Sustainability has become a critical issue for businesses across the globe, and the IT industry is no exception. With increasing awareness of environmental impact, organisations are now looking to adopt sustainable IT practices that minimise their negative impact on the environment. Sustainable IT aims to reduce the environmental footprint of all areas of IT operations, from the purchasing, usage and disposal of IT assets to the energy consumption of IT equipment.

Logicalis, a global technology service provider, delivering next-generation digital managed services, has announced the launch of Intelligent Connectivity powered by Cisco, a suite of solutions including Private 5G, SD-WAN, SASE, SSE, SD-Access and ACI Data Centre.

As many of us know, the technology and IT sectors are booming and experiencing rapid innovation. Add to this the growing lack of available talent, and IT leaders are finding themselves struggling to keep pace with constantly changing technology.

Keeping your IT environment secure and up to date is a challenge that requires a reliable and efficient solution. Microsoft offers Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) as an on-premises role that lets you download and distribute updates for Windows and other Microsoft products to your network computers. Logicalis can collaborate with you in the aim to streamline your digital environment's operation and management.

IT security remains a top priority for most UK&I IT professionals as revealed by Logicalis’ 2023 IT Survey Results. The survey finds 71% of IT professionals list security as their top priority for the year. The independent UK and Ireland survey, which canvassed the opinions of over 1000 IT professionals from across the UK&I, unveils businesses are grappling with tightening IT budgets, changing IT priorities, and elevated concerns over security threats and technical skills shortages.

Unfortunately, the longer you work in cybersecurity, the more often you come across legacy operating systems and applications. These types of technologies can be a nightmare to manage and represent a huge security gap for your organisation. On 10th October 2023, Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, meaning no more security updates will be available, just like SQL Server 2012.

Logicalis, in partnership with IBM, is delighted to be supporting this year’s CIO & IT Leaders Summit, Optimising technology assets to drive real value, in Croke Park, Dublin, 7th June 2023. With many valued customers across the UK and Ireland community, we look forward to welcoming you to the event.

There are a number of software licencing issues with Cisco’s ISE platform that we are keen to make customers aware of. If you are running a 2.x version of ISE, then this has an ‘End of Life’ announcement, and you need to act now. Read now for more detail around your options.

EOX is a critical milestone when looking at the lifecycle of your Cisco environment and often prompts organisations to review the impact of EOX to products, services, or subscriptions. Logicalis have compiled the latest Cisco announcements into an easy-to-read report that allows you to obtain end-of-life information including the latest End of Sale announcements and all products which are going End of Life, End of Attach and End of Security Vulnerability.