duck in July announced a certification program for legal professionals advising clients on open source licensing in the context of software M&A engagements. The Legal Certification program, open to IP and M&A attorneys with open source experience, introduces participants to Black Duck code assessment services and tools and provides guidelines for developing code assessment reports.

For more information on the SPDX working group, visit https://fossbazaar.org/wiki/spdx. For more information on the Black Duck Legal Certification Program visit http://blackducksoftware.com/certification/directory.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Black Duck, Know Your Code and the Black Duck logo are registered trademarks of Black Duck Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. Koders is a trademark of Black Duck Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

About FOSSBazaar
FOSSBazaar, an open community of technology and industry leaders collaborating to accelerate adoption of free and open source software in the enterprise, is a workgroup of the Linux Foundation.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
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+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
Topaz Partners
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+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Announces Legal Certification Program, Certified Legal Professional Directory

cspencer — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:15:36 -0400

Black Duck Software Announces Legal Certification Program, Certified Legal Professional Directory

Program helps legal professionals attain certification as experts in interpreting Black Duck code assessment results

WALTHAM, Mass., August 3, 2010 – Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced the availability of a certification program for legal professionals with clients involved in acquiring technology companies. More than 40 attorneys worldwide and their firms have participated in the certification program, which trains legal professionals in best practices for introducing Black Duck code assessment services into a software IP transaction.

Many legal firms advise clients on open source licensing in the context of software M&A engagements. By working with Black Duck, these legal professionals can help their clients effectively manage the risks of open source-related intellectual property issues. To date, Black Duck has participated hundreds of transactions cumulatively valued at over $40B.

The Legal Certification program, open to IP and M&A attorneys with open source experience, introduces participants to Black Duck code assessment services and tools. It walks participants through process and provides valuable tips for working with both acquirer clients and target organizations. Finally, the Certification Program aids participants in understanding code assessment reports, communicating findings and providing recommendations to clients.

Certified participants are listed on Black Duck’s website in a directory that can be accessed by clients looking for IP and M&A counsel.

“Many lawyers are familiar with open source software and understand that licensing and IP issues can affect transactions,” said Robert Blasi, Esq., a partner in the Boston office of Goodwin Procter LLP. “The Black Duck certification course really helps one understand how technology can help an acquirer determine what they are buying.”

For more information on the Black Duck Legal Certification Program visit http://blackducksoftware.com/certification/directory. To participate in a Legal Certification Program, contact podence@blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Black Duck Announces SAP's Selection of Its Black Duck Suite To Help Developers Manage Increasing Use of Open Source Software

cspencer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:10:56 -0400

Black Duck Announces SAP's Selection of Its Black Duck Suite To Help Developers Manage Increasing use of Open Source Software

Planned worldwide implementation to automate management and use of open source software; validate and improve developer efficiency

WALTHAM, Mass., July 27, 2010 - Black Duck Software, a leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced that SAP (NYSE: SAP) has selected to implement the Black Duck™ Suite. The comprehensive suite provides a platform for managing the use of open source software in a multi-source development process. It will help development teams at SAP improve productivity by further automating the company’s open source approval processes. SAP is the world's leading provider of business software(*).

SAP, which previously used complex, time-consuming and partly manual processes for handling open source approvals and the legal compliance aspects of open source use, sought a scalable, enterprise-strength platform to further automate the management, compliance, and integration of open source software into its development life cycle. After researching available tools and platforms, SAP chose the Black Duck Suite to support SAP developers worldwide with the suite’s automated, developer-oriented, multi-function platform, which supports scanning, early detection and management of open source used in software development.

“When we established the open source approval process at SAP in 2001, we assumed we’d receive only a few open source requests per month,” said Francis Ip, head of SAP Global Technology Legal Compliance. “However, with the continuously increasing importance of open source globally and SAP’s recent strategic change towards systematically utilizing benefits that come with open source, it was necessary for us to scale our open source process through further automation. We conducted an exhaustive search of applications on the market, and the Black Duck Suite was the best solution we tested. The Black Duck Suite will help us further automate and scale our open source process in order to support our open source strategy.”

“Using the Black Duck Suite will help SAP developers reduce the amount of code that needs to be developed while increasing the velocity of development,” said Peter Vescuso, executive vice president, Black Duck Software. “Automating the use and management of open source software also will yield the benefits of compliance with software license obligations, reducing risk and improving developer efficiency.”

For more information on the Black Duck Suite visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. The use of Black Duck™ solutions enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, Calif., London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

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Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
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+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
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Black Duck Software Maintains Exceptional Growth Pace in Q2

cspencer — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:19:02 -0400

Black Duck Software Maintains Exceptional Growth Pace in Q2

51% climb in bookings year-over-year reflects more rapid, widespread adoption of open source and expanding M&A activity; second-best quarter in company history

WALTHAM, Mass., July 13, 2010—Black Duck Software marked its second-best quarter ever, the company announced today, led by new client bookings, client renewals and growth across all business units, including services - which saw 100 percent year-over-year growth - and reseller partnerships. Second-quarter bookings grew 51 percent compared to the same period in 2009, reflecting increasing interest among enterprise IT managers in the management and control of open source as part of their multi-source development process. Black Duck products and services support the managed use of open source code at enterprise scale.

Large customer renewals included Intel and Cisco. Growth in new customer licenses across the product line was complemented by a 100 percent Q2 ’09 to Q2 ’10 jump in Black Duck’s Professional Services business, which includes IP audits for merger and acquisition engagements.

New clients include Vertex Software, ITA Software (which recently agreed to be acquired by Google) and DataCert.

The exceptionally strong second-quarter performance included new reseller partnerships with Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd. and Fujitsu Middleware Ltd., supporting Black Duck’s international expansion which is designed to improve local presence in growing overseas markets.

Second quarter 2010 milestones included:

Named a Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Application Development. Black Duck was named in the prestigious “Cool Vendors in Application Development, 2010” report by Gartner, Inc. . The company was recognized for its role in delivering next-generation capabilities in several key areas of the application development life cycle.

Black Duck Suite Enhancements. Black Duck announced integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Designed to make source code assets easily accessible to developers from within Visual Studio, the Code Search Plug-in simplifies and enables increased re-use of both internal code and publicly available open source software, Searches of over three billion lines of open source code are published on the Black Duck sponsored web site Koders.com. The Code Search Plug-in also searches internal code (inside the enterprise firewall) when used with Black Duck Code Sight.

Named to SD Times 100. For the third consecutive year Black Duck was recognized by the editors of SD Times as a leader, innovator and influencer in software development. Honored in the Tools and Frameworks category, Black Duck’s software development tools, including the Black Duck Suite, were recognized for helping developers find, select, validate and manage open source components in a multi-source development process.

