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IT Lifecycle Management
Planning technology from introduction through to retirement, so end of life never arrives as a surprise.
FoundationalUpdated 2026-09-01
Overview
Every platform has a support lifecycle. Tracking end of support dates for operating systems, appliances, databases, applications and firmware turns a recurring emergency into a funded roadmap.
Lifecycle planning also covers refresh cycles for hardware, migration planning for platforms, and formal decommissioning with data destruction and dependency checks.
Security considerations
- Maintain a register of unsupported systems with compensating controls and a remediation date.
- Verify dependencies before decommissioning; orphaned integrations cause outages weeks later.