Aug 16 Why are Data Center Ops Experts Now So Rarely Involved in Hardware Support Vendor Vetting?

Posted at 21:16h in Hardware Lifecycle Management, Hybrid Hardware Support Value, IT Ops: Independent Hardware Support Value, IT Procurement & ITAM Teams: Best Practices by Todd Bone

What really happened over the last ten years? Prior to current practices, data center hardware and hardware infrastructure experts were heavily involved...

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Aug 09 Alternative Maintenance for Cisco Equipment Has Been Severely “Hobbled” – Are You Aware of the Impacts to You & Your Independent Maintenance Provider?

Posted at 21:21h in Healthcare IT: Legacy Hardware Support, IT Ops: Cisco Smart Licensing & Entitlement Risk, IT Ops: Cisco SMARTnet Alternatives, IT Ops: Independent Hardware Support Value by Grant Patten

For many years, the independent hardware support...

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Aug 02 Specialty IT Support: Hardware Lifecycle Solutions for Systems Integrators

Posted at 21:31h in Federal Agencies: Legacy Hardware Support, Prime Contractors: XSi Program Solutions by Doug Krueger

There are few sectors that are in as great a need of IT cost containment as are the agencies and departments of the federal government. Systems Integrators...

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Jul 26 Explore the FACTS Around Counterfeit Hardware & Parts – The OEMs are Building Only Half the Picture

Posted at 00:00h in Counterfeit Equipment Compliance, Hardware Lifecycle Management, IT Procurement & ITAM Teams: Best Practices by Todd Bone

Firstly, the independent IT support industry for hardware, parts and hardware maintenance has been in business since the 1980s and became possible...

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Jul 18 Why Aren’t IT Asset Management Teams Focusing on IT Hardware Assets?

Posted at 00:06h in Hardware Lifecycle Management, Healthcare IT: Legacy Hardware Support, IT Procurement & ITAM Teams: Best Practices by Todd Bone

As a relatively new addition to many Enterprise IT departments, ITAM teams have come a long way since their origins in the early to mid-2000s. ...

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Jul 12 Healthcare IT: Discovering Gold within the Independent IT Support Community

Posted at 00:18h in Healthcare IT: Legacy Hardware Support, IT Ops: Independent Hardware Support Value by Todd Bone

You may not be completely familiar with this concept, but there exists a small (but, rapidly growing) industry of independent IT support providers all around ...

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Oct 30 What Cisco isn’t telling you about Cisco Smart Licensing

Posted at 01:45h in Hardware Lifecycle Management, Healthcare IT: Legacy Hardware Support, IT Ops: Cisco Smart Licensing & Entitlement Risk, IT Ops: Cisco SMARTnet Alternatives, Right to Repair – Call to Action! by Todd Bone

Cisco is rolling out their new Smart Licensing System (Cisco FAQ) that looks very concerning as it will give the keys to your Cisco device to Cisco....

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Aug 14 The Disaggregation of Cisco IOS and Juniper Junos Operating Systems from their Hardware!

Posted at 01:49h in Hybrid Hardware Support Value, IT Ops: Independent Hardware Support Value by Todd Bone

We have been hearing rumblings for the last year that Cisco wants to become known as a software company....

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Apr 20 FTC says Third Party Maintenance DOES NOT VOID Warranties

Posted at 01:56h in Counterfeit Equipment Compliance, Federal Agencies: Legacy Hardware Support, Hardware Lifecycle Management, Hybrid Hardware Support Value, IT Procurement & ITAM Teams: Best Practices, Prime Contractors: XSi Program Solutions by Todd Bone

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has told manufacturers that their approach to monopolizing repair and support by putting warranty void stickers...

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