New customer growth. The company added 42 new customers in Q2, bringing customer rolls to well in excess of 700. New customers reflect strength in enterprise businesses as well as technology-centric organizations.

Partnerships. Black Duck expanded its Partner Program, adding key resellers Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd. and Fujitsu Middleware Ltd.

“Black Duck’s products are key enablers for organizations such as Intel to successfully manage and control open source in their software development processes”, said Lisa Lambert, Vice-President, Intel Capital. “As an investor in Black Duck, we are encouraged by the market success shown in the current operating results and look forward to working with Black Duck as it continues its current growth trajectory.”

“New clients, client renewals and expanded use of the Black Duck Suite for managing the use of open source software across the entire software development lifecycle continues to fuel our growth,” said Tim Yeaton, Black Duck Software president and CEO. “Mergers and acquisitions are on the rise across all industries, increasing demand for M&A IP audits, where Black Duck’s technical strength in identifying and automating the management and control of open source software in multi-source development environments is critical. This quarter is further proof that more and more companies understand how the managed use of open source software fuels innovation and helps them gain strategic and competitive advantages.”

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Offers Webinar on Managing the Use of Free and Open Source Software in Outsourced Development Projects

cspencer — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:34:58 -0400

Black Duck Software Offers Webinar on Managing the Use of Free and Open Source Software in Outsourced Development Projects

Complimentary webinar offers best practices for leveraging the time and cost savings of FOSS while managing legal and technical challenges

FRANKFURT, Germany, June 29, 2010 – Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, will present an educational webinar on managing the use of free and open source software (FOSS) in outsourced development projects.

Strategic use of FOSS in outsourced development projects holds the promise of tremendous time and cost savings, but associated legal and technical complexities can cancel out those advantages and expose a company to technical and legal risks if not properly managed. The webinar, Free & Open Software in Outsourcing Projects, provides project managers, outsourcing managers and legal teams with a solid foundation for developing a FOSS management strategy that leverages the benefits and dramatically reduces the risks.

Webinar: Free & Open Source Software in Outsourcing Projects

Date: Thursday, July 1

Time: July 1st at 13:00 CEST (local Germany time)

Audience: Project Managers, Outsourcing Managers, Legal, R&D and IT

Cost: No charge

Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/538179353

This webinar addresses the following key questions:

What are the legal and technical requirements for using FOSS in outsourcing projects?

How can FOSS advantages be fully leveraged?

How can I establish an effective FOSS management strategy for reducing risk while leveraging the time and cost-saving benefits in complex outsourcing projects?

This is the second in a series of three webinars Black Duck is presenting with strategic partners, Bird & Bird and BearingPoint. Bird & Bird is an international commercial law firm with over 800 lawyers worldwide. BearingPoint provides management consulting and technology services.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
Topaz Partners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Offers Technical Due-Diligence - Best Practices for Streamlining Mergers and Acquisitions

cspencer — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:29:21 -0400

Black Duck Software Offers Technical Due-Diligence Best Practices for Streamlining Mergers and Acquisitions

Enterprise M&A Activity Surges, Spurring Demand for Open Source Software Due Diligence Processes for Qualifying and Accelerating Deals

WALTHAM, Mass., June 21, 2010 – Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced best practices guidelines for both acquirers and acquisition prospects navigating the M&A process.

According to the 451 Group, technology sector M&A spending in Q2 2010 is running one-third higher than in Q1 and on track to register the highest quarterly spending total for technology M&A since the start of the credit crisis. The 451 Group credits big deals as the main driver for 2010 M&A spending growth, with 17 deals valued at $1 billion announced so far this year.

“The recent 451 Group analysis supports what we’ve seen with our own customers – cash rich enterprises are hungry for opportunities to grow, diversify and innovate by acquisition,” said Peter Vescuso, Black Duck’s executive vice president of marketing and business development. “Mergers and acquisitions are highly complex business transactions that can be further complicated and delayed due to software intellectual property rights, export compliance and security issues, that can come to light in the midst of a deal. Companies that apply our best practices gain transparency into their software assets so they can avoid these pitfalls and focus on other aspects of navigating M&A deals.”

Black Duck Software has performed code assessment reviews in over $40 billion of M&A transactions, and M&A business for Black Duck grew by 100 percent in Q1 2010 compared to the same time last year.

The following best practices have been developed specifically to aid companies considering or entering into M&A deals:

‘Know Your Code’ Applies to Acquirers and Acquisition Prospects

As an acquirer, you need to know that the software you are purchasing is licensed correctly and that any proprietary intellectual property is unencumbered. You need to know of any remediation that will need to take place before you can maximize revenue from this acquisition.

As an acquisition prospect, you need to know what’s in your code base and demonstrate compliance with the associated license obligations. Having policies and processes in place to manage third party code will build confidence in the acquirer, help the deal progress smoothly and avoid findings that could devalue your assets.

Audit Code Before an Acquisition

As an acquirer, you need to conduct comprehensive code audits that assure accurate valuation of software assets and mitigate the risk of unanticipated licensing, compliance, security or IP issues that could undermine future value.

As an acquisition prospect, be pro-active and thoroughly review your code in advance of a transaction. This lets you avoid surprises that might delay/derail the process or affect your valuation.

Use Automation Technology for Code Analysis

As an acquirer, especially those who conduct numerous acquisitions, you need to extend your due-diligence process to incorporate automated software code analysis as a part of your standard process. This will enable you to accurately and comprehensively inventory code origins and license obligations to uncover conflicts and compliance issues and develop a remediation strategy.

As an acquisition prospect, make automated analysis an integrated part of your software development process. Start with a policy for open source use and implement tools and processes to confirm compliance with the policy. This way you’ll already have tools and processes in place that can quickly produce the information needed during an acquisition event as well as demonstrate best practices to potential acquirers, reducing their perception of risk and increasing their perception of value.

Dedicate Resources for Analysis and Remediation

For both acquirers and acquisition prospects, conducting automated code assessment is the first step. Once the results are in, leave it to code analysis and remediation experts to guide you in the resolution of any intellectual IP, export compliance, security or other issues that arise during the code evaluation process. Dedicating resources in this way will provide the best results and allow you to focus on other aspects of the acquisition process.

Additional Black Duck M&A Resources – Register for our June 22nd webinar

Black Duck will be holding a webinar on technical due diligence for M&A led by Russell Hartz of SAP’s Corporate Development organization. Hartz will discuss SAP’s approach, best practices and recommendations for M&A readiness.

