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How to Know When Your Technology Needs an Upgrade

Workarounds, unsupported software and unanswerable questions are the three clearest indicators.

By Star Global Advisory Team3 min readPillar: Optimize

Count the workarounds. Every manual step invented to keep a system usable is a running cost the business already pays.

Check support status. Hardware or software past end of support is both a reliability problem and a security problem, and it usually fails at the worst time.

List the questions leadership cannot answer without asking someone to compile data. That gap is what an upgrade should close.

If two of the three apply, it is time for an assessment — not necessarily a purchase.

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