{"id":4622,"date":"2025-08-05T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cardonet.com\/news\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2025-07-04T07:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:39:22","slug":"what-windows-10s-end-of-life-means-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cardonet.com\/news\/what-windows-10s-end-of-life-means-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"What Windows 10\u2019s End of Life Means for Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Understanding the Risks of Staying on Windows 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The risks of not upgrading Windows 11 to your business&nbsp;<a>are<\/a> <a>too<\/a>&nbsp;great to ignore. You put your company, your staff, your digital assets, and your company\u2019s future at great risk. According to Threatpost.com, in March of 2020, two months after Windows 7 reached end of life on January 14, 2020, 26% of all Widows 7 machines still did not upgrade and were targeted by cyber criminals. According to the FBI, companies running Windows 7 systems faced a greater risk of getting hacked due to the lack of security updates. The FBI observed cyber criminals targeting computer network infrastructure after an operating system achieves end-of-life status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Threats Increasing<\/strong>: Losing access to critical updates puts your machines at increased risk.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Compliance Concerns<\/strong>: Running an outdated operating system does not meet compliance requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Performance Degradation<\/strong>: Your Windows 10 machines\u2019 performance will degrade more and more over time, causing both reduced and lost productivity.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No More Microsoft Support<\/strong>: Technical support ends in October for Windows 10&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Why risk performance issues with your Windows 10 machines, an increase in the risk of a cyber-attack and other concerns from not upgrading to Windows 11.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upgrade now so you don\u2019t experience downtime, lost productivity, and lost revenue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Act Now to Avoid the Risks and Save Money. Prices Are Already Rising<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avoid compliance, security, productivity risks and higher prices. The newly increased tariffs on China, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam are predicted to increase prices on PCs by 20-45% in the next three \u2013 four months according to Tom\u2019s Hardware. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/go.cardonet.com\/windows10assessment\/\">Schedule your free upgrade assessment today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the Risks of Staying on Windows 10: The risks of not upgrading Windows 11 to your business&nbsp;are too&nbsp;great to ignore. You put your company, your staff, your digital assets, and your company\u2019s future at great risk. 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