The webinar will he held Tuesday, June 22 at 11:30am EDT/8:30am PDT. Learn more and register for Technical Due Diligence for M&A: A Perspective from Corporate Development at SAP by visiting http://www.blackducksoftware.com/news/events/2010-06-22

You can also learn more about how to make all parties involved in technology M&As aware of the importance of software component management by reading the whitepaper, The New Due Diligence: Assessing and Protecting Your Software Asset Value in Mergers, Acquisitions and Financing Rounds.

For more information on automated code analysis, visit http://blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
Topaz Partners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Named to SD Times 100

cspencer — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Black Duck Software Named to SD Times 100

Recognized in the Tools and Frameworks category, Black Duck products and services support multi-source development

WALTHAM, Mass., June 7, 2010 – Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software (OSS), today announced that it has been named to the 2010 SD Times 100 for the third year in a row. The list recognizes leaders, innovators and influencers in software development. Black Duck was honored in the Tools and Frameworks category, acknowledging the company’s software development tools - notably the Black Duck Suite - that help developers find, select, validate and manage open source components in a multi-source development process.

“Black Duck is pleased to be recognized as an industry leader by the editors of SD Times,” said Tim Yeaton, President and CEO, Black Duck Software. “As open source has grown in acceptance by large IT development organizations, so too has awareness of the importance of enterprise-class development tools, such as the Black Duck Suite, that automate the management and compliance of open source software. We’re honored to be included.”

The SD Times 100, published annually since 2003, recognizes companies, non-commercial organizations, open source projects and other initiatives for innovation and leadership that most broadly set the agenda and advance the state of the art for software development managers and the industry.

The SD Times 100 considers innovators and leaders in multiple industry categories. When reviewing the nominees, editors considered each company’s offering and reputation and looked for companies that have determined a direction that developers followed. The seventh annual awards are featured in the June 1, 2010 issue and are available online at http://www.sdtimes.com.

For more information, please visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Medical Practice Management, Electronic Health Records Applications Lead Open Source Software Projects for Health Care, Accordin

cspencer — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:05:22 -0400

Medical Practice Management, Electronic Health Records Applications Lead Open Source Software Projects for Health Care, According to Black Duck Software Analysis

Black Duck Joins OpenHealthTools.org, OSS Health-IT Community

WALTHAM, Mass., May 11, 2010 - A year of significant growth in the number of open source projects established to develop health care applications was led by practice management and electronic records management projects, according to an analysis by Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software.

Projects such as CARE2X, aimed at increasing integration and interoperability between multiple incompatible health care information systems within an institution, and OpenVista, the open-source version of VistA, top the list of active health care OSS projects in the Black Duck KnowledgeBase, which counts nearly 900 open source software (OSS) projects with a health care focus. The analysis shows a 13 percent growth in the number of projects, with a 38 percent growth in lines of code from 2009 numbers. Projected development costs for the projects -- which combined include over 124 million lines of code -- have grown to approximately $8 billion USD, up from 2009's estimate of $6B, representing 45,000 staff-years of development effort.

Black Duck also announced its membership in Open Health Tools (http://openhealthtools.org), an open source community creating an ecosystem of OSS developers and health care professionals dedicated to developing a health interoperability framework, including tools and reference applications. The Open Health Tools forge hosts Hitex, the Health Information Text Extraction system (https://hitex.projects.openhealthtools.org), one of the largest OSS health care projects tracked by Black Duck. Hitex, which is built on top of the GATE framework, provides analysis pipelines and modules to extract health information from clinical documents.

"The Open Health Tools community welcomes new member Black Duck Software," said Skip McGaughey, Executive Director, OpenHealthTools.org. "Black Duck's development tools address issues that create barriers to open source adoption. In combination with OHT community tools and reference applications, designed to promote interoperability in health care IT, Black Duck's support will increase the pace at which OHT projects evolve and are adopted by health care organizations."

"In addition to improving access to data and bringing innovation to health care IT, the top projects in the Black Duck analysis offer faster time-to-solution and cost-avoidance to an industry facing sweeping reform at the federal level," said Peter Vescuso, Executive Vice President, Black Duck Software. "The increased focus we see on interoperability as a project goal in health care reflects trends in the broader open source community, which supports the increasing role that open source projects can play in advancing the state of health care IT."

Project Name	Description
CARE2X Integrated Hospital Information System	Integrated Hospital Information System. Surgery, Nursing, Outpatient, Wards, Labs, Pharmacy, Security, Admission, Schedulers, Repair, Communication & more. Modular & scalable.
OpenVista	OpenVista® is the open-source version of VistA, an enterprise grade health care information system developed by the U.S. Veterans Affairs and deployed at 1,500 global facilities. OpenVista is a registered trademark of Medsphere Systems Corporation
OsiriX	3D DICOM Viewer
Biosignal Tools	Software library for processing of biomedical signals (EEG, ECG, etc.)
FreeMED	GPL-licensed Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management system for medical providers
OpenEMR	Open Source Practice Management, Electronic Medical Record, Prescription Writing and Medical Billing application.
DVTk	DICOM Viewer and Validator. Test, validate and diagnose communication protocols in medical environments (DICOM, HL7 and IHE).
Ogles	Ogles (OpenGLExtractor) is an open source software package by the Eyebeam OpenLab that allows for the capture and re-use of 3D geometry data from 3D graphics applications.
HOSxP	Hospital information system used in 150 hospitals in Thailand. HOSxP has many modules which keep data of Patient Image, Symptoms, Physical Condition, Investigation, Diagnosis, Treatment including Procedure / Medication, etc.
OpenHMS Project	Collection of projects and many subprojects developed by Health Market Science. This is a robust collection of development libraries, APIs, and tools oriented around data manipulation and professional software development.

Black Duck spiders the Internet for open source code, collecting information about projects and code into the Black Duck KnowledgeBase, which contains information on more than 230,000 open source projects from more than 4,500 unique websites. Black Duck reported earlier this year that more than 19,000 new open source projects were started in 2009.

For more information, please visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry's leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
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+1 781-404-2432

Open Source as a Strategic Business Enabler Webinar With Black Duck Software, Highlighting SAP Case Study Tuesday, May 11 at 11:

cspencer — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:25:56 -0400

Open Source as a Strategic Business Enabler Webinar With Black Duck Software, Highlighting SAP Case Study Tuesday, May 11 at 11:30 a.m. ET

WALTHAM, Mass., May 5, 2010- Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), a leading provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software (OSS), will hold a webinar describing how its customer SAP AG uses the Black Duck Suite to manage the increasing use of open source software.

