Uncertainty on deployment of Windows 7 for CIOs, IT managers

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 20 October 2009 11:59

IT Industry - Market

“They were remarkably stable, and were considered by many analysts to be production ready in their own right. Data#3’s successful Windows 7 deployment validated this premise.”

Gosling concludes that, the final stumbling block for some CIOs and IT Managers to move to Windows 7 seems to be the business case,. And that as one respondent put simply, “why do I need to move from Windows XP?”

 However, says that Windows XP is now an eight year old operating system, developed when dialup internet access was still the norm, and that “1GB of RAM was just a dream for many.”

“Windows 7 is built to be more secure in today’s ‘always online’ environment, and ships in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions so that the large amounts of memory being supplied in today’s hardware can be fully exploited.

“Windows 7 is faster to start-up and shutdown than its predecessors and can reduce power consumption. This will save Data#3 thousands of dollars in electricity alone. We have also users experience up to 25% longer battery life on their laptops. An extra hour of productivity on the same hardware versus that experienced using Windows XP or Vista.”

And, according to Gosling, “these desktop benefits, combined with the management advantages that Data#3 gained from the deployment of System Centre Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, will unlock further savings in the ongoing management of our Windows 7 deployment.”