Upgrading
vSphere 6.5 and 6.7 End of Support Is Fast Approaching
It’s hard to believe that vSphere and vSAN 6.5 and 6.7 are already nearing their end of support dates. Wait, didn’t we just upgrade to them? It certainly seems that…
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Buy New vs. Upgrading Existing Servers—When Does It Make Sense?
These days, with IT budgets stretched to the breaking point, you probably find your company routinely keeping your servers for 4-, 5- and even 6-years. Pretty much gone are the…
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How to Approach Upgrading VMware ESXi v5.5 to v6.5
Still running VMware ESXi 5.5? You’re not alone. However, with support for this very popular platform having already ended and the product entering into a technical guidance phase—compounded by impending…
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Life After End-of-Life: Software Lifecycle Challenges and Opportunities
Set the Way Back Machine for July 13, 2015, the day before Microsoft officially shut off extended support for the wildly popular Windows 2003 Server operating system. On that day,…
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Sunsetting: The Right Way
It’s hard to overstate the challenges inherent in managing the retiring of important applications, operating systems, and databases. Lack of support, compatibility issues, and increased security risks can have far-reaching…
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