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I am an employee at Protecode and would like to see an entry for Protecode in Wikipedia. Here is a proposal for a start. Would appreciate someone who agrees with me from the community to start. thanks....Richa31 (talk) 14:05, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Protecode is a software tools vendor based in Ottawa, Canada founded in January, 2007. Protecode produces a product that is a software development tool for software governance, Intellectual Property (IP) management, and software quality records management. It enables simple and policy driven controlled use of open source software by Enterprises. It is unique by being the first automated record keeping solution for external content that works on a per developer basis continuously as software is developed. It automatically creates a bill of materials (BOM) for the software project, and checks the properties of bits and pieces against policies of the organization, flagging any violations.

The first product release addresses external content management for C, C++, and Java source code through automated detection, logging, identification, pedigree-tagging of software content, and generating of IP compliance reports. Protecode works with various development environments starting with Eclipse and has received Ready for IBM Rational Software integration validation with IBM Rational Application Developer.

In today’s world of open-sourced, out-sourced, easily-searched and easily-copied software – understanding, managing and safeguarding intellectual property (IP) is critical. Intellectual property contamination or even perceived IP issues can delay projects, product sales cycles, or business transactions and even reduce the value of the software itself or the entire company.

Protecode has been widely identified as offering a unique approach to an existing problem