Find Open Source to Reuse. Automate Approvals.

As a software developer, you face ambitious deadlines and changing requirements. You know using robust, mature open source code is smarter than reinventing the wheel. You also know open source reuse should be managed with respect to licensing, security, versions, and other policies. Getting those approvals is slow. You want straightforward software reuse policies and streamlined procedures—that happen with one click. Your role is to use open source to speed development time while following company policies and procedures.

When existing code can help create a solution, would it help to have one place to go to find, share and vet reusable code? Let Black Duck help you —

• Find Code. To reuse more code and complete projects faster, search an internally published catalog of approved software components. Simultaneously, search hundreds of thousands of open source and third party components in the Black Duck KnowledgeBase™. Search by function, language, author, license, community support, security status and more.

• Publish Code. Automate collaborative code reuse and work more quickly. Share your best work with colleagues by contributing to an enterprise-wide code catalog. Add your knowledge about code to component metadata. Participate in threaded discussion forums and access detailed code usage reports.

• Track Code. Get answers and approvals fast. Collaborate on code assembly, policy compliance, maintenance, and security by using a role-based workflow. Automating code reuse management accurately identifies where components are used and provides timely reports, including approvals, legal issues, and vulnerability alerts.

Know Your Code™. Accelerate software development by getting the most out of open source. Find code components in the Black Duck KnowledgeBase™ and collect them in an internal catalog of approved code, encouraging standardization and reuse. Automate the approval processes by linking developers with each other and with policy administrators in a role-based framework. Black Duck helps you skillfully manage open source reuse to leverage productivity benefits and mitigate business, legal, security and other risks.

How can you find out more information?

• Read about Black Duck protexIP, which automatically analyzes code to discover legal, security, version control and other open source reuse issues.

• Explore how Black Duck Code Center improves open source component search, selection and policy management—helping everyone responsible for software development and approval do their jobs better.