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Corporate Desktop Operating System and Browser Trends, Q2 2010 to Q2 2011
In this report, Forrester analyzes more than 400,000 client PCs to determine the latest corporate OS and browser trends. What did we find? Windows 7 has quickly become the standard for new hardware, and IE's corporate dominance is slowly eroding in favor of Firefox, Google's Chrome, and Apple's Safari.
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Windows 7 Adoption Outlook - Forrester's Perspective
More than one year after its general availability (GA) launch, Windows 7 powers one out of every 10 PCs within North American and European companies. While far from overwhelming - especially considering that Windows XP still powers 75% - IT managers worldwide are preparing for a significant desktop transformation over the next three years.
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Windows 7 migration challenges and best practices for large enterprise and public sector - Dell Whitepaper from Forrester Research
Today, IT managers worldwide are accelerating their efforts toward planning for and migrating to Windows 7, and the next 12 to 18 months will be critical. But firms are facing a number of migration challenges. To learn more about ways to overcome these challenges and to find out what the study revealed about how to increase chances for a better Windows 7 migration,
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Gartner Client Operating Systems: Enterprises Plan Early, but Slow, Move to Windows 7
This Gartner analyst paper indicates that Windows 7 promises to be a popular migration project, but many organizations plan to spend three to four years on the endeavor to leverage PC refresh and keep costs down. Client computing managers should use this research to understand how other organizations are planning their projects.
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Gartner Research: Prepare for Your Windows 7 Migration Crunch
This Gartner analyst paper indicates that the necessity to migrate off Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000 in a tight time frame to Windows 7 will create an extra budgetary and resource burden on companies from 2011 to 2012
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Gartner Research: Planning for the Security Features of Windows 7
With Windows 7, Microsoft has added and extended many security capabilities in its flagship Windows operating system (OS) that Gartner believes have strong merit. Deciding which features to activate as well as testing will impact the planning for every Windows 7 rollout
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Gartner Research: Prepare for Windows 7 in Three Phases
Many organizations are skipping Vista and looking forward to Windows 7. This independent 3rd party research from Gartner provides the necessary steps to prepare for Windows 7 and ensure a successful migration with adequate operating system (OS) support
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Forrester Report: Windows 7 Adoption Outlook
Windows XP won’t be around forever, and the anticipation for commercial adoption of Windows 7 is reaching a boiling point according independent research by Forrester. With Windows 7 available now for volume license custome
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Plan Now for Windows 7– Forrester’s Perspective
Planning your Windows 7 licensing strategy is not an exercise done in isolation, and you can gain from Forrester’s independent analyst perspective.Your existing licenses and volume licensing agreements, the Windows 7 edition you plan on upgrading to and the timeline, and how SA impacts your deployment all factor into your plans. Your historical approach to refreshing your desktops and laptops combined with the age of your infrastructure by the time you’re ready to start your Windows 7 deployment will impact whether you should introduce it via a forklift or “big bang” approach or via the natural rolling refresh cycle.
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