Date: Thursday, June 20th
Time: 11:00am EDT – What time is this for me?

According to Gartner, 50% of Global 2000 organizations will experience technology, cost or security challenges through a lack of open software management and governance by 2014. In order to proactively address these challenges, it’s imperative to gain visibility to specific open source component use within your many code bases, cross-checking for security vulnerabilities, version proliferation, and code quality issues that drive up costs and cause delays in delivery. Taking a proactive approach to managing open source use within your organization can enable you to accelerate your application development while controlling unexpected costs commonly associated with the use of open source.

This webinar, the third in our Enterprise IT series, will be hosted by Black Duck and BearingPoint, an established business and IT consultancy with an entrepreneurial, adaptive flair and the ability to proactively drive business change.

You will learn how to:

• Gain visibility to your open source usage by inserting an open source management process into your development environment
• Measure the cost savings of controlling open source in your organization
• Monitor for and identify security vulnerabilities in the open source you use
• Monitor and track  licenses and associated obligations governing your open source

Can't attend? All registrants will receive a follow-up email with a copy of the slides and the full recording within 2-3 business days of the broadcast.

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Don’t miss insights around how Netflix uses open source to meet the dynamic needs of its rapidly growing subscriber base.

Date: Tuesday, June 18th
Time: 2:00pm EDT - What time is this for me?

To consumers, Netflix is the world’s leading internet subscription service, offering unlimited movies and instant streaming. But to developers and technology leaders, Netflix is at the forefront of open source and the associated advances in cloud, big data and mobile innovations.

With over 30 million global subscribers to support, Netflix relies on the open source tools it contributes to and develops, for the scalability and availability that its native cloud architecture and web servers require.

Join us for this webinar with Netflix Cloud Architect, Adrian Cockcroft, sharing:

• An introduction to Netflix OSS
• Why Netflix is taking an open source approach
• How all the parts fit together
• What is coming next for Netflix OSS

Can't attend? All registrants will receive a follow-up email with a copy of the slides and the full recording within 2-3 business days of the broadcast.

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Date: Tuesday, June 11th
Time: 11:30am EDT – What time is this for me?

Increasingly, open source components are an important element in developing embedded systems. Linux-based systems, including specialized distributions like GENIVI and Yocto, are the foundation for systems being built today. The innovation and productivity benefits of using open software components developed and maintained by a community are huge. But as with any third party code, systems vendors need to carefully manage the licensing of the software inside the products they ship. 

Wind River has a wealth of experience in developing, delivering, and managing OSS internally in support of its market leading open operating environments; Black Duck is the market leader in providing products and services to companies developing embedded systems, enabling them to manage their open source software and ensure compliance throughout the development lifecycle.

This webinar will provide concrete use cases about how the best companies manage their use of open source and how SPDX licensing data can be leveraged to improve compliance and increase efficiency in a supply chain.

Can't attend? All registrants will receive a follow-up email with a copy of the slides and the full recording within 2-3 business days of the broadcast.

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