When the Clock Runs Out: Navigating End-of-Life Software Transitions

Every critical system in government has an expiration date, and most agencies don't know when theirs is. When a vendor sunsets a product, a database version loses security patches, or the last engineer who understands a thirty-year-old subsystem retires, the resulting transition can absorb years of budget, attention and political capital. Done well, an end-of-life (EOL) replacement modernizes service delivery and reduces risk. Done poorly, it produces consequences none of us want to consider.

Join Mattermost and Carahsoft to explore why EOL critical software is one of the hardest things a government IT organization can take on, and how to prepare before hard deadlines arrive.

During this session, you will learn:

• A practical approach program leaders can use to surface technical considerations before they become urgent
• How to evaluate governance and data sovereignty requirements before they need to be applied
• What organizations should be thinking about as hard deadlines like Jabber EOL, FIPS 130-3 requirements and Confluence Data Center deprecation approach

Reserve your spot and discover a practical framework for preparing for EOL transitions, meeting emerging requirements and modernizing critical systems the right way.