Software rules the world

Software projects today are increasingly more complex and have more contributors. The growth in code complexity has overlapped the change in business dynamics of our interconnected global market. Demands for shortening product development times, increasing functionality in products and reducing development costs has led to an increase in outsourcing, contracting, and code-reuse. Open source software, the ultimate manifestation of code-reuse, has become a key enabler of today’s competitive embedded market.

Code reuse can accelerate development and reduce development costs

Managed adoption of open source projects can significantly decrease time to market. Protecode products allow engineering and licensing groups in organizations to assess and pre-approve third party, including open source packages for use in specific projects. Protecode solutions can establish a baseline of current code inventory and its licensing attributes, and scan and detect licensing or copyright obligations on code that is acquired from suppliers, contractors and outsourcers.

Protecode’s unique real-time solutions are easily integrated with Application Lifecycle Management tools in organizations, analyzing code as it is developed on the developer’s desktop, checked into the code library, or consumed in the final build process.  Protecode’s 8 step Open Source Software Adoption Process eliminates licensing surprises during a development lifecycle, ensuring open source and third party content is used effectively to improve development efficiency.

Protecode solutions detect and measure software attributes against established policies. Easy-to-understand reports highlight licensing, authorship, copyrights, encryption content, security vulnerabilities as reported by established government databases, and export control obligations.  Interactive reports, workflow solutions, record keepings and ability to attach comments, specify parameters, approve, reject or forward comments are part of the world-recognized simplicity of Protecode solutions. Protecode’s customer services reputation is now the benchmark in industry. What is more, all features and capabilities listed here are all included in one easy-to-understand commercial offering.  That’s why Protecode is trusted by companies large and small in five continents around the world.