Tip of the Week: Check When Your Devices Will Reach EOL

Nobody likes the thought of the device they rely on daily suddenly dying, leaving them without a phone, a laptop, a smartwatch, or whatever the case may be. This is why it is important to stay conscious of when these devices are due to reach their end-of-life date, or EOL, when the manufacturer will no longer support them or provide crucial updates.

Fortunately, there’s a resource that makes this monitoring far easier to manage.

It’s a website called endoflife.date.

This Site Provides EOL Information for Devices, Operating Systems, and Applications

As we’ve established, it is essential that you keep track of when your technology will no longer be supported, primarily because this means no more security updates. Without these updates, your chances of encountering a cybersecurity issue skyrocket simply because your device (or, indeed, OS or application) probably isn’t equipped to deal with them.

Endoflife.date helps prevent this by providing critical dates for 340 products, outlining when each was released, and how long is left before support ends—both active support and security updates. This makes it far easier to keep track of when you’ll need to update or upgrade certain pieces of technology, making it easier to plan for these needs. The site provides a few ways to find the tech you’re looking for, making it more likely that you’ll get the information you need.

But What If Part of My IT Isn’t on Endoflife.date?

While its records are impressive in scope, it isn’t realistic to expect that endoflife.date would be able to keep track of every piece of hardware and software out there. So, if you find something that isn’t on the site, we recommend seeking the manufacturer’s support website, as the information will likely be there.

Now You Know How to Manage EOL Dates Better

However, if you were to work with us, you wouldn’t need to… at least, not for your business. 

Our IT services include proactively planning and implementing updates and upgrades as necessary, taking these responsibilities off your hands. Contact us at (240) 226-7055 to learn more, and we’ll audit your network and handle this for you.