SAP, the world's leading provider of business software, maintains its market position by focusing on continuous product innovation. Open source software has helped the company's 15,000 software developers increase the speed of innovation and spurred development productivity, also yielding improvements in interoperability and standardization.

In this webinar Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), together with representatives of SAP, will review the benefits open source offers to development organizations, the management challenges it presents, and approaches for addressing those challenges. SAP will describe how its use of open source evolved from managing open source as an exception, to making it an integral part of the company's multi-source development approach, to becoming the third-largest corporate code contributor to the Eclipse Foundation. The webinar will conclude with an interactive question-and-answer session.

Join Black Duck Software, along with SAP, as they discuss the benefits of using open source as a strategic business enabler and review the management, policy and process aspects of succeeding with open source software in a multi-source development environment.

Webinar:	Open Source as a Strategic Business Enabler - A Case Study with SAP

Date:	Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Time:	11:30 a.m. ET

Cost:	No charge

Registration:	https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/588505625

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry's leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Black Duck, Know Your Code and the Black Duck logo are registered trademarks of Black Duck Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. Koders is a trademark of Black Duck Software, Inc.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Press Contacts
Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
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+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
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+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Survey Reveals Top Technology Trends, Challenges and Barriers to Open Source Software Use Affecting Enterpri

cspencer — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:15:00 -0400

Black Duck Software Survey Reveals Top Technology Trends, Challenges and Barriers to Open Source Software Use Affecting Enterprise Development Organizations

Developers Cite Cloud Computing and Mobility as Top Disruptors; Greater Productivity Demands and Contributing Back to Open Source Software Projects Cited as Top Challenges

WALTHAM, Mass., May 4, 2010 - Software developers from leading global enterprises are looking to cloud computing and mobility as platforms for innovation while facing increased pressure to produce more with fewer resources. Meanwhile, developers are increasing usage of open source software (OSS) to improve efficiencies and accelerate development cycles, but barriers to greater usage of OSS across the enterprise persist. Even among early adopters, few enterprises are fully leveraging the potential time and cost savings of broader use of OSS.

These are the results of a recent survey of development executives from fourteen leading global enterprises conducted by Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software. Enterprises participating in the survey represent leaders in a range of industries, including semi-conductor, financial services, business software, mobile, healthcare, media and entertainment and data storage.

Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Mobile Spur Application Development

When asked about the top technology trends affecting application development, survey participants reported innovations in cloud computing/virtualization and mobile as the most disruptive technologies currently influencing development projects across the enterprise. Respondents also cited distributed development/collaboration, Agile development methods and multi-company collaboration on OSS projects as top trends impacting development projects.

Developers Doing More with Less

While cloud computing, mobile and distributed development trends are ramping up the intensity and pace of application development, development managers said that they are under pressure to increase the number of products and releases per year with fewer resources and under tighter budget restrictions. Respondents said that contributing back to OSS projects is another top challenge: they want and need to contribute back, but the lack of formal policies within the enterprise for managing OSS contributions remains the top barrier to participation.

Collaboration and sharing source code globally across distributed teams in addition to processes for enabling code standardization and re-use across the enterprise also were cited as top application development challenges.

OSS Project Contribution Barriers Impeding Broader Use

The fourteen global enterprises participating in the survey are early adopters and leaders in leveraging OSS for improving the efficiency of the software development process; nonetheless, virtually every enterprise said that they are only partially harnessing the potential of OSS. When asked why, respondents cited the lack of a more comprehensive policy and strategy for OSS as the top barrier. Developers responding to this question reiterated the challenges of contributing back to OSS projects as another major barrier to greater use of OSS. As a result -- respondents reported -- developer changes are often not integrated into the mainstream code base, reducing the development team's ability to rely on the OSS projects they're using for the long term.

Although not among the top impediments to greater use of OSS, respondents cited executive buy in/support, concerns about the cost and complexity of managing OSS use, and the perceived risk of OSS as additional challenges.

"These survey results show that the top global enterprises understand the value of using open source software in the application development process, but barriers to broader adoption persist," said Jim Berets, vice president of product management at Black Duck Software. "Most of these barriers can be traced to the lack of an enterprise-wide open source strategy and clear policies and procedures for managing its use. The good news is these barriers appear to be falling rapidly as development organizations realize the benefits of open source and take proactive steps to adopt strategies, policies and solutions for managing its use across the global enterprise."

For more information about Black Duck's Enterprise Software Development Challenges Survey or to request an interview with Black Duck, contact Ann Dalrymple at adarlrymple@topazpartners.com, or by phone at 781-404-2432.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry's leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts
Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm

cspencer — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:36:32 -0400

Black Duck Software Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm

Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor” report are innovative, impactful and intriguing

WALTHAM, Mass., April 27, 2010—Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced it has been included in the prestigious “Cool Vendors in Application Development, 2010” report by Gartner, Inc. ¹ Black Duck enables increased productivity and faster innovation in multi-source development with open source software while controlling its use, managing the associated risks, and ensuring compliance.

“Multi-source development with open-source software (OSS) has become virtually ubiquitous among mainstream IT organizations. Whether they know it or not, 80 percent or more of Global 2000 IT organizations use open source technologies today,” said Tim Yeaton, president and CEO, Black Duck Software. “Strategic use of open source offers savvy development organizations opportunities to speed time-to-solution and increase business value while reducing costs.”

The vendors evaluated by Gartner in this report show how they are delivering next-generation capabilities in several key areas of the application development life cycle. Black Duck was one of five companies identified as a “Cool Vendor” in the application development space.

Black Duck’s flagship offering, the Black Duck Suite, is a comprehensive management platform that automates the discovery, analysis and governance of software assets. Organizations using Black Duck are able to identify, adopt and manage open source code to speed the development process while addressing management, compliance and security challenges commonly associated with open source use. A foundation element of the Suite is the Black Duck KnowledgeBase, the industry’s most comprehensive database of open source software and associated license and other information, including over 230,000 projects from more than 4,700 sites. Black Duck also maintains the free open source search engine Koders.com, used by tens of thousands of developers daily to search billions of lines of code written in over 30 languages and identified with 29 software licenses.

For more information about Black Duck’s solutions and services that support application development, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

¹ Gartner “Cool Vendors in Application Development, 2010” by Thomas E. Murphy, Mark Driver, David Norton, 21 April 2010

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

First Quarter 2010 One of Unprecedented Growth for Black Duck Software

cspencer — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:36:32 -0400

First Quarter 2010 One of Unprecedented Growth for Black Duck Software

Bookings Climb 80% Amid Economic Improvement, EMEA Expansion

WALTHAM, Mass., April 13, 2010 - Continuing on its trajectory of rapid growth, Black Duck Software today announced that Q1 bookings surged by 80 percent compared to the same period in 2009. Strong performance across all sectors and growth in new customer licenses and professional services drove results, with new clients including Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH, Iron Mountain, and Cloudera signing on.

