Why Windows 8 has businesses in stitches

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An upgrade to Windows 8 is not even on the radar of the majority of businesses, with most firms yet to fully make the switch to Microsoft’s previous OS according to a Gartner analyst.

Most businesses aren’t ready to upgrade to Windows 8 and have no plans to do so, according to analyst house Gartner. The majority of firms surveyed by Gartner have not finished making the switch to Windows 7, the report by research director Gunnar Berger said.

“We recently did a large field research study and specifically asked all of our interviewees if they were looking at Windows 8, most laughed,” he said. Not only are companies unprepared for the upgrade to the forthcoming Microsoft OS, they are also likely to hold back for fear of being burned by technical and performance problems, having learned from the difficulties that afflicted early adopters of Windows Vista, he said.

The reported apathy towards Microsoft’s new OS, with its focus on working with touch-based computers like tablets, echoes the reservations of TechRepublic’s CIO Jury, who recently voted no by a ratio of nine to three when asked whether the new features in Windows 8 made it attractive to their organization.
Writing on ZDNet Larry Dignan predicts that the more likely upgrade path for enterprise will go from Windows 7 to Windows 9 and skip the eighth incarnation.

Another barrier facing Windows 8 when it comes to enterprise adoption is what Berger describes as its lacklustre handling on desktop PCs with a mouse and keyboard, a staple of the modern workplace.
Describing how it handles on non-touch screen devices Berger said: “In a word: Bad.”, primarily because the OS is unintuitive.

“Extremely important menus in Windows 8 are hidden off screen, easily brought in when using a touch and swiping with your thumbs, are absent when using a mouse,” he said.
“Prior to this incident, I can’t tell you the last time I had to ask someone how to do something in a client OS.”

As far as enterprise adoption goes Microsoft’s best route into business may be on consumer tablets, as the number of people using personal devices in the workplace continues to increase. Gartner’s Berger predicts that IT departments will prefer supporting Windows 8 on consumer devices compared to alternative tablet platforms, as it will afford them greater control.

 

Cloud Computing might take some time to roll out in Africa!!!!

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Cloud Computing might take some time to roll out in Africa!!!!

As I read today’s Monitor Newspaper, I come across this page that talks about cloud computing and how it’s the new type of technology to reach for… Well as an IT specialist with a good knowledge on the Ugandan computer technology…we still have a long way to go.

Well the fact that most corporate businesses that deal in large chunks of data still have a problem of getting that first internet for a mere VPN connection this seems to be a big dream in the world of computer technology in Uganda.

In Uganda or Africa at large the internet is still known to be a luxury to have….making it very expensive to attain and in return a good business for big ISP companies such as MTN, INTERSAT, iWay…name it, it still finds Uganda or Africa struggling to attain their utmost potential of the cloud computing.

When you talk about cloud computing you are not only talking about Facebook, Twitter or Gmail which is basically SaaS (Software as a Service)….well that can be simply accessed from an even slow internet connection. We are talking about the ability to store Giga Bytes of data onto the web within minutes thus saving time and money.

People need to consider the factors that come along with this service such as PaaS (Platform as a Service) or and IaaS (infrastructure as a Service) of which is a vital component in developing one’s cloud computing environment. For one to have this service rolled out in their corporate environments…one needs to put more resources into these services and this means more costs. You don’t just develop and infrastructure from nowhere without consulting professionals. One needs to consider the security implications that come with it as well.

Recently the Mulago hospital hosted its website on an off premise server of another company that got hacked by a Muslim group..Posting up Islamic chants on their web site. So clearly there was not much effort put into this as they rolled this out.

All in all as cloud computing gets its part of the Information Technology fame…one should also note the key factors that come with it so that they can prevent losses to their companies and organizations.