CAST is an independent software vendor that is a pioneer and world leader in Software Analysis and Measurement (SAM). With more than $120 million cumulative investment in R&D, CAST provides the most advanced technology in the world to capture and quantify the reliability, security, complexity and size of business applications. CAST introduces fact-based transparency into software asset management, application development, maintenance and sourcing to transform it into a management discipline. More than 250 companies across all industry sectors and geographies rely on CAST to prevent business disruption and build a transparent dialogue with their service providers. CAST is also an integral part of software delivery and maintenance at the world's leading IT service providers and independent software vendors.