Windows 8 economical: says IDC Study

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Windows 8 economical: says IDC Study 
As per the latest study conducted by the research firm IDC, companies are prone to spend three times more if they don't plan to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 or Windows 8. An estimate suggests that the cost of upgrading (assuming no enterprise licence agreement and three-year amortization period) will be US$95 vis-a-vis the cost of non-migrating which will be US$300 per seat/user, followed by almost a double the cost in the subsequent year.

The vital point to note here is that the non-migration cost is only the documentable cost as this does not include costs related to business loss due to security and data breach threats, productivity loss and other similar factors.

"Approx 50–60% installed PC base in the enterprises are still running Windows XP. This is an alarming situation as non-migration puts businesses at risk of security breaches and could potentially create a big dent to the company's brand image. It takes money to save money! Migration to newer and better technologies eventually gives high return on investment and saves a lot of money in the long run," said Amrish Goyal, Director, Windows Business Group, Microsoft Corporation (India) Private Ltd.   

Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) plans to end support for Windows XP on April 08, 2014 as it is three generations behind the current product technology. It, therefore, becomes necessary for companies to plan their migration and save cost in the long run. Companies should migrate to the newer version for enhanced user experience.....See More

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

N Chandrasekaran appointed chairman of Tata Sons

Image
The board of directors of Tata Sons, at its meeting has unanimously appointed N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman, Tata Sons. N Chandrasekaran shall take charge from February 21, 2017. The board of Tata Sons said, “Chandrasekaran has demonstrated exemplary leadership as the chief executive officer and managing director, Tata Consultancy Services. We believe he will now inspire the entire Tata group to realise its potential acting as leaders in their respective businesses, always in keeping with our value system and ethics and adhering with the practices of the Tata group which have stood it in good stead.” Chandrasekaran was the chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services since 2009. A Tata lifer, he had joined the company in 1987 and was appointed as a director on the board of Tata Sons on October 25, 2016.
Read more

Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium

Image
Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium:  Leader in the digital payments   Visa   has purchased a digital CryptoPunk for $150,000, marking the company's first ever   NFT   purchase. The deal is clearly shows that, Visa is stepping into the world of NFTs with its purchase of   CryptoPunk 7610 .   Going forward, NFTs and Visa to align and integrate them in new brand strategy to gain a sizable market share. However, NFTs have often been compared to physical collectible items like rare trading cards and works of art.   The CryptoPunk 7610, which feBlatures a female punk with a mohawk and large green eyes. "We envision there could be a future where your crypto address becomes as important as your mailing address," Visa's Head of Crypto said.   An NFT - which stands for non-fungible token - is a unique digital asset designed to represent ownership of a virtual item. Unlike bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, NFTs can’...
Read more

Prizm Payment Services changes its name to Hitachi Payment Services

Image
Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd has changed its corporate name from Prizm Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Prizm Payment Services”) to Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Hitachi Payment Services”). “The new name reflects Hitachi’s commitment to business expansion in India, and to build a strong global financial payments offering leveraging the expertise of the Prizm Payment Services acquisition. Hitachi sees immediate potential to grow in the Asian subcontinent markets with the epicentre of growth being India, and migrate into other markets. Also, the name change will have no change on Prizm Payment Services’ operations,” said Loney Antony, Managing Director, Hitachi Payment Services. “Hitachi had acquired Prizm Payment Services with the aim of accelerating global development of IT services businesses targeting financial institutions, particularly in the fast-growing Asian region, and the company has been the gateway of entering into the services business in India for Hitachi. We ...
Read more