Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of software compliance management solutions, today announced a partnership with leading government information technology provider Carahsoft Technology Corp. that provides Black Duck with a significant channel into the federal government. This announcement underscores Black Duck’s commitment to helping government organizations, such as the Navy, reap the full benefits of open source use and development while understanding the contents of their software code and ensuring compliance with open source and proprietary licenses.

“With virtually all software development for the federal government produced by systems integrators and contractors, there is a growing need for these organizations to understand what’s in their code,” said Douglas Levin, CEO and president, Black Duck Software. “Further, some government agencies have rules restricting or requiring distribution of government funded software. We already have an established record of working with government agencies. By partnering with a leader like Carahsoft, together we can protect the government’s software intellectual property, ensure proper use of open source and third-party code, and help avoid costly violations or roadblocks in development projects down the road.”

“Federal, state and local governments are already taking advantage of open source software to enable greater productivity, increase collaboration among agencies, and improve service delivery to citizens, while lowering IT costs and other operating expenses,” said Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft. “As they do so, government organizations must comply with various open source licenses which often conflict. We are pleased to team with Black Duck to bring this automated compliance technology to the government market.”

Under the agreement, Carahsoft will distribute Black Duck’s industry leading protexIP platform, which allows government entities to analyze open source and third party software licensing, understand code origins and abide by enterprise policy regulating the use of code components. Black Duck’s exportIP will also be available to help meet federal guidelines on the exportation of encryption algorithms within software. Black Duck’s products will become available on the GSA Schedule through Carahsoft.

Proven Technology for Government SectorBlack Duck’s protexIP has been used to provide detailed code license analysis for the U.S. Navy through a U.S. Navy Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (NCRADA-05-11). The Navy CRADA is a three-year joint R&D program coordinated through the non-profit Open Source Software Institute (OSSI), which promotes the development and implementation of open-source software solutions within U.S. federal and state government agencies and academic entities. The program involved Navy officials and industry and academic experts and included an implementation of protexIP into a Naval web services application.

“The Black Duck protexIP code evaluation was an important part of the CRADA project,” said OSSI executive director John Weathersby. “By bringing Black Duck into the project, we were able to demonstrate to Naval officials the value of code evaluation for open source, as well as proprietary code bases. Black Duck also demonstrated how efficient the evaluation process could be by using their protexIP system.”

Additionally, Black Duck’s protexIP and exportIP products support the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), a business-based framework for government-wide improvement. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) developed the FEA to provide a common framework for simplifying processes across the agencies and within the lines of business of the Federal government.
  
About Carahsoft
Carahsoft Technology Corp. is the trusted government IT solutions provider. The company combines technological expertise with a thorough understanding of the government procurement process to help Federal, state and local Government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value.

Carahsoft serves as the Master GSA Schedule Holder/Distributor for: Symantec, Adobe, Red Hat, MySQL, Pillar Data Systems, and VMware. In addition to supporting public sector sales of these solutions, Carahsoft also maintains dedicated teams to support sales and marketing of Storage Solutions, Open Source Solutions, Opsware, Intelligence Solutions, HR, On-Demand Solutions, and Emerging/Strategic Technologies. For more information, visit www.carahsoft.com or call 888-662-2724.

About Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software™ is the leading provider of software compliance management solutions that help companies govern how software assets are created and managed. Black Duck’s offerings help businesses take maximum advantage of open source software while at the same time ensure that they satisfy the obligations associated with the code they use. Black Duck’s customer base includes enterprises, product developers, outsourcers, law firms and other organizations worldwide that are concerned with protection of software intellectual property. For more information about Black Duck, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.