While Windows 10 adoption continues to make strides among consumers, the same is not true for businesses, where upgrading to a new operating system is typically a more complex process. procedure which includes endless application compatibility tests and possible hardware upgrades.
A survey conducted by Spiceworks shows that enterprise adoption of Windows 10 is still progressing much slower than Microsoft expected, with Windows 7 still the preferred choice.
In particular, Spiceworks reports that Windows 7 is the top choice in the enterprise sector with a percentage reaching 69 percent, while Windows XP comes in second with a percentage of 14 percent. Windows 10 is in third place with 9 percent, followed by Windows 8 at 5 percent, Mac OS, Vista, and others at 1 percent each.
In other words, Window XP has more users in the business market than Window 10, although 2001's launch started, and security updates and patches stopped running on 8 April 2014.
Regarding Window OS penetration rate, research shows that 9% of businesses still use Windowws Vista (the penetration rate represents the percentage of companies performing at least once a new operating system installation).
In addition, 52% of businesses continue to run Window XP in at least one system, while Window 7 reaches 87 percent.
“As expected, Windows 7 still has the highest penetration rate among enterprises around the world with a figure reaching 87%, but in the near future it could lose quite a large share. As we approach two years since the release of Windows 10 (July 29, 2015), the data presented by Spiceworks show that 54% of enterprises worldwide have adopted Windows 10 in their network usage.”
Here to mention that the support of Windows Vista is coming to an end on April 11th and that Windows XP has been out of support since 2014. So Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are the only versions that businesses can use for more security.
