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Black Duck sponsors a regular program of informative webinars on M&A related topics. As strategic intellectual property acquisitions and international market expansion have become driving forces in today's fast-paced corporate world, these webinars have value for corporate development officers evaluating potential acquisitions; entrepreneurs or investors developing an exit strategy; and legal counselors providing recommendations. These webinars are presented free to the community and can be attended live, or registrants can view the recording of the webinar and download the slide ware at their convenience.
Webinars
Date: Wednesday, May 30th
Time: 2:00pm EDT – What time is that for me?
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Today's technology companies are increasingly utilizing free and open source software to help enable innovation in their development organizations. As a result, acquiring companies are now focusing more heavily on open source and third party code in their due diligence practices to uncover issues before M&A transactions are completed.
This webinar will provide insights into Dell's technical due diligence processes during mergers and acquisitions. Join this lively discussion with Michael Brown, Linux OSS Advocate at Dell, Peter Vescuso, EVP of Marketing & Business Development at Black Duck Software and Hal Hearst, Senior Director & Chief Consultant at Olliance Group, covering:
- Why technical due diligence is important in software M&A?
- What steps are involved in Dell's due diligence process?
- Challenges in technical M&A – How to identify and interpret business risks to executive and legal teams?
- Q&A session with speakers and audience
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This webinar focuses on the issues related to improper use of open source software and how this can impact M&A and other partnering opportunities. Attendees will learn techniques to uncover potential issues and the benefits of properly managing your software assets to minimize delays and risks. Russell Hartz of SAP's Corporate Development organization discusses their strategy and perspective on the subject and how they approach this kind of technical due diligence.
What you'll learn
- The challenges associated with software development that is increasingly relying on open source software integrated with proprietary code
- Real life examples where software asset values have been negatively affected by discovery of open source and associated IP issues
- How to minimize or eliminate due diligence delays associated with software asset auditing, licensing and compliance
- How to maximize your company's potential
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