The Hindu Business Line : Vista migration on fast track, says MS(India) COO

Based on user feedback, a Service Pack is set for release in later part of the first quarter this year. — Mr Doug Hauger, Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft India

V. Rishi Kumar

Hyderabad, Jan. 27

After technology companies such as Infosys, TCS, Satyam, Wipro, and even the Indian Railways migrating to the Microsoft Corporation’s latest operating system, Vista, it is the turn of other enterprise customers and personal computer users to deploy the new generation OS with in-built security.

The advantages of this operating system have been brought about through representative cases of enterprises and independent agencies such as International Data Corporation.

They have quantified the benefits and the total cost of ownership (TCO) with the new OS as a productivity enhancer.

While the adoption is for increased acceleration, it is time to roll out a service pack that plugs some of the minor loopholes in the operating system.

Based on user feedback, this Service Pack (SP1) is set for release in later part of the first quarter this year, according to Mr Doug Hauger, Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft India.

Vista advantages

In a conversation with Business Line, Mr Hauger said the message about Vista advantages is gradually percolating in terms of its costs and productivity. Most often users tend to compare prices with the Vista Premium edition, while there are six different operating systems.

Typically, with the operating system cost working out to about a tenth of a personal computer, there is no longer any hesitation about the need to buy the product. Second, a Rs 15,000 PC can be loaded with Vista, he explained.

However, there continues to be some wrong perceptions about cost of operating system and affordability. As information about its advantages reaches out, they do not hesitate, he explained.

6 lakh licences

For a similar period when the Windows XP was launched, Vista has outsold it by over two times (about 6 lakh licences) and the adoption is poised for acceleration, he said quoting some of the case studies.

These include Vista adoption in technology firms, Siemens BPO, Larsen & Toubro, and Indian Railways among others. In fact, for BPOs the savings is that much more as they need not maintain different PCs when a shift changes through desk top optimisation.

In fact, savings has been quantified through TCO for Vista. Wipro report says that the saving is about $605 per PC annually, about 14 per cent lower than XP. Siemens BPO has saved about $1,400 per agent.

Asked about the migration issues, Mr Hauger said tools make it swift and easy, and enables them to seamlessly transit. The SP1 has been co-developed by teams at Redmond and R&D labs in Hyderabad.

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