{"id":70398,"date":"2015-08-20T17:24:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T21:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T20:54:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:54:23","slug":"sweating-the-oldies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/sweating-the-oldies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweating the Oldies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sweating<\/a>If you’re “sweating assets<\/strong>” and holding off on making major network upgrades<\/strong>, you’re not alone. No Jitter<\/em><\/a> brings<\/a>\u00a0our attention to Dimension Data’s<\/a> annual Network Barometer Report<\/a>. The report surveyed the system integrator’s worldwide clients and found that the percentage of aging and obsolete devices<\/strong> in today’s corporate networks around the globe is at its highest in six years<\/strong> signaling that the recent global financial crisis<\/a> may still have a lingering effect today.<\/p>\n

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More than half of devices are aging<\/h3>\n

\"Recession\"<\/a>According to the article, more than 51% of all devices assessed are now aging\u00a0(3-5 years old) or obsolete (5 years or older). In addition, 27% of all devices are now ‘later’ in their product life-cycle and at the point where the vendor begins to cut support.<\/p>\n

The aging was highest in Asia-Pac and the lowest in the Americas. The survey found equipment in the Americas, was considerably lower at 44%. Dimension Data ascribed this variation to regional macroeconomic conditions.<\/p>\n

The oldest equipment<\/h3>\n

The “sweatiest” companies were in the travel\/transportation vertical which had more than 50% aging\/obsolete devices according to the study. Other verticals were “sweaty as well:<\/p>\n