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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.

End-of-Life is not a warning—it’s a sales tactic designed to push spending more money every 5 years.

What many OEM refresh quotes don't include are the additional costs that can significantly increase the total investment required.

Here’s what CFOs often see that IT teams don’t: A “necessary” refresh can quietly become a massive financial event.

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.

And in this environment, one thing is clear: Retailers that don’t control costs won’t survive.

Are your bank branches bleeding money on IT maintenance and hardware upgrades?

If you ask most IT leaders whether third-party maintenance (TPM) can support mission-critical systems, you’ll usually get the same hesitant response: “It sounds great for cost savings… but is it too risky?”

Here are five clear signs your IT maintenance costs are higher than they should be.

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.

A significant wave of Dell EMC enterprise storage systems is approaching End of Service Life in 2026.

The global memory semiconductor market is entering another period of sustained pressure — and the ripple effects are already reaching enterprise IT budgets and infrastructure planning.

Moving to third-party maintenance services requires careful consideration and planning to ensure a smooth transition.

In today's challenging retail landscape, reducing Operational Costs (OPEX) is more critical than ever if you hope to avoid the wave of store closures.

If you’re still handing over a fortune to OEM support because you’re too scared to make a change, this is your wake-up call.

One of the biggest advantages of switching to third-party maintenance is the immediate cost savings — savings that can be reinvested directly into your IT strategy instead of disappearing into inflated OEM renewals.

Managing IT equipment maintenance contracts across multiple vendors can be complex and time-consuming.

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