ESCROWSURE Information

The purpose of Software Escrow - protecting your organisations Business Continuity. Many organisations are entirely dependent on third party Software Products for their mission critical business processes and functions. This dependency constitutes Operational Risk. It is crucial for such Software End-Users to mitigate their exposure to such risk. An escrow arrangement is the most cost-effective tool for protecting the interests of both parties – the Software End-User as well as the Intellectual Property (IP) of the Software Supplier. Constituted in South Africa in 2003, Escrow Europe (Pty) Ltd t/a ESCROWSURE is South Africa’s leading software escrow service provider and is dedicated to the highly specialised practice of locally and internationally effective Software Escrow arrangements, tailored to manage the operational risk associated with an organisations absolute dependency on proprietary Software. The sole focus of ESCROWSURE is on quality software escrow arrangements - in escrow terminology referred to as Active Escrow. With Active Escrow, Intellectual Property (IP) such as software source code and technical documentation is not only securely vaulted but is also professionally verified and updated on a routine basis.