Benefits of software escrow

• The costs of finding replacement software could be prohibitive.
• The time it takes to find replacement software could damage or even destroy your business or organisation.
• Without software escrow, you could be gambling everything on the reliability of the software owner. You may be legally obliged to use software escrow.
• It means you’ll be able to fix, maintain, and/or develop the software in-house if things go wrong.
• It’s an insurance policy against default by the software owner.
• It’s an essential part of your business or organisation’s risk management.

I’m a software vendor - so why should I bother with software escrow?

• It will reassure potential customers that you are safe to do business with.
• Your end users demand it.
• It protects you from the need to hand over your source code to the end user in advance, so confidentiality is maintained and there is no risk that your end users will try to take over the software management and maintenance.
• It will add value to your product, as software protected by software escrow is worth more, since prudent end users will not accept the risks of "uninsured" software contracts.

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