Microsoft Xp Support ends in 1000 Days

With less than 1,000 days to go until Microsoft no longer supports Microsoft Windows XP, organisations across the globe are reporting they are accelerating their migration to modern desktops powered by Microsoft Windows 7.

These are some of the key findings of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Dimension Data on the desktop virtualisation market. Of the 546 organisations that were surveyed, close to half (46%) said that they had begun 'aggressive efforts' to migrate to Windows 7, with a further 17% planning to deploy within the next year. While 13% of companies said they had completed their enterprise-wide migrations, 51% of IT managers surveyed said they have linked their Windows 7 migrations to their organisation's PC refresh cycle.

Around 21% of enterprises are prioritising desktop and application virtualisation over their Windows 7 upgrade, and 29% are deliberately coinciding their investments in Windows 7 and desktop virtualisation.

Neville Burdan, GM, Microsoft Solutions, Dimension Data Asia Pacific said, "The Forrester research tells us that organisations are under pressure to beat the Windows XP end-of-support deadline. Of those 124 Enterprise IT decision-makers surveyed in Asia which included Singapore, India, Hong Kong and China, the respondents confirmed that they still support a large population of Windows XP and Vista users compared to 36.5% of users already on Windows 7.However, most of the organisations are aggressively upgrading their end users to Windows 7 desktop. 16% of the respondents have already completed their Windows 7 migration, 48% are in the process of deploying Windows 7 and 16% planning to start deploying Windows 7 within 6 to 12 months."