Ounce Labs

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Ounce Labs
Industrysoftware
Founded2002
Headquarters Waltham, Massachusetts
Parent IBM

Ounce Labs (an IBM company) is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based security software vendor. The company was founded in 2002 [1] and created a software analysis product that analyzes source code to identify and remove security vulnerabilities. [2] [3] The security software looks for a range of vulnerabilities that leave an application open to attack. [4] Customers have included GMAC, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Navy.

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On July 28, 2009, Ounce was acquired by IBM, for an undisclosed sum, with the intention of integrating it into IBM's Rational Software business. [5] [6]

Platform support

Programming languages that are supported by Ounce's security scan include ASP.NET, C, C++, C# and other .NET languages, Java, JSP, VB.NET, classic ASP; and platform support for Windows, Solaris, and Linux.

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