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Meishan Piao, Director of Services at Revenera, offers actionable tips for turning software license infringers into paying customers through a data-driven license compliance program.

Conal Gallagher, CIO and CISO of Flexera, offers best practices for leveraging open source software. This includes the critical importance of having an accurate Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) using an SCA tool.

Mark Gisi, Director of the Open Source Program Office at Wind River Systems, discusses the importance of the software bill of materials (SBOM) as part of a robust software composition analysis (SCA) initiative. He highlights how Revenera’s SCA tools have helped improve the open source vulnerability and license compliance programs at Wind River.

Revenera was honored by SD Times by being named among 2021’s best development tools.

There are lots of factors in the open source software world converging to make it a big year for “shift left” in software development. Heightened security concerns, an increasing need for software supply chain visibility and the growth and complexity of open source ecosystems will continue to push the responsibility for ensuring code is secure earlier in the engineering process as far left as the request and design phases.

More than one school of thought exists about how to manage open-source software.There are possibly two cultures at play: one that is security-focused and another that makes license compliance more of a priority. But both security and license compliance play important roles in building and delivering quality software products while minimizing the risk and compliance issues that are inherent in OSS use.

Is it time to stop selling on-prem software? Not yet. Revenera’s Vic DeMarines shows how to leverage on-premises deployments as a source of information that can help strengthen future moves.

To help grow and improve a software monetization program, consider five important questions. Revenera’s Vic DeMarines provides guidance about how addressing each of these can support a comprehensive strategy that unites organizational efforts.

In this exclusive interview, Alex Rybak, Director of Product Management at Revenera, draws on findings of the Revenera 2021 State of Open Source License Compliance report to address issues related to the rapid growth of open source software usage and reflect on how to tap into its strategic advantages safely.

Highlights of the Revenera 2021 State of Open Source License Compliance report include that the growing use of open source software increases the possibility of risk, organizations face more risk than is disclosed, security vulnerabilities are growing, critical license compliance issues require immediate attention, multiple types of audit analyses are required to meet users’ needs, and that weak copyleft licenses are 20 percent of the scanned codebase.

TechRepublic cites the Revenera 2021 State of Open Source License Compliance report in an evaluation of open source supply chain risk.

A secure software development framework supports governance, compliance, export controls, safety, and cost management by facilitating strategies to remediate open source software vulnerabilities. Revenera’s Alex Rybak identifies the role of a comprehensive software bill of materials (SBOM); where and when continuous scanning should take place; benefits to integrations; and how to design initiatives that gain company-wide support.

The Revenera 2021 State of Open Source License Compliance report shows more extensive open source use than organizations disclose, paired with rapid growth in security vulnerabilities.

DevOps.com quotes Revenera’s Alex Rybak about the importance of a continuous, automated open source management program.

The Revenera 2021 State of Open Source License Compliance report analyzes data from 2020 audit services projects, evaluating the prevalence of open source software (OSS), the under-reporting of that use, and the resulting license compliance issues and security vulnerabilities. This global, cross-industry study by Revenera’s audit services team evaluated more than 2.1 billion lines of code and uncovered 174,334 issues.

Clear insights about how software is being used can help software suppliers and device manufacturers address the common challenges of how to effectively price, deliver, and monetize their products. Revenera’s Victor DeMarines offers tangible steps to improve data collection processes.

By distilling recent trends, enterprise software companies will take action on five priorities in 2021. Revenera’s Nicole Segerer, vice president of product management & marketing, highlights 5 top opportunities for the new year.

2020, for all of its challenges, served to home in on the best practices that can help software companies thrive. Nicole Segerer, vice president of product management & marketing at Revenera, highlights four areas that software and technology companies can focus on to strengthen their offerings and enhance their success in 2021.

Clear insights into the varied ways that customers consume software are essential for software suppliers. Revenera’s Michael Goff draws on his marathon training experiences to highlight how, just as not all racers are the same, not all software customers are the same. Understanding and meeting end-users’ needs can secure an ongoing relationship between supplier and customer.

Revenera’s Victor DeMarines highlights how important it is for software suppliers to offer various licensing models to meet customers’ needs. He addresses hybrid models of software deployment and monetization, how to align price and value, and the strategic changes that suppliers may embrace to help support their plans for revenue growth.