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Losing OEM support for your IT hardware can put a burden on your team. If you have chosen to extend the life of your equipment and delay a refresh, follow this check list to make the transition as smooth as possible. 1.) Work with the OEM to resolve any outstanding hardware failures Now is the time to address any of the minor issues you may have put on the backburner. Even if there are no evident failures, buttoning everything up and making sure things are running smoothly

No one planned it this way — it's just the reality of what happens when stores get built, renovated, relocated and re-equipped over the better part of a decade (or even several decades!)

A significant wave of Dell EMC enterprise storage systems are rapidly approaching End of Service Life.

On July 21, 2026, several popular Cisco Meraki wireless access points will reach their End of Support (EOSL) date.

The challenge is that infrastructure failures don't wait for supply chains to catch up.

In today’s IT landscape, OEMs continue pushing aggressive refresh cycles that often have little to do with your actual business needs—and everything to do with driving new hardware sales.

Retailers today are under pressure from every direction.

While this multi-vendor approach delivers flexibility and performance, it often creates a new challenge: managing multiple maintenance contracts, support contacts, renewal dates, and service expectations.