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VIRTUALISATION Uncertainty on deployment of Windows 7 for CIOs, IT managers
VIRTUALISATION Uncertainty on deployment of Windows 7 for CIOs, IT managers | Uncertainty on deployment of Windows 7 for CIOs, IT managers |
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| by Peter Dinham | |
| Tuesday, 20 October 2009 | |
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Data#3’s Microsoft services practice manager, Scott Gosling, said it is clear from the survey responses that, while respondents have a good grasp of the features and benefits of Windows 7, “there does, however, seem to be a lot of uncertainty when it comes to how to best deploy the software, whether corporate applications will be compatible, and how to reduce the impact on end users during the migration process.” The Data#3 finding that 67 percent of organisations are considering deploying Windows 7 in the next year, support similar findings of another survey recently conducted by Information Technology Intelligence Corp. According to Gosling, “waiting for Service Pack 1 is a thing of the past,” and he says, “one of the major deployment challenges posed by Windows Vista was application compatibility as some key corporate applications were incompatible on release. “These challenges were widely reported and are still fresh in many CIO’s minds. New approaches are available with the release of Windows 7 to address application compatibility challenges for corporate applications. “These include Windows XP Mode and MED-V (Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation), which is a component of the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) suite. Microsoft has also released the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 which includes comprehensive guidance for application compatibility. CONTINUED page 2 |
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