14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 is already seeing early signs of success in the enterprise field, as more and more companies are looking at the new operating system and evaluating a possible upgrade in the coming months.
That’s what research firm Gartner explains when looking at adoption figures in the enterprise field for both Windows 10 and Windows 7, saying that the new OS easily outclasses its predecessors.
Gartner analyst Steve Kleynhans has told CW in an interview that the enterprise market has changed the way it prepares for upgrades now that Windows 10 is available, asking questions that are more related to the way of deploying the OS rather than the changes it brings and why they should upgrade.
“The level of interest expressed by our customer base, the type of questions they asking, indicates a much more rapid shift to Windows 10 than any previous operating system,” Kleynhans is quoted as saying. “Here we have seen that compressed, to about nine months. [Enterprises] are already asking 'How should we do it?' and 'How are others' pilots doing?’”
2016 - the year of enterprise in the Windows 10 world
Enterprises still see Windows 10 as a rather new product, as the original platform launched in July 2015 was considered to be unfinished and stable. So the November Update, also labeled as 1511, is the one that improved the performance of Windows 10 to a point that makes the platform much more appealing to enterprises.
“From an enterprise standpoint, Windows 10 wasn't complete or stable until about eight weeks ago. So from their perspective, the OS is only a couple of months old,” the analyst adds.
According to Microsoft’s very own statements, Windows 10 was running in early January on 200 million devices across the world, with 22 million of these being used by enterprises.
Analysts expect 2016 to be the year of enterprises in the Windows 10 world, but for the moment, the majority of businesses and organizations are only evaluating and piloting the operating system, so the wave of migration is yet to start.