Solution - Business Continuity
Today's companies run on software. Assuring continued access to this software, and the code behind it are important part of any organization's risk management or business continuity plan. If the software were to become unavailable, many organizations would be impacted in a significantly negative way. Software escrow can help protect from these unforeseen events.
Because "source code" embodies the intellectual property and trade secrets of software companies, most are not willing to send it to you in an e-mail attachment. However, it is common practice to place that same source code with a trusted third-party giving their customers piece of mind, while protecting their own IP.
