Method for facilitating a transaction involving a company with software assets

摘要

An objective and reliable way of effecting the technical due diligence process associated with a corporate transaction uses a software analysis tool to extract information on the target entity's software assets, followed by performing at least one subsequent step in the transaction as a function of the extracted information. Also, a method of performing technical due diligence on a target entity having software assets, including providing software files to a software analysis tool and obtaining information on the target entity's software assets from the software analysis tool. Also, a method of facilitating a transaction involving an expanding entity and a target entity having software assets, including: a third party using a software analysis tool to extract information on the target entity's software assets; the third party providing the extracted information to the expanding entity; and the expanding entity performing at least one subsequent step in the transaction as a function of the information provided by the third party.