14 DAY TRIAL // Windows XP support came to an end on April 8 this year, but a new research conducted by Adaptiva shows that in North America no less than 53 percent of the companies are still running it right now.
And still, 25 percent of the respondents said that their main concern was security, while 15 percent decided to purchase custom support from Microsoft to make sure that they’re on the safe side.
As far as the obstacles experienced when trying to upgrade are concerned, 29 percent said that application compatibility was a major issue, while 15 percent said the time was what made everything more difficult. 4 percent picked the costs and 2 percent mentioned user training as reasons for delayed transition.
“Eighty percent of those surveyed were running Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) in their organization. The greatest challenge holding companies back from automating OS migration is getting the task sequence right (31%), followed by the deployment of PXE servers in remote locations (28%). Twenty-seven percent considered WAN bandwidth their biggest obstacle, while 19% pointed to lack of storage at remote locations,” Adaptiva said.
Globally, Windows XP is still powering some 25 percent of the desktop computers, with figures expected to drop in the coming months as more companies complete the move to a new operating system.