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With less than thousand days to go until Microsoft no longer supports Microsoft® Windows XP, organizations across the globe are reporting they are accelerating their migration to modern desktops powered by Microsoft Windows 7. In addition, the high level of awareness among these organizations of desktop virtualization’s potential to simplify the move to a new operating system such as Windows 7 is driving their decision to invest.
These are some of the key findings of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Dimension Data on the desktop virtualization market. Of the 546 organizations that were surveyed, close to half (46 percent) said that they had begun ‘aggressive efforts’ to migrate to Windows 7, with a further 17 percent) planning to deploy within the next year.
While 13 percent of companies said they had completed their enterprise-wide migrations, 51 percent of IT managers surveyed said they have linked their Windows 7 migrations to their organization’s PC refresh cycle. Around 21 percent of enterprises are prioritizing desktop and application virtualization over their Windows 7 upgrade, and 29 percent are deliberately coinciding their investments in Windows 7 and desktop virtualization.
Neville Burdan, General Manager of Microsoft Solutions, Dimension Data Asia Pacific said, “The Forrester research tells us that organizations 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 (40.6 percent and 9.5 percent respectively) compared to 36.5 percent of users already on Windows 7. However, most of the organizations are aggressively upgrading their end users to Windows 7 desktop. 16 percent of the respondents have already completed their Windows 7 migration, 48 percent are in the process of deploying Windows 7 and 16 percent planning to start deploying Windows 7 within 6 to 12 months.”
With the use of desktop virtualization predicted to grow significantly in the next two years, Burdan believes Windows 7 is an ideal opportunity for organizations to implement a more modern, next- generation desktop that will be more secure and less time and labor intensive to deliver end-users with the functionality, interface and access they desire. However, he warned that desktop virtualization is not a silver bullet to address all desktop related challenges.
“Organizations must first understand their business drivers, workforce demands, and the state of their application ecosystem before they define their next generation desktop roadmap. Many of our clients are grappling with complex issues relating to their applications ecosystems. And while the research indicates that the major drivers behind desktop virtualization are cost reduction and security, 56 percent of participants said that they recognized that applications virtualization will help them to migrate to Windows 7. To reduce complexity, organizations would do well to tie virtualization investments into their Windows 7 migration plan,” Burdan said.
These are some of the key findings of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Dimension Data on the desktop virtualization market. Of the 546 organizations that were surveyed, close to half (46 percent) said that they had begun ‘aggressive efforts’ to migrate to Windows 7, with a further 17 percent) planning to deploy within the next year.
While 13 percent of companies said they had completed their enterprise-wide migrations, 51 percent of IT managers surveyed said they have linked their Windows 7 migrations to their organization’s PC refresh cycle. Around 21 percent of enterprises are prioritizing desktop and application virtualization over their Windows 7 upgrade, and 29 percent are deliberately coinciding their investments in Windows 7 and desktop virtualization.
Neville Burdan, General Manager of Microsoft Solutions, Dimension Data Asia Pacific said, “The Forrester research tells us that organizations 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 (40.6 percent and 9.5 percent respectively) compared to 36.5 percent of users already on Windows 7. However, most of the organizations are aggressively upgrading their end users to Windows 7 desktop. 16 percent of the respondents have already completed their Windows 7 migration, 48 percent are in the process of deploying Windows 7 and 16 percent planning to start deploying Windows 7 within 6 to 12 months.”
With the use of desktop virtualization predicted to grow significantly in the next two years, Burdan believes Windows 7 is an ideal opportunity for organizations to implement a more modern, next- generation desktop that will be more secure and less time and labor intensive to deliver end-users with the functionality, interface and access they desire. However, he warned that desktop virtualization is not a silver bullet to address all desktop related challenges.
“Organizations must first understand their business drivers, workforce demands, and the state of their application ecosystem before they define their next generation desktop roadmap. Many of our clients are grappling with complex issues relating to their applications ecosystems. And while the research indicates that the major drivers behind desktop virtualization are cost reduction and security, 56 percent of participants said that they recognized that applications virtualization will help them to migrate to Windows 7. To reduce complexity, organizations would do well to tie virtualization investments into their Windows 7 migration plan,” Burdan said.
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