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Adopting Vista = Solid ROI for Midsized Businesses
For all the bad press Windows Vista gets, you rarely hear about its ROI impact. For example, did those businesses that adopted the OS immediately after launch get their money's worth? What kind of bang for the buck does Vista really deliver? And are businesses better off waiting to deploy Vista?
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For all the bad press Windows Vista gets, you rarely hear about its ROI impact. For example, did those businesses that adopted the OS immediately after launch get their money's worth? What kind of bang for the buck does Vista really deliver? And are businesses better off waiting to deploy Vista?
ZDNet has a white paper that answers many of the questions (from a midsized-business perspective), and the results are definitely surprising. Some highlights:
- Depending upon the deployment method chosen, Windows Vista ROI can be very strong--ranging from 81% to 104% for midsize organizations.
- With widespread application availability, the release of Service Pack 1, and more than half of all US companies either running or evaluating it, Windows Vista has entered the mainstream adoption phase. Midsize companies should plan to begin deploying Windows Vista during their next PC refresh cycle.
- Delaying the Windows Vista upgrade process can result in deployment costs that are twice as high as those organizations using a timely refresh-based upgrade, while foregoing the productivity benefits of Windows Vista. Running an outdated operating system may result in additional risks and costs as software suppliers drop application support, drivers for new hardware become unavailable, and PC vendors no longer ship the prior operating system pre-loaded.
- Security benefits are significant. Windows Vista-based PCs are almost three times less likely to be infected with potentially unwanted software than Windows XP-based PCs. PCs running Windows Vista have 60% fewer malware infections than Windows XP SP2 PCs.
