CIOs speak out: Vista’s dying, but the iPhone ain’t bad
Vista’s rather topsy-turvy life has, at the very least, demonstrated that the corporate and business worlds can truly decide the fate of an operating system. CIOs from around the U.S. and Europe have spoken, and the verdict isn’t a good one for Microsoft’s drowning operating system.
The Wall Street Journal recently posted a blog entry that included data from a survey conducted by Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi. Sacconaghi conducted a survey of European and U.S. CIOs (Chief Information Officer) on adoption rates of Windows Vista and the Apple iPhone. The results are very interesting, indeed.
In May of last year, nearly 30% of CIOs planned on adopting Windows Vista. That number deteriorated to a scant 16% in November, and this May only 10% have begun upgrading to Window’s latest and greatest. The survey attributes the low adoption rates to a lack of appreciation for the security and productivity tools that Vista has.
Microsoft’s rival of sorts, Apple, has been pushing for corporate adoption of its wonder handset the iPhone for a while now, and the survey also demonstrated that most CIOs weren’t too fond of purchasing handsets for its employees, at least from the release date of the iPhone until May. Only 2% of CIOs planned on purchasing iPhones for their employees when surveyed in May. However, 10% of CIOs were OK with their employees purchasing iPhones on their own, and the survey demonstrated 25% of CIOs would be willing to work with employees who purchased personal iPhones in the next year.
Interestingly, that adoption rate does not include any information pertaining to Apple’s recent announcements of “push” technology into the iPhone 3G, a device that promises to be a big hit with businesses everywhere. Weighing in at a lean $199 as well as having 3G and push capabilities should drive that estimated adoption rate through the roof.
Vista, on the other hand, might not be so lucky.
Related Posts:
June 18th, 2008
Are there any analysis and survey reports for Apple 3G iPhone made after June 9 Apple WWDC 2008 to show some real correct data?
June 18th, 2008
Wow 2%. Seems Apple is as popular in the enterprise as it’s always been.
June 19th, 2008
How biased can this report be. 2% adoption rate inside IT divisions defines iPhones as ‘ain’t bad’. Get a grip.
June 19th, 2008
As long as I’m in the 2% (which I am) that’s just fine. Really.
You go ahead and stick with what you chose.
I don’t show my computer to any M$ fan, I don’t let them see OS X and I don’t let them look at my iPhone.
I treat them like I treat SUV drivers now that we’re at the $4 gallon.
Step away from my Prius.
June 19th, 2008
You know, there is justice when Gates and his dupes are stuck running Vista on a Dell listening to music on a zune and surfing the net on IE.
I’ll take my 2% allll day.
June 19th, 2008
the survey demonstrates that the adoption rate is going up, regardless of input since the wwdc keynote. I simply reasoned that, as price and office technology were a factor in the lack of adoption of the first-gen iphone, those support numbers (that were already projected to increase) would increase even more.
June 19th, 2008
The devil, as always, is in the details….
10% may not seem like much, but if it goes to 25% in a year, that represents a 2.5 fold increase. The trend is in the right direction for the iPhone…
Vista, on the other hand, is moving in the opposite direction.
At the end of the day, markets work. The iPhone is a solid, beautiful piece of tech. Some will never want a virtual keyboard, but lots of folks don’t mind it. I expect the iPhone to penetrate the enterprise market within a few years….
On the other hand, Vista is a piece of… Well, it actually is NOT a bad piece of software. But the launch was botched, and the size and system requirements of Vista are so large that no one except the most flush company is going to upgrade, because much of their existing hardware won’t like it. It is hard to believe MS did not see that fundamental problem. Add in the clusterf**k that is “Vista Ready” vs “Vista Capable,” plus the 4 or 5 available versions, and you’ve got an act of corporate suicide on MS’s part.