First-quarter also reflected exceptional overseas performance, especially in EMEA, spurred by Black Duck's commitment to developing local presence and partnering with leading local resellers, including newly signed Manageware (Israel), Anacom (Brazil) and Global Maxlink (Malaysia).

Outperforming most companies in the tech sector, Black Duck's focus on the fast-growing open source segment reflects the increased enterprise recognition of the benefits of using, managing and controlling the use of open source software in application development. As enterprises adopt a multi-source development model that combines the use of open source, third party and proprietary code, Black Duck products and services are critical components of managing the use of open source code at enterprise scale in an automated and compliant manner.

First quarter 2010 milestones included:

New customer growth. The company added 31 new customers in Q1 and now has more than 700 customers. New customers in the quarter reflect particular strength in communications and enterprise software.

Partnerships. Black Duck expanded its Partner Program across all categories, including:

Solutions Partnerships -- Black Duck joined forces with CollabNet, a leading provider of Agile application lifecycle management solutions, to integrate Protex and Code Sight with CollabNet Subversion and Team Forge as part of the CollabXchange program.

Strategic partnerships -- The company formed a strategic partnership with the Olliance Group to develop and deliver an IP management services offering.

Reseller programs -- Black Duck announced new training and certification programs for its 18 reseller and legal partners, extending the company's reach into multiple markets, industries and regions across the globe

Joint Venture. To expand its presence in Greater China, Black Duck formed a joint venture with Pacific Advantage International, a pioneer in the outsourced sales and technical support business for Asia Pacific.

Protex Enhancements. Black Duck announced usability and performance improvements to Protex 5.1, the core component of the Black Duck Suite. The offering improves search and performance for large enterprise code sets by as much as 5X over the prior release and builds on Black Duck's expanded KnowledgeBase.

"We continue our strong growth because the economy is driving IT executives and development managers to seek new, more cost-effective development practices that take advantage of open source software," said Tim Yeaton, Black Duck Software president and CEO. "Black Duck customers recognize the need for tools that enable managed use of open source software in their application development initiatives. This multi-source development approach gives these organizations the ability to rapidly innovate even in a difficult budget climate, providing them with greater competitiveness and agility."

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry's leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Announces Availability of Code Search Plug-in for Visual Studio 2010

cspencer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:29:16 -0400

Black Duck Software Announces Availability of Code Search Plug-in for Visual Studio 2010

Freely Downloadable Plug-in Enables Search for Open Source and Enterprise Code

WALTHAM, Mass., April 12, 2010 - Black Duck Software, a leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced the availability of a freely downloadable Code Search Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. By making source code assets easily accessible to developers from within Visual Studio, code search simplifies and enables increased re-use of both internal code and publicly available open source software. Code search improves developer productivity, raises software quality, supports component standardization, and enhances code compliance.

The Black Duck Code Search Plug-in for Visual Studio 2010:

Allows developers to search code from numerous repositories in a single place without leaving the Visual Studio 2010 environment.

Searches over three billion lines of open source code published on the Black Duck sponsored web site Koders.com.

Searches internal code (inside the enterprise firewall) indexed from TFS, SourceSafe and other version control systems (when used with Black Duck Code Sight).

Promotes re-use with SmartSearch™, a background agent that proactively identifies opportunities for re-use, within the IDE, by presenting search results that are relevant to the code the developer is creating.

"We are pleased to make code search available to Windows and Microsoft .NET Framework developers, who are looking for ways to speed software development," said Phil Odence, Vice President, Black Duck Software. "The Black Duck Code Search Plug-in for Visual Studio 2010 enables IDE access to billions of lines of open source and proprietary code assets, speeding application development cycles, promoting code re-use and improving business agility."

"Microsoft is pleased that Black Duck Software, a Visual Studio Industry Partner, has invested early in supporting Visual Studio 2010 and our next-generation application development platform, and is today simultaneously shipping Code Search Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010," said Matt Nunn, group product manager of Visual Studio at Microsoft Corp. "Products like the Black Duck Code Search Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 help customers simplify their development process from design to deployment when using Microsoft products like Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4."

Black Duck Code Sight is a source code search application that brings transparency and easy access to an enterprise's vast and often distributed source code resources. Code Sight indexes code across an organization's source code repositories to enable fast search and navigation at enterprise scale. Koders.com is a free on-line search engine for open source software and other web-downloadable code. Thousands of developers use Koders daily to search over 3 billion lines of code written in over 30 languages. Koders enables developers to quickly find the best reusable open source code, methods, examples and algorithms.

The Black Duck Code Search Plug-in for Visual Studio 2010 may be downloaded at: http://corp.koders.com/downloads/plugins#IDE. Download Black Duck Code Sight Free Edition (including the code search plug-in for Visual Studio 2010) at www.blackducksoftware.com/code-sight/download. For more information on the Black Duck Suite which automates the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, see http://www.blackducksoftware.com.

Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry's leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
Topaz Partners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Expands Partner Program Services and Global Reach With New Strategic Alliances

cspencer — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:41:12 -0400

Black Duck Software Expands Partner Program Services and Global Reach With New Strategic Alliances

New Training and Certification Programs Support Reseller and Legal Partners

WALTHAM, MA--(Marketwire - March 30, 2010) - Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced new training and certification programs for reseller and legal partners in addition to new strategic alliances extending Black Duck's reach into multiple markets, industries and regions across the globe. New partner services and alliances demonstrate the growth of the Black Duck Partner Program (www.blackducksoftware.com/partners) and support its mission to help businesses and organizations capitalize on the benefits of using open source software in multi-source development.

Black Duck is actively building up its partnerships across all partner categories, including Global, Legal, Systems Integrator and Consultancy, Open Source Community, Resellers, Forges and Databases and Solutions partners.

"Partner relationships are critical to our strategy and we've been actively improving our program over the last year. The new training and certification enable our partners to help joint customers benefit to the fullest from the managed use of open source software," said Phil Odence, Black Duck's vice president of business development. "We are also excited to extend our product and service offerings through partnerships with CollabNet and Olliance Group."

Reseller Training Program
Black Duck launched a new reseller training program to support its 18 reseller partners bringing the Black Duck Suite to regions across the globe. The program provides resellers with valuable training on Black Duck Suite features and solutions as well as implementation guidelines and co-marketing support.

