Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Intellectual property checker advances

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May 2, 20051 min

Palamida is looking to capitalize on what it perceives to be a new opportunity – ensuring integrity of intellectual property. The company has hired industry veteran Mark Tolliver, formerly of Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard, as CEO and president.

Palamida IP Amplifier 3.0, available today, scans code to determine if any third party software might be in the user’s software product. The Palamida offering checks a customer’s code against a database of more than 38 million open source files and is intended to help users comply with any licensing obligations that may arise.

“The software provides them with on-demand information on exactly what’s going on in their code base at any given time,” said Theresa Friday, a founder of Palamida.

Priced on a subscription basis, IP Amplifier 3.0 costs from $50,000 to $250,000 per year.

Tolliver left Sun after the company reorganized last year. He was chief marketing and strategy officer at Sun. “Just this month, after looking at any number of opportunities, I got excited and interested in Palamida and decided to jump in as CEO,” Tolliver.

Given the high profile of the intellectual property issue these days, Palamida could have an interesting opportunity on its hands. The company may find itself pretty busy.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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