Nine symptoms for diagnosing ailing IT
Summary: From tired hardware, to expired support contracts and creaking networks, the tell-tale signs that suggest urgent treatment may sound all too familiar
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4. Security breaches
Depending on what is being targeted, if you keep getting hacked, ancient software could be your weak spot. Of course, the breaches could be either hardware or software related, and you may be suffering from poorly configured security hardware, buggy or outdated software, or lax security policies. But while one break-in is understandable, multiple hacks suggest it is time for a major overhaul.
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