Be Good to Windows Vista and It Will Be Good to You

While Microsoft has applauded shipping in excess of 88 million copies of Windows Vista to its channel partners worldwide, both analysts and independent reports fail to see eye to eye with the Redmond company. Vista has in fact been limping in terms of adoption as far as corporate customers are concerned, although home users have indeed been more open to adopting the new operating system. While Microsoft has failed to confirm the slow uptake of its latest operating system by business customers, the company continually stressed the financial benefits of the platform, especially the reduction of Total Cost of Ownership.

In this context, Microsoft commissioned a study to Wipro, focused on the best architecture and strategy practices designed to maximize Return on Investment associated with the deployment of Vista. "Wipro's findings illustrate how quickly companies can start benefiting from the value of Windows Vista when they use the rights tools and deployment methodology," stated Shanen Boettcher, general manager of Windows Client product management at Microsoft. "Whether you're planning to upgrade existing desktops or bring Windows Vista into your environment on new PCs, this study shows that there's a business case for moving sooner rather than later, thanks in part to the deployment tools that are available to IT pros today."

The "Maximizing the ROI of Windows Vista Deployments" whitepaper, put together to reveal the TCO benefits inherent with Vista considering the bigger picture of the deployment costs and strategies, provides a set of best practices with the promise of an investments return of up to 135%. "With the release of the Windows Vista operating system at the end of 2006, IT managers now face the decision of when and how to deploy it across their respective organizations. Better IT management tools, increased security, and substantial benefits in end-user productivity, make Windows Vista an attractive choice. Consistent with studies from Gartner, IDC and Alinean, Wipro Technologies estimates a minimum annual reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of $192/PC in IT labor and user downtime/self-support savings for a 2500 PC organization", reads an excerpt from the Wipro whitepaper.