Ncc Group Plc · LSE:NCC
Ncc — Investor Presentation (May 2005)
10 slides from Ncc's investor presentation, May 24, 2005
Slide 1: Escrow Solutions
Escrow Solutions Jon Leigh NCC Group plc 24 May 2005
Slide 2: Agenda
Agenda • Why escrow is needed • Overview of escrow • What escrow can protect • Market summary • Copyright protection • Summary 2 Copyright © 2005 NCC Services Ltd. All rights reserved.
Slide 3: Why escrow is needed
Why escrow is needed • Protect against supplier failure • Business continuity planning – risk of supplier failure greater than major fire/terrorist attack yet disaster recover (DR) plans far more common than escrow: Sector Using escrow* DR plan in place* Business services 11% 74% Electrical 29% 100%
Slide 4: Overview of escrow
Overview of escrow • An arrangement between three parties; supplier/owner, beneficiary and an independent trusted third party • Protects software source code or business critical material • Provides protection from supplier failure e.g. insolvency or failure of maintenance • Psychometric Services v
Slide 5: What escrow can protect
What escrow can protect • Types of material protected under escrow: C Software source code C Web sites/applications C Industrial formulae C Product designs • Third party suppliers – levels the playing-field for smaller niche suppliers • Software escrow is key – almost all businesses now reliant on b
Slide 6: Market summary
Market summary • Too few organisations have escrow: C 73% surveyed in 2004 had no provision* C 90% of these had no plans to implement • We are educating the market • NCC Group are market leaders: C Addressable market of £76m* C 91 of the FTSE 100 escrow clients C 1.8 applications protected on averag
Slide 7: Copyright protection service
Copyright protection service • Can protect any type of intellectual property eg: C Software source code C Product designs C Industrial formulae C Fashion designs • Encourages protection of copyright through thorough record keeping • Eases due diligence process for organisations with a large copyrigh
Slide 8: Copyright protection – material deposited
Copyright protection – material deposited • The material • Rough drawings / notes showing evolution of development • Copy of final product • Catalogue of material being deposited • Details of when and where material created • Where author is not owner, evidence of ownership of copyright e.g. contrac
Slide 9: Copyright protection v patent
Copyright protection v patent Copyright Patent • Free of charge • Expensive • Recognised universally • Recognised on a territorial basis • Potential criminal liability for • No criminal sanctions for breach breach of copyright of patent • Copyright law protects software • Many view patents as stifli
Slide 10: Summary
Summary • IP protection and copyright are vital parts of business continuity • NCC Group’s focus is on education and widening the market 10 Copyright © 2005 NCC Services Ltd. All rights reserved.