Whilst Microsoft's latest operating system – Windows 7 – has already made an impact on company desktops in its first year of release, the next year is going to see adoption explode.
This was the conclusion of analyst firm Forrester Research. It claimed deployment of Windows 7 on new PCs this year was at 31 percent, but said this would grow massively to 83 percent within the next 12 months.
As market share stands today, it made the claim that Windows 7 had been installed on one in every ten machines running in European and US company offices.
“While far from overwhelming — especially considering that Windows XP still powers 75 percent — IT managers worldwide are preparing for a significant desktop transformation over the next three years,” said Forrester.
It was about more than the operating system, however, or a hardware refresh.
“It also entails empowering their workforce with more modern browsers, office suite and productivity applications, connectivity options, and security controls,” the analyst firm said.
Back in August, installations of Windows 7 overtook those of Vista after just 10 months on the market. However, just last month, research from Net Applications showed it was still dwarfed by XP, which held market share of 60 per cent.
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