Nobody gets fired for the license. They get fired for the eighteen-month implementation.
Test and evaluation software fails in predictable ways: an integrator-dependent rollout that slips two quarters, a platform the floor routes around, a migration nobody sized. All of it is visible during the evaluation if you know where to look. This guide shows you where.
The one question about implementation that reorders most shortlists
How to size the migration before you sign — ask each vendor to convert your actual procedures and look at what comes back
Security posture as a gate, not a criterion: what "FedRAMP High" means versus "in process," and how to verify it in minutes
What total cost actually includes once integrators, internal engineering hours, and the adjacent systems are counted
Nine criteria, eleven questions, one decision framework — usable against any vendor, including us