White Source Offers a Proactive Approach to Managing Open Source Software

While the benefits of Open Source (News - Alert) software(OSS) cannot be denied neither can the risks, and companies need to have an effective monitoring and alerting process in place like the public beta that White Source has just launched.

This simple to use, yet powerful solution helps software developers of all sizes to benefit from the advantages of open source software, minimize the legal and technical risks and ensure license compliance, according to company officials.

Typically, only the largest companies are equipped to manage the OSS lifecycle effectively while most of the development organizations are forced to deal with security breaches, license violations and loss to intellectual property.

White Source addresses the key requirements for OSS management, without adding any overhead. It makes its management solution accessible to everyone. It allows developers and managers to track, audit and report on OSS components throughout the entire software development lifecycle.

“We use WhiteSource Software to automate and record our approval process and produce audit reports. It took us 15 minutes to load our existing libraries, and the service takes almost zero overhead in the ongoing,” said Mirit Manor, vice president of R&D at VNT Software.

Throughout the entire process, WhiteSource solution never uploads any source code to the cloud and keeps users updated with the latest information. White Source fully supports Java and plans to include support for other languages as well.

Although it is free, WhiteSource is planning to add premium services for a charge. Developers interested in participating in the beta program can register at the company website.

"Our goal is to become the Open Source Lifecycle Management provider of choice for organizations of all types and all sizes" said White Source CEO, Rami Sass.