Third-Party Maintenance (TPM) providers offer a wide range of services, often with customizable options, for a fraction of OEM support costs. Despite the benefits of switching to a TPM provider, some businesses still have reservations. This post will address some common TPM myths to help businesses make more informed decisions about their IT assets. TPM Myth 1: Maintaining your [...]
Are You Prepared for End-of-Service-Life? Data is said to be the currency of the 21st century, and the data center has thus become an integral part of every business organization. It’s important to remember, though that IT infrastructure equipment—servers, routers, switches, etc.—have their lifespan. Making plans with a TPM provider before hardware reaches end-of-life puts your company [...]
Giving Old Servers a New Lease on Life Every physical server has a limited lifespan. And when an old server’s life ends, it’s not just the direct cost of procuring a new piece of hardware you’ll be worrying about. There are other hidden costs that accompany every server upgrade. In this post, we’ll talk about those hidden [...]
F5 EOSL Deadlines in 2021 Do you have any F5 hardware (BIG-IPs, VIPRION blades, Herculons, etc.) running on your network? If so, you might want to check their End of Service Life (EOSL) dates because a number of F5 EOSL deadlines are coming up this year (2021). What is an F5 EOSL and why should you be concerned [...]
Juniper EOSL Deadlines in 2021 Businesses that are using Juniper networking hardware (e.g. broadband services routers, WLAN access points, services gateways, etc.) need to be aware that several Juniper EOSL deadlines have either recently expired or are due to expire in 2021. This is something you need to be concerned about because this means Juniper will no longer [...]
Dell EOSL Deadlines in 2021 - Are you prepared? Every Dell equipment, whether it be a server, storage platform, gateway, expansion enclosure, etc., will eventually reach its EOSL deadline. In fact, many of them have EOSLs scheduled this year. If you have an impending Dell EOSL deadline in 2021, you will want to read this post. What happens [...]
Worried about HPE EOSL Deadlines in 2021? A number of HP Enterprise (HPE) storage devices, disk enclosures, hyperconverged solutions, servers, and other IT equipment are due for End of Service Life (EOSL) this year. If you have one or more of these devices on your network and you’re starting to worry about costly OEM premium maintenance or equipment [...]
IBM EOSL Deadlines in 2021 Several IBM EOSL deadlines are due this year, including blade servers, M4 servers, compute nodes, etc. If you’ve got IBM devices running on your network or data center, you’ll want to know if the EOSL falls in 2021, so you can start weighing your options. Some of the IBM EOSL deadlines in 2021 [...]
Ignorance of the End-of-Service-Life or EOSL of mission-critical IT devices/equipment can be very costly. If you’ve got some Cisco devices running on your network or data center, you’ll want to know if the Cisco EOSL falls in 2021, so you can start weighing your options. Why you need to keep track of EOSL deadlines Immediately after an equipment [...]
Many organizations have had to tighten their budgets to make it through the current recession and unexpected shutdowns. The OEMs like Cisco, however, haven’t changed their forced refresh cycle in light of companies’ inability to spend freely on their already expensive data centers. Whether you’re ready to invest again in new equipment for your infrastructure or not, 2020 [...]
