Palamida, the industry’s first provider of application security for open source, today announced that Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), has selected Palamida as its solution to manage and secure its use of open source software. By including Palamida solutions in the engineering lifecycle process, Sterling Commerce is taking an important step to reduce the business risks associated with undocumented code.

“We are extremely pleased that Sterling Commerce selected Palamida for managing their use of open source,” said Mark Tolliver, CEO of Palamida. “Adoption of open source software has exploded in recent years, and companies are recognizing the need to establish and efficiently manage policies for its use. By doing so, they capture the benefits, but limit the risks associated with its often undocumented inclusion in development projects. With Palamida, Sterling Commerce is now at the forefront of organizations addressing this issue."

Sterling Commerce has provided business process solutions to FORTUNE® 500 companies and the world’s largest banks for over 30 years. More than 30,000 customers worldwide use their solutions for business process integration, multi-channel selling, and supply chain fulfillment to improve profitability inside and outside their company walls. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Sterling Commerce has offices in 19 countries and most major cities around the world.

“Sterling Commerce is committed to offering the highest quality software,” said Steve Aulds, SVP of Engineering. “Open source software can play an important role in delivering high quality software, however, it must be managed to protect our software assets and corporate reputation. Palamida, with its workflow, scanning and audit capabilities, takes open source management to a more efficient level, enabling Sterling Commerce to cost-effectively leverage the use of open source.”

The use of open source software has increased as companies take advantage of the time-to-market benefits of the community-driven development model. At the same time, the magnitude of this change requires new development strategies to insure that the contents of mission-critical projects are documented, that known vulnerabilities are addressed, and there is no risk of accidental infringement. This has led leading-edge development organizations, such as Sterling Commerce, to put systems in place to manage and secure their use of open source. As a result, more developers are enabled to use open source components which leads to a more robust and responsive community.