Question COMP-01

Describe your organization’s business background and ownership structure, including all parent and subsidiary relationships.

Standard Guidance

Include circumstances that may involve off-shoring or multi-national agreements.

Answering "NO"

EDUCAUSE provides no guidance here

Answering "YES"

EDUCAUSE provides no guidance here

Reason for Question

Define scale of company (support, resources, skillsets), general information about the organization that may be concerning.

Follow-Up Inquiries

Follow-up responses to this one are normally unique to their response. Vague answers here usually result in some footprinting of a vendor to determine their "reputation."

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