Recent resellers joining the Black Duck Partner Program include Manageware, Anacom and Global Maxlink. Manageware is Israel's leading ALM automation provider. In addition to representing Black Duck, Manageware delivers a complete range of best-of-breed tools from IBM Rational-Telelogic. Anacom, also a Rational partner, represents Black Duck in Brazil, and Global Maxlink Sdn Bhd (GMSB) will offer Black Duck open source management solutions to the Malaysian market.

Legal Certification Program
Black Duck's Partner Program continues to attract premier legal firms that advise clients on mergers and acquisitions activity, open source licensing, compliance and open source-related intellectual property issues. Black Duck's new legal certification program provides instruction in software code assessments, reports and analysis using the Black Duck Suite. Law professionals completing course requirements receive a Black Duck Legal Specialists Certification.

Bird & Bird, an international law firm with more than 800 lawyers worldwide, is among five new Europe-based law firms to join the Black Duck Partner Program in Q1 2010. Legal partner momentum continues as a growing number of companies across the globe implement automated processes for managing and increasing the usage of open source software.

Solution Partnership with CollabNet
CollabNet, a leading provider of Agile application lifecycle management (Agile ALM) solutions, is the most recent technology company to join Black Duck's Partner Program. Black Duck's Protex and CodeSight are the first of Black Duck's suite of products to be integrated with CollabNet's Subversion and Team Forge solutions as part of the CollabXchange program. CollabNet and Black Duck are working together on additional integrations and joint marketing programs.

Expanded Service Offerings for Open Source IP Management
Olliance Group recently joined Black Duck's strong roster of systems integrator and consultancy partner firms that provide expert advice on application development and open source governance. Olliance Group, the leading open source business and strategy consulting firm, and Black Duck will jointly develop and resell IP Management consulting services worldwide. The agreement brings together two dominant market leaders to offer end-to-end open source IP management solutions.

Become a Black Duck Partner
Black Duck has joined with a variety of world-class organizations to deliver on its mission of ensuring that companies get the most from multi-source development with open source. The company invites new partners to join in this mission.

More information about becoming a Black Duck Partner can be found at http://www.blackducksoftware.com/partners/form

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry's leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts:

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
Topaz Partners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software forms Strategic Partnership with Olliance Group to Develop and Deliver IP Management Services Offering

tkenny — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:10:05 -0400

Black Duck Software forms Strategic Partnership with Olliance Group to Develop and Deliver IP Management Services Offering

Agreement Will Provide End-to-End Open Source IP Management

WALTHAM, Mass., March 25, 2010 -- Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, has entered into a partnership agreement to develop and deliver IP Management Consulting Services with Olliance Group, the leading open source business and strategy consulting firm and creator of the Olliance Group Open Source Think Tank.

Building on the Black Duck Suite, a software platform for automating the use and management of open source software in multi-source development environments, the companies will jointly develop a consulting offering that will help customers accelerate the implementation of industry best practices for open source IP management and compliance policy and process. Customers of the consulting service will be able to accelerate their software development while efficiently managing the operational and legal challenges of multi-source development.

The Olliance Group’s IP Management and Compliance practice includes consulting engagements and workshops on key topics including Open Source Management Strategy, Policy and Process Development and a Compliance Training Program, all of which are customized to take full advantage of the Black Duck Suite.

“Our customers tell us that the strategic use of open source in multi-source development environments provides them with market advantage,” said Peter Vescuso, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Black Duck Software. “The Black Duck Suite, with its enterprise-class tools for the management and use of open source across the application development lifecycle, is a natural fit with Olliance Group’s IP Management offerings.”

“Olliance Group chose to partner with Black Duck because the completeness and maturity of the Black Duck Suite is a perfect complement to our IP Management offerings,” said Andrew Aitken Managing Partner of Olliance. “This partnership gives development an end-to-end solution with tools and services to ensure IP management in multi-source development environments that make strategic use of open source software.”

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Mateo, California, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.
Black Duck, Know Your Code and the Black Duck logo are registered trademarks of Black Duck Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. Koders is a trademark of Black Duck Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

About Olliance Group
Olliance Group is the leading independent open source business and strategy consulting firm. Our mission is to help clients capitalize on the strategic, technological, and financial benefits of open source software. Clients include Fortune 500 enterprises, Independent Software Vendors (ISV’s), start-up firms, venture capital groups and government entities. www.olliancegroup.com Additionally, Olliance Group is the founder of the Open Source Think Tank, the industry’s most unique event for thought leaders from around the world to gather and discuss the future of commercial open source. http://thinktank.olliancegroup.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
Topaz Partners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Android Wins Over Open Source Mobile Developers, Growing 3x Faster Than iPhone, According to Black Duck Software Analysis

tkenny — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:50:04 -0400

Android Wins Over Open Source Mobile Developers, Growing 3x Faster Than iPhone, According to Black Duck Software Analysis

39% Year-Over-Year Increase in Number of New OSS Projects for Mobile Platforms

WALTHAM, Mass., March 16, 2010 - While the world economy suffered in 2009, mobile open source projects experienced robust growth, according to an analysis by Black Duck Software that reflects the relative health of the mobile industry and growing interest in applications developed on open source software (OSS) platforms. Black Duck Software is the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software. Black Duck's KnowledgeBase -- the industry's most comprehensive database of open source project information -- was used to analyze 2009 trends in mobile open source development.

Some 903 new open source projects for the mobile space were created in 2009 bringing the total to over 3,200 projects, a 39 percent increase over 2008. Black Duck attributes the steady growth to the strength of smartphone sales and the volume of open source platforms. Market research firm comScore shows an 18 percent rise in the number of smartphones in Q4 2009.

Additionally 224 new projects specifically related to Android were launched in 2009, almost three times the number targeted for the iPhone, which at 76 is the second-fastest growing platform. Windows Mobile, which like the iPhone is not based on an open-source software platform, was third with 75 new projects, reflecting the large number of Windows application developers in the market.

The iPhone, which has spurred creativity among OSS application, utility and tools developers, appears to be benefitting the Android platform as well. Projects available first on the iPhone increasingly are being ported to the Android platform. Examples include Kwaak3, a popular OSS 3D shooter game, and Jelly SMS, an OSS text messaging app, as well as NIN:access -- Nine Inch Nails' first official iPhone app -- and fBook -- an iPhone Facebook app. Although NIN:access and fBook are not OSS projects, they exemplify the iPhone-to-Android trend. Projects developed for Android also are finding their way to iPhone, e.g. the game Mystique.

