Length: 12 pages For IT Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
Benjamin Gray November 12, 2007
How Windows Vista Will Shake Up The State Of The Enterprise Operating System
Wide-Scale Enterprise Deployments Of Windows Vista Will Start In Mid-2008
by Benjamin Gray
with Robert Whiteley, Christine E. Atwood, Rachel Batiancila

This is a document excerptEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Desktop operations managers have been focused on one objective for their corporate operating system (OS) environment: standardization. And they've been largely successful, according to Forrester's most recent hardware survey, with 84% of PCs in North American and European enterprises powered by Windows XP and just 11% running Windows 2000. But this is all about to change. Enterprises are about to begin large-scale migrations to Windows Vista. OS migrations are massive projects that take years, and Windows Vista will be no exception. IT will have to work hard to continue to standardize the OS environment during the final Windows Vista preparations, and continue to manage dual OSes as pilots mature into full-scale deployments. Forrester expects at least one-third of enterprises to begin to deploy Windows Vista enterprisewide by mid-2008 as more applications will be certified, hardware will be refreshed and ready to run Windows Vista smoothly, and price points will make compatible machines more affordable than they are today.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemEnterprises Are Focusing On Standardization Prior To The Next OS Upgrade

itemLooking Back At Last Year To Make Sense Of The Present

itemAnalyzing The Present To Understand The Future

itemWindows Vista Is The Next OS On Which Enterprises Will Standardize

itemBefore Enterprises Commit, Windows Vista Still Faces Short-Term Challenges

WHAT IT MEANS

itemBy Mid-2008, Windows Vista Will Power One-Quarter Of Enterprise PCs

itemSupplemental Material

From April through June 2007, Forrester interviewed 565 PC decision-makers across North American and European enterprises about their current operating system environment and their Windows Vista deployment plans.

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Analyst: Benjamin Gray
Technology: Client Operating Systems & Software, Client Systems, IT Infrastructure & Operations
Geography: Europe, North America

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