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Tip sheet: End of Life (EOL) vs. End of Service Life (EOSL)
You may have heard the terms End of Life (EOL), End of Sale (EOS), End of Service Life (EOSL), End of Support Life (EOSL) or Last Date of Support (LDOS) used to indicate critical milestones in the IT hardware life cycle. Each stage is different…
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Take Charge of your Hardware Refresh Plan
You have carefully planned your organization’s hardware refresh and you’re counting on the advantages it will bring to your IT department. But now the CFO is pushing back. Is this refresh really necessary? Can you justify this expense? Why does the refresh have to happen…
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How Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) are Leading the Way in Data Storage
In an era dominated by digital transformation, businesses face unprecedented challenges in managing and protecting their ever-expanding volumes of data. While physical tape drives and libraries served their purpose in the past, their limitations make them obsolete today. The exponential growth of data, coupled with…
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What the Reliability Bathtub Curve Means for your Hardware Refresh Cycles
Increased financial pressures and economic uncertainty have begun influencing IT infrastructure and hardware decisions. IT teams are facing the reality of tighter budgets and the push to deploy cost-reduction strategies. It’s common for companies to extend hardware refresh cycles to delay significant CapEx investments. The…
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Secure Data Destruction and Disposal Methods
Companies worldwide frequently comb through their IT hardware to dispose of and recycle unused or decommissioned equipment; this process is called IT Asset Disposition (ITAD). Before equipment is recycled, reused, or safely destroyed, it’s critical to take precautions to protect sensitive information on retired devices….
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Checklist: How to Find a Third-Party Maintenance (TPM) Provider
Are you weighing your options of refreshing hardware, signing an OEM post-warranty contract or deciding to use third-party maintenance for your data center hardware? What is third-party maintenance (TPM)? TPM is an alternative option to OEM server, storage and network equipment support. Instead of undergoing…
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Why you Should Avoid Sharing the /QDLS Directory in NetServer
Many IBM i installations use the operating system’s NetServer facility to present directories in their system’s IFS as standard SMB file shares on their network. These shares can be accessed by Windows client PCs and any other SMB clients that may need to access IFS…
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VMware Licensing Changes by Broadcom – Details, Implications and Recommendations
The $69 billion acquisition of VMware marks a pivotal moment in Broadcom’s strategic shift from its semiconductor roots into enterprise multi-cloud environments, making one of the largest tech buyouts ever. Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware completed in late 2023 and today the eye-watering stakes remain high…