DocumentCode :
2432460
Title :
Evolution of the use and risks of commercial software components
Author :
Kallio, Päivi ; Ihme, Tuomas
Author_Institution :
Embedded Software, VTT Electron., Oulu, Finland
fYear :
2002
fDate :
2002
Firstpage :
55
Lastpage :
61
Abstract :
The need to cut software costs has increased the use of commercial software components in recent years. The COTS software is received from the distributor and is used without internal modification by an integrator. The users of commercial software and COTS components cannot fully control the evolution and maintenance of the software. This paper presents an evaluation of commercial software component use and its significance in software architecture and the risks encountered in three projects in the years 1996-2001. This research proved that although the significance of commercial software components in software architectures has increased, there still exist many functional and quality risks. The quality of the commercial software component documentation and vendor support is immature, and delivery of the components via the Internet has increased the security risks.
Keywords :
object-oriented programming; risk management; security of data; software architecture; software maintenance; software performance evaluation; software quality; COTS software; Internet delivery; commercial software components; commercial software quality; risk evolution; security risks; software architecture; software component documentation; software costs; software evaluation; software maintenance; vendor support; Assembly systems; Computer architecture; Documentation; Embedded software; Internet; Java; Operating systems; Software architecture; Software maintenance; Software quality;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Euromicro Conference, 2002. Proceedings. 28th
ISSN :
1089-6503
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1787-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EURMIC.2002.1046133
Filename :
1046133
Link To Document :
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