14 DAY TRIAL // As you most likely know by now, Microsoft will soon discontinue Windows XP, so moving users from the 11-year-old operating system is a priority for the Redmond-based technology giant.
According to Jason Lim, general manager of Windows Division at Microsoft Asia-Pacific, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are the company’s number one priority, especially because most of them are still running Windows XP.
“SMBs are more of a concern, hence this reminder [for them to migrate],” he said, according to ZDNet Asia.
Lim claims that 11.8 percent of the Singaporean computers are still running Windows XP, so the company would have to move more than 715,000 users away from the old operating system.
Microsoft will stop providing support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014, so all users are recommended to download and install a newer version of Windows, such as Windows 7 and Windows 8, both of which come with much more advanced security options.