Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Wed, May 20, 2009
Tue, May 19, 2009
Black Duck Software: Black Duck Software, Microsoft Team to Automate Addition of Open Source Projects From CodePlex Into Black
WALTHAM, MA--(Marketwire - May 19, 2009) - Black Duck Software, a leading provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software (OSS), has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corporation (
"CodePlex is one of the fastest-growing open source hosting sites," says Peter Vescuso, Black Duck EVP of marketing and business development. "This agreement will make it easier and faster for Black Duck to manage the steady stream of new projects hosted on the site." CodePlex currently hosts 9,000 projects and adds about 100 new projects each week. "By teaming with Microsoft, we are assured of comprehensive, ongoing coverage of CodePlex projects in the KnowledgeBase," adds Vescuso.
The Black Duck KnowledgeBase enables customers to leverage, manage and detect the use of open source components in software application development projects. Through the agreement customers are now assured of comprehensive coverage of CodePlex-hosted projects, many of which are Windows .NET based. Additionally, developers will be able to search for CodePlex projects using the Koders.com search engine.
"We are teaming with Black Duck to ensure availability of CodePlex projects in the Black Duck KnowledgeBase," said Sam Ramji, Microsoft's Senior Director of Platform Strategy. "Black Duck's KnowledgeBase is a useful resource for development managers tasked with managing open source code in mixed-source development environments. The addition of CodePlex projects makes this a more powerful development resource."
Black Duck scours the Internet collecting open source and other downloadable code into its KnowledgeBase, a searchable repository of more than 200,000 open source projects collected from more than 4,100 Internet sites. More than 40,000 new projects have been added to the KnowledgeBase since January 2009.
CodePlex is Microsoft's OSS project hosting site. The majority of projects hosted on CodePlex are for Windows and .NET development, but CodePlex accepts projects for any technology.
Black Duck Software is a Microsoft Visual Studio Industry and Windows Embedded Partner.
To learn more about Black Duck visit [ www.blackducksoftware.com ]. To search or download open source and other downloadable code visit [ www.Koders.com ].
About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code. Black Duck™ enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development and maintenance costs while mitigating the risks and challenges associated with open source reuse, including hidden license obligations, security vulnerabilities, unsupported open source and version proliferation. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Francisco, Amsterdam 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.
About CodePlex
Launched in June 2006, CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting site. Built on Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 Team Foundation Server, CodePlex hosts thousands of open source projects with support for source control, bug tracking, wiki pages, release management, forums, and project statistics. Additionally, CodePlex supports source control clients for Subversion and Teamprise. More information is available at [ www.codeplex.com ].
