Overview
Olympus Software Technology Corp. (O-Soft), a division of Olympus Corp., develops software for a variety of Olympus products, including medical and industrial equipment and digital cameras. The company’s mission is to enhance the value of Olympus products through advances in software development. “Embedded software is becoming a more significant element of our products. Software increasingly controls product functionality, quality, and usability,” says Nobuko Hattori, a chief engineer in O-Soft’s Software Strategy Office. O-Soft developers deploy a mix of proprietary software and open source software (OSS), which presents governance challenges, particularly relating to OSS licensing issues.
Thanks to Black Duck, it became much easier to determine where unintended OSS is used. The risk of license infringement has been reduced significantly.”
Nobuki Hattori
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Olympus Software Technology Corp.
The challenge: Obtaining companywide buy-in for open source usage policies
O-Soft executives took a proactive approach to addressing OSS governance challenges. They realized it was critical to gain a …