Black Duck reviewed hundreds of thousands of open source projects collected from 4,600 Internet sites to compile its list of open source projects targeting mobile platforms. Among the highlights of the analysis:

New OSS projects for mobile totaled 3,207, a 39% increase compared to new projects created in 2008.
New projects for Android represented 25% of all new OSS mobile projects and exceeded the number of new projects for the next six platforms combined.
Forty six percent of the new projects were for one of the major platforms - Palm, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android, RIM/BlackBerry, or Maemo.
2009 saw an 85% increase over 2008 in the number of lines of code written for mobile OSS projects.

New     Total OSS
                                            Projects    Mobile     Growth
OSS Projects Associated with a Platform      2009      Projects   '08-'09
-----------------------------------------  ---------- ---------- ---------
Android                                           224        357       168%
iPhone                                             76        252        43%
Windows Mobile                                     75        248        43%
Symbian                                            17        140        14%
Palm                                               10        527         2%
Maemo                                               9         27        50%
BlackBerry                                          4         39        11%
                                           ---------- ---------- ---------
     Sub Total                                    415       1590        35%
                                           ---------- ---------- ---------
Other OSS Mobile Projects                         488       1617        43%
                                           ---------- ---------- ---------
Total                                             903       3207        39%
                                           ---------- ---------- ---------

"Strong growth in open source mobile projects reflects the sustained strength of the smart phone market, and Android's accelerating growth in 2009 indicates that mobile application developers are drawn to open source platforms that have broad adoption by multiple handset manufacturers and mobile operators," said Peter Vescuso, executive vice president, marketing and business development, Black Duck Software. "Although RIM continues to dominate the smartphone market and Symbian accounts for some 49 percent of worldwide smartphone operating systems, Android's open source platform appears to be attracting more open source development among mobile application developers."

For more open source statistics, visit the Open Source Resource Center at www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Boosts Suite Usability and Performance with Enhancements to Protex

tkenny — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:15:49 -0500

Black Duck Boosts Suite Usability and Performance with Enhancements to Protex

Protex 5.1 offers improved search and performance for large enterprise code sets, builds on expanded KnowledgeBase

WALTHAM, Mass., February 10, 2010 - Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced enhancements to Protex, the code analysis engine that is a core component of the Black Duck Suite, a comprehensive platform for managing the use of open source in a multi-source development process.

Protex version 5.1, available immediately, provides faster, more precise code search capability with significant performance boosts. Enhancements include:

Faster- for enterprise users running code scans and analysis on very large data sets, performance enhancements will speed searches on computer-intensive activities - such as calculating a Bill of Materials for a complex software application - by up to a factor of five.
Improved search - The Protex 5.1 Advanced Search function, based on Lucene 2.9, offers the ability to use leading wildcard characters and allows improved query structure. Named searches can now be 250 characters in length.
KnowledgeBase enhancements to the Suite include 10,000 new projects, 600 new sites and over 300 new open source licenses. This version also shows release dates for projects allowing users to more easily match their code with a specific release. With the most comprehensive KnowledgeBase in the industry, customers have increased confidence in the code analysis results versus competitive offerings.

“Enhancements to the Protex 5.1 module of the Black Duck Suite significantly improve productivity and speed of analysis,” said Bill McQuaide, EVP of Products and Strategy, Black Duck Software. “Unlike other code analysis tools, the Suite can quickly search and analyze enterprise-scale code bases comprised of hundreds of megabytes of code. For our enterprise customers - the majority of whom have chosen the Black Duck Suite - the performance and search support enhancements provide a distinct competitive advantage.”

For more information on Protex 5.1 and the Black Duck Suite visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software

Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong, as well as distribution partners throughout the world. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Black Duck, Know Your Code and the Black Duck logo are registered trademarks of Black Duck Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. Koders is a trademark of Black Duck Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Awarded Patent for Core Technology That Automatically Resolves Software License Obligations and Conflicts

mwaldron — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Black Duck Software Awarded Patent for Core Technology That Automatically Resolves Software License Obligations and Conflicts

Black Duck Suite examines code, mitigates risk and ensures compliance, making open source easier to use

WALTHAM, Mass., February 2, 2010 - Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, has been granted a patent protecting core technology that can automatically identify license obligations and resolve license conflicts for legally-protectable content (e.g. software, multimedia, video, audio, textual representations, works of art, visual representations, technological know-how, business know-how, contract rights, and/or software elements, etc.).

US Patent No. US 7,552,093 B2 covers technology at the heart of the Black Duck Suite, a comprehensive management platform for controlling the use of open source in a multi-source development process. The patented technology allows the Black Duck Suite to scan an organization’s code base of open and closed-source software components using various licenses to determine which license obligations are in effect and which licenses obligations may be in conflict.

With this patent, the Black Duck Suite goes beyond competitive offerings, scanning code according to license attributes, restrictions, uses and interactions against the Black Duck KnowledgeBase of hundreds of thousands of open source projects, which use more than 1,800 open source licenses. The Suite provides development organizations with tools that effectively automate the search, selection and compliant integration of open source components, making the low-cost economics of open source available at enterprise scale.

“This patent represents core technology in the pioneering Black Duck application,” said Bill McQuaide, EVP of Products and Strategy, Black Duck Software. “In these difficult times more and more customers are turning to multi-source development using OSS to stretch resources. Open source components are free but all come with license obligations that need to be met,” added McQuaide. “Customers are building new apps and services with dozens or hundreds of components. Black Duck’s technology enables organizations to ‘design in’ compliance and eliminate or minimize potential human error in manual license checking, saving time and money and mitigating legal risk and exposure from unmet license obligations.”

The patented technology is especially powerful when used in large-scale development projects, where customers build applications from dozens or hundreds of components. As enterprises using multi-source development with open source software create software products, applications, and services by combining smaller building blocks of software - each of which may have its own unique license obligations - the Black Duck Suite automatically compares license obligations, identifies conflicts between the sub-components, and automatically suggests license alternatives.

For more information on patent US 7,552,093 B2 or the Black Duck Suite, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Names Open Source Rookies of 2009

tkenny — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:45:21 -0500

Black Duck Software Names Open Source Rookies of 2009

New Projects reflect the breadth of open source innovation in Cloud computing, Gaming, Health Care, Mobile

WALTHAM, Mass., January 19, 2010, — From a Twitter client for World of Warcraft to a natural language processing system for the clinical health care community, open source projects have the answer to an increasing range of development challenges, according to Black Duck Software, which today announced its 2009 open source ‘Rookies of the Year’ list.

Working from a list of over 19,000 new projects launched in 2009, Black Duck evaluated project popularity using a scoring system that awards points for the number of releases within a project, the number of developers involved, and the number of web sites linked to the project. After auditing its findings and normalizing scores, Black Duck determined the top 10 Rookie projects.

