Corporations indicate that Vista not a priority

Stan Beer
Sunday, 23 July 2006 17:57

IT Industry - Market

A new survey of senior management and IT executives from small and large organizations indicates that market adoption of Windows Vista will be a long and drawn out process, with many companies having no immediate plans to migrate to the new Microsoft operating system.

A survey conducted by research group IBRS in conjunction with iTWire in July 2006, received 253 reponses, including 38% IT executives, 29% CEOs (all from small companies) and 7% systems admistrators.

The survey covered organisations of all sizes; 59% had <99 desktops, 17% had 99-1000 desktops and 24% 1000+.

When asked when they intend to migrate to Vista; 9% said they will adopt it short after it is released; 10% after service pack 1; 16% as new hardware is installed, 12% only when XP expires and 38% said they do not have any plans to adopt Vista.

Only 17% of the respondents had an agreed strategy; 23% had talked about it but not agreed to a strategy and 61% had not even looked at the issue.

According to the IBRS report, which will be released this week, corporations are aware of Windows Vista, however with less than 20% or survey respondents having an agreed to strategy for dealing with the migration, Vista is not a high priority.