Data Harvesting for EOL Analysis…

Nortel’s End-of-Life announcements present both liabilities and opportunities. Maintenance service providers face liabilities in that there is no longer a set fixed cost for EOL replacement parts, nor any guarantee of parts availability. The financial viability of maintenance contracts is therefore threatened.

Customers face similar issues. Without updating their equipment they face the potential of extended outages due to failed older equipment. Shouldn't we be doing more than just “rolling the dice”?

If you were a customer, wouldn't you want to know which of your equipment is effected by EOL? Wouldn't you want a migration plan to ensure the continued integrity of your system? And that's the opportunity.

Bristol Capital’s EOL report is part of our Site Survey and its total impact rating is a search criteria in our database. The EOL report assesses system, software, CPU, shelves, cards and sets individually, and provides a Nortel support rating for each.

Designed for presentation to the customer, the EOL Report is a necessary first step in upgrade planning.