Spanning mobile, healthcare, cloud computing, gaming and social media/collaboration, the Rookies exemplify the flexibility - and time-to-market advantage - of open source.

The Black Duck Rookies of the Year for 2009 include:

Live Android - for those who want to try Android without buying a phone, Live Android lets the user run Android on his or her PC without affecting other files.
Open Health Natural Language Processing - developed by the Mayo Clinic and IBM, the project gives medical clinicians and researchers access to unstructured textual documents (e.g., pathology reports, clinical notes, etc.)
Mobile Browser Definition File - provides all the information needed to adaptively render content for mobile phones and devices, presenting server applications with a set of 67 capabilities or properties - from screen size to cookie support - to describe a mobile client device.
Redis (REmote Dictionary Server) - An advanced key-store database which supports very fast, persistent access to a dataset. A simple way of storing data and a concept that can scale to the cloud.
Smasher - Audio loop slicer designed to create striking effects from WAV, MP3, FLAC or AIFF files in seconds without a sequencer. Effects include filter sweeps, phasing, flanging, delay, and distortion.
AbiCloud - Infrastructure software for the creation and integral management of public and private clouds based on heterogeneous environments. The project aims to offer users a tool with the capacity for scaling, management, automatic and immediate provision of servers, storage, networks, and virtual network devices, as well as applications.
Transdroid - Remote torrent client for Android that supports faster downloads of large video, audio or software files.
Rainmeter - This customizable PC resource meter can display various performance data in different formats. Rainmeter can measure CPU load, allocated memory, network traffic, performance data, uptime, free disk space, and more.
TweetCraft - This World of Warcraft add-on enables players to send and receive tweets using Twitter without leaving the game; automatically upload and post screenshots using TwitPic (shares photos on Twitter) and automatically tweet certain in-game events such as achievements.
Native Client - Runs x86 native code in web applications, with the goal of ensuring browser neutrality, OS portability, and safety.

“The Rookies of the Year projects represent some of the hottest areas in software – cloud, gaming, mobile, healthcare – and open source at its best, communities identifying problems and developing solutions in an open, collaborative process,” said Peter Vescuso, Executive Vice President, Black Duck Software. “ Some of the projects are niche and others are well-known, but all represent the broadening innovation and influence of open source software.”

Black Duck also identified five Honorable Mention projects lead by Android. Read more about these projects at the Black Duck blog: http://blog.blackducksoftware.com/?p=571.

Black Duck spiders the Internet for open source code, collecting information about projects and code into the Black Duck KnowledgeBase, which contains information on more than 230,000 open source projects from more than 4,500 unique websites. For additional information on Rookie open source projects, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software, at enterprise scale, in a multi-source development process. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development costs while mitigating the management, security and compliance challenges associated with open source software. Black Duck Software powers Koders.com, the industry’s leading code search engine for open source, and is among the 500 largest software companies in the world, according to Softwaremag.com. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong, as well as distribution partners throughout the world. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

Press Contacts

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432

Black Duck Software Growth Surges in 2009, Closes Year with Substantial Gains

mwaldron — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Black Duck Software Growth Surges in 2009, Closes Year with Substantial Gains

Year-over-year bookings grow 37%

WALTHAM, Mass., January 13, 2010— Shattering growth records for Q4 and 2009 overall, Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced a record Q4 and 2009 performance that saw the company achieve a 37 percent year-over-year growth in bookings for the year.

Growing market awareness of the importance of managing and controlling the use of open source software fuelled Black Duck’s momentum and contributed to robust Q4 sales, with world-class companies SAP, Compuware, and SITA signing on as new customers.

In surpassing its 2009 bookings plan, Black Duck grew its presence in all key business sectors, with mobile and enterprise software deals leading the wave.

Black Duck’s services business also grew significantly (30%) in Q4, with the software IP assessments business up 31% year-over-year and rising to 34% sequentially from Q3 ‘09 to Q4 ‘09, signaling resurgence of the M&A market.

Black Duck helps its customers’ development organizations improve efficiency and accelerate time-to-solution using a multi-source development process that combines open source software with internally-developed and third-party code. Black Duck solutions enable the widespread use of open source software while mitigating the associated management, compliance and security challenges.

“2009 was a difficult year for many companies, but Black Duck’s products and services helped companies stay competitive, effectively managing resources and reducing cost and risk,” said Tim Yeaton, CEO and President. “Black Duck’s value proposition – making it simple to use open source code at enterprise scale - helps our customers develop software and products more effectively, increasing competitive advantage.”

Fiscal year 2009 year-end successes include:

Breakthrough growth in a difficult economy. Fiscal year 2009 saw the launch of the Black Duck Suite, which contributed to a bookings surge of 37 percent year-over-year against 2008 - with 2H 2009 annualized growth even higher. The company’s subscription and professional services business grew substantially, with software IP assessments posting growth of 85 percent for the second half of the year, signaling a return to growth in the mergers and acquisitions market.

Achieved positive management operating income in Q4 and for all of 2009. Billings exceeded total expenses for the quarter and the entire year due to the company’s strong management of income and expenses.

International expansion continues with Tokyo office. In addition to maintaining international offices in Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Paris, the company opened a Tokyo office to serve channel partners and customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

New customer growth. The company added 45 new customers in Q4, ending the year with more than 700 customers. New customers reflect strength in the enterprise software and mobile and telecommunications sectors.

Significant enhancements to Koders.com. Black Duck broke the 2.5 billion lines of code mark with Koders.com, its free open source code search engine. Black Duck has increased the open source software code available through Koders.com by 400 percent since acquiring the site in 2008.

Awards and Recognition in 2009:

Named to Piper Jaffray’s list of "Nifty 150" private cloud computing companies.

Named to Software Magazine Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers for the second year in a row. The company moved up 26 places in the rankings. The Software 500 is a revenue-based ranking of the world’s largest software and services suppliers.

Named to the SD Times 100. Recognized in the Tools and IDE categories for products and services that support multi-source development.

Named a 2009 voke Innovator. Recognized for helping developers use open source code and transforming the application lifecycle through innovation.

Listen to a podcast interview with Tim Yeaton, CEO and President of Black Duck Software reviewing 2009 and looking at 2010 open source trends by visiting http://ducks.blackducksoftware.com/~webmedia/_Podcasts/BDS-Tim-Yeaton-1-11-10.mp3

About Black Duck Software

Peter Vescuso
Black Duck Software
press@blackducksoftware.com
+1 781-891-5100

Ann Dalrymple
TopazPartners
adalrymple@topazpartners.com
+1 781-404-2432