Software As A Service Rising
Have
you noticed that more software is available as an on-line service?
The new term for this category is Software as a Service (SaaS) and
we are writing a blog about it, from speculations on the future, to
practical advice to ISVs and users, on the IBM PartnerWorks site at http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=494
A
recent convert to the SaaS lifestyle is Black Duck, a software
provider whose protextP/OnDemand is an Internet-hosted service that
helps companies mitigate business risk by validating proper use of
open source software within their intellectual property (IP) assets.
The new service is aimed at
independent software vendors (ISVs), outsourcers, and due diligence
teams. It
enables automatic analysis of
software projects to discover open source software and assure that
licensing obligations are met. Software developers can quickly
and easily address emerging IP compliance requirements with a level
of accuracy not previously possible and without time-consuming and
expensive manual methods. Black
Duck’s Dan Ring suggested to me that one use they’re seeing for
the service is the one-time inspection of software as part of a
merger or acquisition.
