What is the Problem?Īdobe Flash Player will reach its planned end of life on December 31st 2020 and, while most public websites long ago moved away from Flash-based content, a lot of enterprise software still relies on Flash (particularly older software). I encourage you to make sure your company’s IT department is planning for this and, if you work in a customer-facing role, I suggest that you consider reaching out to your customers to ask if they are prepared. This post is a public service announcement. There are also a few gremlins that, at the moment, seem to have no easy workaround at all. Those enterprises that do implement the workaround will probably step on their own feet a few times before they get it right. While there is indeed a cromulent workaround for most of this problem, many enterprises probably will not implement that workaround until after things have broken. With that out of the way, let me explain why I am raising alarm. As such, we wanted to ensure our readers are aware. Failing to adequately address the problem can mean a disruption to year-end and year-start business in a few weeks and months. The end-of-life for Adobe Flash needs your attention if you work in IT. This post is intended primarily as a warning to all of you who work in IT.

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