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# Archive of posts from 2018

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## [Updating your IT infrastructure? Did you include risk in your evaluation process?](/knowledgebase/blog/2018-12-12-updating-your-it-infrastructure-did-you-include-risk-in-your-evaluation-process/)

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Author[Doug Theis](#)

Read Time 4 min Read

Most traditional IT infrastructure teams are faced with the necessity of periodically updating their hardware stack.  It’s true whether they use colocation or in-house data centers.  The servers, storage, networking, security and data protection equipment and licensing all become outdated and are usually replaced in a cycle every three to five years. Hardware refresh events are often the change events...

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