Windows 7 Enterprise Adoption not as grim as you may think
Several websites have been reporting that Microsoft may have to pay for the troubles faced with Vista when survey results from KACE showed that 84% of the 1142 IT Pros surveyed would not deploy Windows 7 within the next year. Some sites even claimed that most enterprises will not touch Windows 7 until at least 2011. Let’s take a look at some of the other statistics given on Windows 7 Enterprise Adoption:
Credit: KACE
- Economic concerns and worries about compatibility were main factors behind “slow adoption”
- 83% will skip Vista and upgrade directly to Windows 7
- 50% of IT Pros have considered switching to an alternative OS other than Vista and Windows 7
- 42% of the businesses surveyed don’t plan on using Windows 7 until after 2011
- 17% said they’d wait longer than three years before adopting
What others have framed as “next year” actually means “within the next 12 months” from the time the survey was conducted, which was March 2009. With Windows 7 still in Beta and without a release date, 16% is a good percentage for those who are already confident enough for Windows 7 adoption. If Windows 7 is released in Fall 2009 as expected, this means 42% of the IT Pros surveyed are planning to upgrade then, with the earliest being just a few months after Windows 7′s release. Will Windows 7 be the OS that breaks company tradition to wait until SP1 for deployment? This survey says so and is certainly a good sign for Microsoft.
Unfortunately, it seems like the woes with Vista are still being carried on to Windows 7, with software compatibility being the major concern. Although not listed here, 72% of participants were more concerned about migration to Windows 7 than maintaining the out-of-date XP on their computers due to the costs involved.
Credit: KACE (Click to Enlarge)
Here’s another interesting chart showing that Mac OS continues to be the most likely OS to be deployed in place of Vista or 7:
Credit: KACE (Click to Enlarge)
The survey pool consisted of IT professionals, IT executives, and IT managers. None of the participants were offered any compensation and 3% had actually not heard of Windows 7 before (really?). With 40% of Microsoft’s sales coming from volume-licensing contracts, Windows 7 Enterprise Adoption will be crucial for the Redmond company. For more details, you can download the full survey results here.
Do you think Windows 7 will be successful in making its way onto enterprise computers?
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In all honesty: not as well as it should do. Microsoft should force this down people’s throats- it’s a lean, mean OS that demolishes XP in pretty much every respect.
“3% of IT professionals, IT executives, and IT managers had actually not heard of Windows 7″?????!!!!!
REALLY?!
God, this is material for SNL!
i mean, REALLY, what kind of IT pros ARE employed?? REALLY?!
I didn’t believe it either I had to re-read the last portion of the survey must time. The only other possibility would be that they got some random computer people who haven’t heard of win 7 but that wouldn’t make sense…
How can you be in IT and not know about Windows 7?!
[...] According to the results of the KACE survey, more than 80% of IT Pros plan to upgrade to Windows 7 by 36 months, which is phenomenal compared to the 30-40% adoption rate of XP. A similar study was also conducted by an investment bank that focuses on technology, called Pacific Crest Securities. 80 IT decision makers working at enterprises of over 1000 employees were surveyed. The results show a much brighter future for Windows 7 Enterprise adoption than the KACE results: [...]
[...] According to the results of the KACE survey, more than 80% of IT Pros plan to upgrade to Windows 7 by 36 months, which is phenomenal compared to the 30-40% adoption rate of XP. A similar study was also conducted by an investment bank that focuses on technology, called Pacific Crest Securities. 80 IT decision makers working at enterprises of over 1000 employees were surveyed. The results show a much brighter future for Windows 7 Enterprise adoption than the KACE results: [...]
Personally I am hoping Microsoft learns from its past lessons, however with rumors going around about high pricing for Windows 7, it shows that they still don’t get it. Personally, I am done dealing with high costs and continuous issues like this. I’ve moved to Fedora Linux, and I couldn’t be happier. No more pricing games, politics, high hardware costs, and other problems of Microsoft.