Escrow deposits consist of source code and often a range of additional key materials that are needed to ensure the source code is effective. Verifying the deposits ensures that they are legitimate, complete and work as expected. Verification enhances the overall value of your escrow agreements.
Harbinger offers you three levels of verification.
Level 1: Deposit Reporting
This level of verification is designed to test the files that your software developer has lodged for you are virus free, and that they are readable and complete.
Level 2: Deposit Analysis
This level confirms that the source code will convert into a useful application. It will also make an early determination of any reason that the materials do not contain all the items that your escrow agreement is designed to protect.
Level 3: Deposit Compilation
This level simulates the occurrence of a release of the source code to you. It confirms that the material in escrow will behave in the manner that you expect. Our simulation verifies the processes necessary to convert the source code into a form that is usable to you.
Supervised Compilation
The test compilation of the source code (part of Level 2 Deposit Analysis) is a time-consuming exercise. Supervised Compilation occurs when the escrow agent attends the vendor's workplace, confirms the build environment documentation, observes the compilation of the source code into object code, observes the working object code and then supervises the lodgement of the materials into escrow.
Often it is necessary to repeat the compilation process several times if there is discrepancy in the vendor's build instructions.
Talk to us about Supervised Compilation - a cost effective alternative to test compilation.
To discuss your verification requirements please call us +61 3 9618 2000.
