What is your opinion of trends in adoption of Software Escrow Services?

Increasing (Due to proliferation of bespoke solutions such as AI tools, insolvency of software vendors, regulatory pressures, presence of legacy applications)32%

Decreasing (Lack of market knowledge, No customer or business requirements, shift to enterprise or SaaS systems, reduction in legacy software)59%

Flat (No change due to similar composition of applications or lack of monitoring of historical spend which is usually low)9%

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VP of ITa month ago

Our company very vigorously resists software escrow.  Our only fallback is to escrow license keys for the extension of use, and we almost never acquiesce to do that. 

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