The Sonatype journey started 10 years ago, just as the concept of “open source” software development was gaining steam. From our humble beginning as core contributors to Apache Maven, to supporting the world’s largest repository of open source components (Central), to distributing the world's most popular repository manager (Nexus), we’ve played a meaningful role in helping the world embrace the power of open innovation.
Over time, we witnessed the staggering volume and variety of open source libraries that began flowing into every development environment in the world. We understood that when open source components are properly managed, they provide a tremendous energy for accelerating innovation. Conversely, when unmanaged, open source "gone wild" can lead directly to security vulnerabilities, licensing risks, enormous rework, and waste.
Our vision today is simple.
We are laser focused on helping organizations continuously harness all of the good that open source has to offer, without any of the risk. In order to do this, we have invested in knowing more about the quality of open source than anyone else in the world. This investment takes the form of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and human expertise, which in aggregate produces highly curated intelligence that is infused into every Nexus product. Organizations equipped with Nexus products make better decisions, innovate faster at scale, and rest comfortably knowing that their applications always consist of the highest quality open source components.
Today, more than 150,000 organizations, and 10 million developers, depend on Sonatype’s Nexus platform to govern the volume, variety, and quality of open source components flowing into modern software applications. Sonatype is privately held with investments from TPG, Goldman Sachs, Accel Partners, and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
"Nexus should be a must. Once you embrace it, you won't want to go back."
“If there is a known problem and someone in the open source community has fixed it, we should fix it. If you don’t stay on top of it, you’re going to miss something that’s really important. We are leveraging Nexus Lifecycle to make sure we’re staying on top of that. Nexus Lifecycle gives us confidence that we’re not missing anything.”
“It was not easy to find a solution that covered all of our complex legal and security requirements. After evaluating a dozen different tools, we chose Sonatype Lifecycle for its completeness of pulling copyright and licensing information, data accuracy, and quick identification of legal, security, and technical findings.”
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