14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 is currently running on 110 million PCs, according to Microsoft's latest stats, and 14 million out of these belong to enterprises, official statistics reveal. But a much bigger number of enterprises will actually upgrade to Windows 10 next year, a survey performed by Forrester Research shows.
49 percent of the respondents claim that they plan to upgrade to Windows 10 next year, but Forrester says that not everyone will actually do this because the option to delay the switch will always be on the table, at least until 2020, when support for Windows 7 ends.
Windows 7 is still running on many company PCs, so until Microsoft stops releasing updates and security patches, many see no reason to invest in another OS upgrade - keep in mind that Windows 10 isn't coming free of charge for enterprises, so they all have to purchase licenses.
A lot more successful than Windows 8
But what's very important to Microsoft is the fact that enterprises see Windows 10 as a much more appealing product than Windows 8.
The same study performed by Forrester in 2012 revealed at that time that only 22 percent of the enterprises planned to upgrade to Windows 8, BI writes, which means that the number of those considering a move to Windows 10 is more than double.
What's more, workers also see Windows 10 as a much better product and 38 percent of them say they want the new operating system to power their computers. 9 percent of them claimed the switch to Windows 10 had already been made for their work devices.
This is exciting news for Microsoft, as the company has a goal of bringing Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2017, and enterprises clearly play a key role here. Expect updated Windows 10 adoption figures to be provided soon, most likely when the company launches Windows 10 Mobile later this month.