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Distributor's Link Magazine Spring Issue 2014

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12 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Joe Dysart Joe Dysart is an Internet speaker and business consultant based in Thousand Oaks, California. A journalist for 20 years, his articles have appeared in more than 40 publications, including The New York Times and The Financial Times of London. During the past decade, his work has focused exclusively on ecommerce. Voice: (631) 256-6602; web: www.joedysart.com; email: joe@joedysart.com. CRUISIN’ FOR A BRUISIN’: FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS STILL USING WINDOWS XP AFTER APRIL 2014 COURT PERIL Fastener distributors still using Windows XP after April 8, 2014 will be courting peril, according to countless IT experts, given that all Microsoft support for the operating system ends on that day – leaving XP forever vulnerable to new security breaches. “The importance of upgrading from Windows XP cannot be overstated,” says Tim Rains, director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing. “We truly want people to understand the risks of running Windows XP after support ends, and to recognize the security benefits of upgrading to a more modern operating system.” Moreover, many IT security analysts are also predicting that hackers will have a field day poking holes in XP’s security after Microsoft abandons the OS in April. Those hackers know full well that that any security vulnerabilities they find in XP will no longer be patched by the software maker after April 8, 2014. IT security analysts also predict that a rash of hacker attacks will be unleashed on unsuspecting XP users as soon as the deadline passes. The reason Many hackers are currently discovering and squirreling away new flaws in XP’s security, knowing these vulnerabilities will last forever once XP takes the dirt nap. More than 12-years-old, the extremely popular Windows XP is still used by many fastener distributors and on 31% of PCs worldwide, according to Net Applications (www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-marketshare.aspxqpcustomb=0&qprid=11) with business use much higher. Indeed, a Fall 2013 study by Dimensional Research found that 47% of businesses worldwide had not completed Above: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is anticipating a spike in Windows 7 and 8 sales as XP fades into obsolescence. Below: Windows 8 has been derided by many as a move to force-feed touch-screen computing to traditional PC users. their migrations from Windows XP to Windows 7 or 8. An additional 16% had not even started to migrate. “The deadline is looming,” says Mahesh Kumar, chief marketing officer for BDNA (www.bdna.com), an IT consulting firm. “People are saying, ‘Oh my God. I have to get it done.’” The extreme reluctance of fastener distributors and other businesses to migrate from XP has been a source of much consternation at Microsoft, which for years has been beseeching firms to move to more modern versions of the operating system. The problem, in part, is that XP was -- and is -- a home run for Microsoft. Over the years, the OS has earned a reputation as very stable and very reliable. Plus, XP runs many software programs that are simply not compatible with later versions of Windows – a major sticking point for businesses. Understandably, businesses are in no rush to migrate away from XP, knowing full well they’ll also be forced to re-purchase newer versions of the same applications that run just fine on their XP computers. The reluctance to upgrade has also been exacerbated by the memory on fastener distributors and at other businesses of Microsoft’s release of Windows Vista, which initially had major compatibility problems with peripheral hardware, and ran slower than XP on many PCs. And while Microsoft’s follow-up OS, Windows 7, was generally cheered, its latest offering – Windows 8 – again has the Redmond goliath in the dog-house. This time, the newest version of Windows has drawn a rash of sneers for its radical new look-and-feel, which is designed to force-feed touch-screen computing to traditional PC users, like it or not. please turn to page 112

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