Indian CIOs not keen to adopt Windows 7

By SiliconIndia | Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Microsoft's windows vista was a flop. Microsoft had made an OS (Operating System) which looked better but ended up making it too difficult for users to upgrade. Majority of the computers in the world were not compatible with Vista. Now, Microsoft has come up with its latest OS called Windows 7 which the company hopes will offer better sales than Vista. But many corporate houses would rather wait for the reviews to come in before they start the costly process of upgrading their OS.

Microsoft is throwing parties for potential corporate customers and trying to convince them to switch to the new OS. Reliance Communications, Asian Paints, Essar Group and many other companies will wait and see how efficient the new product of Microsoft is before shifting to it, after the Vista failed to deliver on the promise of a faster and sleeker operating system. "We want to see whether it will improve productivity," said Sumit Chowdhry, CIO (Chief Information Officer), Reliance Communications to Economic times. "In the light of failed Vista, we don't want to rush into any decision," he added.

Since its launch, Windows XP has become the most preferred OS and companies' employees are well trained to use it. It is a stable OS which requires less than half the configuration that Vista needs. So unless Microsoft is able to provide better performance than XP, it will face difficulties in convincing

Don't Miss