synopsys.com | CASE STUDY Overview Olympus Software Technology Corp. (O-Soft), a division of Olympus Corp., develops software for a variety of Olympus products, including medical and industrial equipment and digital cameras. The company’s mission is to enhance the value of Olympus products through advances in software development. “Embedded software is becoming a more significant element of our products. Software increasingly controls product functionality, quality, and usability,” says Nobuko Hattori, a chief engineer in O-Soft’s Software Strategy Office. O-Soft developers deploy a mix of proprietary software and open source software (OSS), which presents governance challenges, particularly relating to OSS licensing issues. The challenge: Obtaining companywide buy-in for open

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