Is Microsoft Vista finally gaining some traction with enterprise IT? A new study from technology products and services vendor CDW suggests that it is.
The CDW survey of 772 IT decision-makers was conducted in collaboration with research consultancy Walker Information in October and November, 2007.
Of those who are evaluating or using Windows Vista, 35 per cent are in some stage of migration to the operating system, up from 12 per cent in a previous CDW poll in February 2007. And 13 per cent of respondents have already completed a migration to Vista, compared with six per cent in February.Improved security and performance top the list of Vista’s most-attractive features, with 65 percent of respondents citing security and 55 per cent citing performance as the top benefits they believe they’ll see from implementing Vista.
As for concerns surrounding Vista, expected bugs tops the list. Fifty-one per cent of respondents gave this as a priority consideration when thinking about implementation. That percentage was the same-51 per cent-in February’s poll. Respondents did show less concern about Vista’s hardware requirements, compared with February’s survey. Twenty-seven per cent now say that hardware requirements are excessive, down from 37 per cent.
Despite the upward adoption trend, a significant number of IT shops still view an upgrade to Vista unnecessary. Thirty-seven percent say that their current OS meets their needs; that figure was 40 percent in the February poll.