Checklist to consider new technology

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What problem does it solve and How was it addressed earlier?
How fast is it?
What runtimes can we use (X) in?
What are we doing for resiliency? For example, what are we doing to make sure the (X) service stays up? 
How do we handle restarts?
How are we measuring the latency of the service?
What are the costs involved in building (X)?
What reports and dashboards will be available to us to help us understand what problems we could face?
How much in percentage of our business can use (X)?
What are its limitations?
How long until we can deploy it (Managements favorite question)?
Do we have a roadmap? 
Which of our client applications can take advantage of (X)?
Any thoughts on bot mitigation if necessary?
What are the security risks?
Who else is using (X) in production?