Risks of Installation or Upgrade

• Viruses - A virus can be concealed within a file or upgrade by a third party which can harm the system or damage the integrity of existing files. this will cause a problem for you and your business in the immediate future as then your system can become corrupted, or your information can be viewed/stolen. This cannot be tolerated in a business as you will be in direct violation of information security laws. However, if you where to install the file or upgrade on a closed system first, then you could operate and scan that, as to ensure that the file is not harbouring a virus or other malware before risking your own. this ensures the safety of the file and other effects on the system.
• Incompatibility - If you are running a older operating system or you have a lot of other installed software, it increases the likelihood of a piece of software being to advanced, or it conflicting with existing software. this will cause the programs involved to become incompatible, and will not run. This is a problem as it takes time to sort out, as well as stopping the use of other programs, throttling the businesses output. however, this can be minimised by reviewing the change logs released for software updates, or by waiting for a piece of software to be released and user reviews to come in, reporting on the compatibility of the program on similar systems.
• Negative change/loss of features - When software updates are released, they are often done so with added features and uses. This can cause a problem as it may make existing features harder to do, such as changing shortcuts or position on the tool bar. in a business this can be very unhelpful as this will reduce efficiency by extending the time of tasks. this will not cause a massive time extention, but when it needed to be done multiple times a day, the lag phase accumulates. also, if you are changing software all together., then the new one might simply not have certain features, which will further extend timings ans the employees will have to cone up with a solution to the problem.
• Stability Issues- if a new piece of software is installed, or an exsisting one updated, then the software may be more demanding on the system, as it may not be greatly optimised. This will cause system freezing, crashing and lagging. This causes a near impossible work environment, as it will greatly incresae timings on tasks. unfortunatly, the only way to get around this is to wait for a more optomised update, or to find different software.