The open-source support company on Wednesday is expected to announce the Open Source Management System, which is aimed at large corporate customers.
The system provides a way for technology departments to create a standardized distribution of various open-source products.
It also has a mechanism for sending out alerts, such as new security patches, to different technology professionals.
The idea for the product was the result of SourceLabs customers asking for a way to better manage a growing number of open-source products within their companies, said CEO Byron Sebastian.
Often, open-source products get installed in company networks by developers who download them. But that grassroots adoption ultimately creates problems, Sebastian said.
"The issue or concern from a large company's point of view is that this happens without the knowledge of senior management or central IT because it bypasses a control point, which is purchasing," he said.
The application, which runs on Windows or Linux, includes a copy of Swik, wiki-based collaboration software developed by SourceLabs that lets IT professionals share information on specific products.
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