Tuesday, January 31, 2012
2012 Make or Break Year for Windows Migrations
Manchester (UK) and Boston (MA)
2012 is an Olympic year, not just for the games in London, but
Avecto predicts also for organisations planning Windows 7 roll outs
to get it right.
Avecto today predicted that 2012 is the year organisations need
to concentrate on getting their Microsoft migrations right, or risk
being out of the game. The leader in privilege management warned,
with Windows XP expected to have been phased out by 2014,
organisations must 'get it right' as they migrate across to Windows
7.
Avecto's co-founder and chief technology officer, Mark Austin,
stated, "Today's workforce is increasingly mobile, and demands
devices to facilitate this. With the Windows 7 - and even Windows 8
- operating systems, Microsoft is enabling this trend and most
enterprises are either in the process or planning to migrate
across. However it is a complex process, with many pitfalls, and
getting it wrong can be expensive and inherently risky." Avecto's
advice is to, "Act now, and invest in the right technology, to make
your migration secure, cost-effective and easy to manage."
Avecto is also predicting an increased focus on endpoint
security. It believes corporates will need to re-embrace solutions
that are able to detect the criminals' increasingly diverse arsenal
of threats, crucial in the battle against stealthy and persistent
malware. In fact, with many malware attacks mitigated and even
eliminated with better control over application execution and user
privileges, the adoption of application control and privilege
management solutions within the operating system will increase in
order to provide a more pro-active approach to endpoint
security.
In its final prediction Avecto anticipates that compliance will
be the key differentiator for cloud based providers in 2012. Austin
concludes, "If cloud providers are to appeal to customers in highly
regulated industries then administrator access, and their actions
on servers in the data-centres, needs to be better controlled and
monitored. The security of servers in the data-centres of cloud
providers will drive more innovative security offerings at the
hypervisor level. This in turn will then allow the security
software to get a complete view of the hosted servers, especially
when dealing with stealthy attacks."
About Avecto
Avecto is the leader in Windows privilege management, helping
organizations to deploy secure and compliant desktops and servers.
With its award winning Privilege Guard technology, organizations
can now empower all Windows based desktop and server users with the
privileges they require to perform their roles, without
compromising the integrity and security of their systems.
Customers of all sizes rely on Avecto to reduce operating
expenses and strengthen security across their Windows based
environments. Our mission is to enable our customers to lower
operating costs and improve system security by implementing least
privilege. Avecto is building a worldwide channel of partners and
system integrators and is headquartered in Manchester, UK with key
regional offices in Andover, MA.
Contact:
Donna Shaw
donna.shaw@avecto.com
Regine Hartmann
Regine@eskenzipr.com
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