Businesses that still have workstations using Windows XP should make their migration to either Windows 7 or 8 a priority



From Techradar:

The EOL (End Of Life) of Windows XP means that business owners need to take action. Research by Dimensional revealed that only 37% of Windows XP users have migrated with 16% not even made a start with their migration process. Tom Kendra, vice president and general manager of Dell Software said: Considering most industry pundits predict it takes between 12 to 24 months to complete an OS (operating system) migration, there will be lots of procrastinators paying the price in terms of significant custom support costs and higher security risks when Microsoft's April 2014 end-of-support deadline for Windows XP hits. Migrating to a new operating system is of course a major change within any business. Dimensional concluded: The vast majority of participants (86%), reported challenges with their migration away from Windows XP. The biggest issues reported were application compatibility (41%) and being distracted by other IT projects (38%). They also faced challenges with training and supporting users (33%) and loss of user productivity (27%).

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