Vendors (questions and considerations)
Stability
- How stable is the vendor?
- How long have they been in business?
- Have they ever had financial problems?
- Have they ever declared bankruptcy?
Revenue
- What is the revenue of the vendor?
- Are they too small? Too large?
- Are there sufficient financial resources that they will be able to stay in business?
- Do they have a sufficient revenue base to support continued product investment?
Installed base
- What is the installed base of software?
- How many organizations use it?
- How many organizations are similar to yours?










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