Software Acquisition Insider Tips, Part IV at Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and Supply Chain Management

Software Acquisition Insider Tips, Part IV

Forego the Escrow (because It's All About the Data) You'll be hard-pressed to cheerily find a vendor who won't agree to put their code in escrow for you, in case they go bankrupt, and laugh all the way to the bank when they do so. That's because your average vendor knows that it's no effort for them and useless for you. Why? You probably don't have software developers working for you, and have no ability to do anything with the code. Even if you do have ...

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