Voices: Indian CIOs On Windows 8
Added 25th Oct 2011Software All the talk around Microsoft’s new operating system has got users and the enterprise taking notice of the changes Windows 8 promises to make. To find out more about what Indian CIOs think, Shweta Rao spoke to your peers. Here's what they said.
Though Windows is always at its best where user-friendliness is concerned what we expect from Windows 8 is how it will address vulnerability and virus
issues effectively when compared to its earlier versions.” -S. Ramakrishnan, Chief Information & Technology Officer, TAFE
“We have deployed the Windows OS in our company consistently and are awaiting Windows 8’s release. We have a small percentage of users on Windows 7 but a relatively large Windows XP user base. Hence, our move towards Windows 8 will be driven primarily by end of Windows XP support in 2014.” -
Harish Bhavanasi, Director-IS, UST Global
“I was pretty impressed with one Windows 8 feature called ‘Windows to Go’, making it possible to carry and boot Windows from a USB drive. The Windows 8’s GUI also seems to be more user-friendly. Although, I’d still want to wait. We don’t want to get into a ‘Vista-kinda’ situation, where one faced issues post-deployment." -Raghu Kumar Paruchuri, Head-ERP & IT, Tata Power Strategic Electronics Division
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