End-of-Life Support: Continuing Channel Opportunity
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End-of-Life Support: Continuing Channel Opportunity
Using discontinued devices can increase a company's risk of security breaches and network outages—problems that companies in the channel can help customers avoid. -
Health Assessment of Devices on Company Networks
Organizations need to assess their network's health by analyzing their infrastructure, assessing their disaster recovery plans and preparing for replacement parts. -
How Many Businesses Are Using Outdated Devices?
Nearly three-fourths (73%) of businesses have end-of-support devices operating in their networks, up 13% from 2015. -
Increasing Numbers of End-of-Life Devices
The total number of end-of-life devices at organizations increased to 6% in 2016 from 4% in 2015. -
It Only Takes One Device to Put a Network at Risk
The total number of end-of-sale devices dropped from 51% in 2015 to 23% in 2016, but the number of businesses who have them in their networks is rising. -
Most Businesses Have Some Older Devices on Their Networks
96% of businesses have end-of-sale devices operating on their networks in 2016, up slightly from 95% last year. -
How Many End-of-Sale Devices Are Out There?
23% of all devices assessed in the study are end-of-sale, down from 28% in 2015. -
Mature Devices Pose Bigger Risks
Companies should—but don't always—act on end-of-life or end-of-support notices. End-of-support devices pose a greater risk of security breaches, network outages and higher future replacement costs. -
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A fact of life in business is that as new technologies and products are launched, mature products are phased out. End-of-life or end-of-support announcements often prompt businesses to review their at-risk devices operating on the network, but this doesn't always happen. Based on an analysis by Softchoice of more than 212,000 Cisco networking devices at 350 organizations in North America, 73 percent of businesses have end-of-support devices operating in their networks. These devices can increase a company's risk of security breaches and network outages as well as result in higher future replacements costs. In addition, nearly all the businesses had end-of-sale devices on their networks that are no longer sold by the vendor but still supported. While the analysis finds the number of at-risk devices is declining, the number of businesses that have them is rising. "The misconception is that fewer at-risk devices make an organization less vulnerable, but it only takes one to bring down an entire network," said David Vigna, Cisco practice director at Softchoice, an IT solution and managed service provider. The results show opportunities for solution providers to help customers address the health of their network infrastructure.
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