If a vendor that you’re already familiar with unveils a new software tool, do you adopt it immediately or wait to see if any bugs or problems arise?

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Fractional CIO in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

Only if it solves a problem I have already identified.

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Program Manager II in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

I would wait to assess if any bugs or issues arise before considering adoption.

Co-Founder in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

Do you mean Featrue or bard new tool? From my point of view it will depend, what kind of access the tool has, what happened to data and etc, , so basically it depends :)

CEO in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

We always do a check in a sandbox environment

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