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Follow on Google News | Majority of Organisations Planning Windows 7 Migrations Are Still Struggling With Deployment70 Percent of Survey Respondents Not Yet Migrated to Windows 7 Due to Redundant Processes and Limited Resources, Says RES Software
By: RES Software The research polled IT professionals on their experiences, expectations and concerns surrounding Windows 7 migrations. The results reflect the responses of more than 330 IT professionals worldwide across a variety of industries. Findings include: • 30 percent of respondents reported that Windows 7 had been completely implemented in their organisation; • Less than half of the respondents (49 percent) who have yet to complete their migration feel satisfied with their ability to execute their implementation on time and within budget. • 44 percent of respondents who had not completed their migration yet indicated that they were postponing their Windows 7 implementation to better assess the benefits of Windows 8. • Of the respondents who had completed their migration, more than half (58 percent) felt they did not have the appropriate staff resources to take on an OS migration. “The results of this survey indicate that the unavoidable move to Windows 7 continues to plague IT departments. However, OS migration presents a great opportunity to rethink how IT services should be delivered on the Windows platform overall. Businesses want to update their desktop technology without having to worry about changes in the end-user experience,” The 2014 cutoff date for Windows XP support will force companies to either upgrade or face security risks unassisted by Microsoft. However, the survey found many companies are still struggling with a variety of issues. Key problems identified in the survey include redundant and manual processes, the additional staff resources required to take on the migration, and the need for plans and tools to help revert to a previous operating system should the migration project fail. Windows 7 migration creates an opportunity for IT to rethink the delivery of IT services as a whole. By managing IT services and how they are made available to users, IT will no longer face the management challenges posed by traditional methods of managing every device and their individual users. By automating day-to-day operations and manual tasks, projects like OS migrations, hardware refreshes, virtual desktop deployments can be simplified. RES Software’s Dynamic Desktop Studio anticipates and prevents the issues that can arise during future OS migrations through the combination of workspace virtualisation and runbook automation. Additional information on how RES Software can improve IT operations during a migration process can be found at www.ressoftware.com/ For more information on RES Software please visit: • RES Software Solutions on the Web - http://www.ressoftware.com • RES Software on our Blog - http://blog.ressoftware.com • RES Software on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ About RES Software RES Software, the proven leader in dynamic desktop solutions, is helping IT organisations manage increasingly complex and hybrid technology environments with software that makes IT easier and less costly to manage. With technologies that automate, manage and secure corporate IT, RES Software helps IT professionals master the impacts of IT consumerisation, changing employee work styles, bring-your-own- Contacts: RES Software Lorena Crowley Senior Marketing Communications Manager 610-994-9718 l.crowley@ressoftware.com Goode Communications Mark Kember +44 01491 873 323 ressoftware@ End
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