Black Duck today added a tool for analyzing and remediating code that is directly integrated into artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools. Company CEO Jason Schmitt said Black Duck Signal makes it possible to discover issues as application developers increasingly rely on AI coding tools to generate more code faster, which paradoxically also typically contains more […]
Black Duck, HPE Partner to Protect Open Source
Open-source software has a number of significant benefits. For starters, it’s both free, which is hard to beat, and open, which means developers can customize or modify it to fit their needs. One issue with open-source software, however, is security. Black Duck has established itself as a leading tool for managing security of open-source tools—and […]
Black Duck Targets Open Source Code Security Flaws
Open source platforms and projects offer a wide variety of benefits for organizations and developers, but they also can introduce vulnerabilities if you’re not careful. That’s why Black Duck has released Security Checker, a free tool based on its Hub open source security tool to help you identify those vulnerabilities so your applications will be […]
DevOps Chat: Mike Pittenger, Black Duck Software on Open Source and DevOps
I recently had a chance to speak with Mike Pittenger, Vice President of Strategy for Black Duck Software. Black Duck is a company that I have been following for many years. They pioneered the idea of auditing open source usage to ensure compliance with licenses and such. Of course over the years they have expanded […]
Black Duck Announces Open Source “Rookies of the Year”
BURLINGTON, Mass.–(Business Wire)–Black Duck, a global leader in automated solutions for securing and managing open source software, today announced the eighth annual Open Source Rookies of the Year, recognizing the top new open source projects initiated in 2015. The selected projects show how diverse and ambitious open source software development has become. From communications to healthcare […]
How To Maintain Open Source Code Hygiene
To maintain good open source code hygiene in the development process, you must first establish what you mean by open source code hygiene, including good and bad hygiene. “By hygiene, we just mean is it appropriate? Is it clean for the intended use?” says Mike Pittenger, VP of Strategy at Black Duck Software. Black Duck […]
Black Duck and Forest Technologies announce Strategic DevOps Partnership – See more at: https://www.blackducksoftware.com/news/releases/black-duck-and-forest-technologies-announce-strategic-devops-partnership#sthash.3m72gBvJ.dpuf
London, UK and Burlington, MA – Jan. 27, 2016 – US-based Black Duck, a global leader in automated solutions for securing and managing open source software, and Forest Technologies, one of London’s leading DevOps consultancies, today announced a strategic partnership through which Forest’s DevOps consulting and enablement experience will support Black Duck’s solutions. The partnership enables Forest to […]