Qingdao Logistics company CIO:XP decommissioning system upgrade slow down.

April 8, Microsoft will completely stop the XP system support services, no longer release the official XP system bug patch. This also means that Microsoft will completely abandon Windows XP, the so-called "most successful operating system in history." Security experts say that XP is far more secure than Win7, and will face more security threats after losing Microsoft vulnerability protection. However, according to a survey, only 16% of companies plan to implement WIN7 or higher versions within a year, and more than One-third say they will continue to reside on the XP platform. In the face of the upcoming April 8, Enterprise CIOs are ready? Figure: Qingdao, an international logistics company stable Operation: is the Enterprise information first "XP Exit for the entire logistics industry is a huge impact, not only the cost of the problem, but also compatibility and security issues, will enable the industry to rethink its IT planning. "Talking about the retirement of XP, Qingdao, an international logistics company, CIO Chen manager said, is looking for solutions," originally is the purchase point of memory, directly upgraded! But later see found that our common software under the Win7 is not very good operation, that is, compatibility is not very good, so the implementation of Windows upgrades, The solution is currently being tried. " Keeping the current business running is the first fundamental principle, Chen said, "Our software developers are all about XP development." For example, freight forwarding system, fax system, can not be very good support Win7. Most crucially, our fax server and Win7 are currently not well compatible. Fax is our daily use in large quantities, everything directly affects business efficiency. "Talking about system upgrades, Mr. Chen wants to be able to upgrade directly to WIN8," he said, "We have plans to switch directly to WIN8, and if one day Win7 is as retired as XP, it is a blow to the business." So to be on the safe side, we set up the docking of the business system with the WIN8. However, compatibility with the current system is the first. "Upgrade cost: Unbearable weight" according to Microsoft's official website, currently, the official price of Windows 8 system is 988 yuan. For the individual is more relaxed, less than thousand yuan can change a system, up to thousands of yuan can be changed to a new computer. But for a mid-sized logistics company with thousands of employees and hundreds of PCs, the cost is not low. In particular, the company freight forwarding, fax, OA, logistics and other business systems to upgrade the cost of higher, and such business systems are mostly based on custom development. For this type of business system cost situation. The Director of research and development of the strong software director said that the current Office application system is based on the number of registered users. To OA, for example, a set of users in 50-100 of the OA upgrade to the new system, the cost of about 250,000, the more users, the higher the charge, logistics management software SCM is probably so. Therefore, many enterprises (especially those who have introduced a number of different management software enterprises) can afford software, but cannot afford, upgrade software. Security threats: indelible shadows likeThe face of XP stop service after all kinds of alarmism, let the enterprise uneasy. There are many enterprise IT managers worry, XP stop updating, disconnect the service after the most fear is the outbreak of shock waves, shock wave and so on worm virus. If similar worms occur in the future, it will be a disaster for companies that rely heavily on information, automate Office, and still make XP. Figure: The retiring XP system according to the IDC report shows that XP in the absence of updates, the probability of virus infection is 8 of win six times times. Not only that, when XP stops updating, there is a lack of support for newer software, hardware, and games. "To tell the truth, we are very tangled at the moment, XP is not safe, win7\win8 incompatible!" Manager Chen smiled bitterly. There is an urgent need for an expedient approach: to ensure safe and compatible, cost-effective practices. Third-party protection: Let the fish and bear the cake. At present, the domestic security manufacturers have announced the introduction of the XP system for the protection scheme, providing vulnerability repair, system reinforcement and other functions. For example, 360 launched the "XP Shield" Enterprise version, there will be hot patch repair, system hardening and the use of dangerous applications such as isolation, can enhance the XP system of Trojan virus immunity, to prevent all kinds of XP vulnerability attacks. 360 Enterprise Safety One person in charge said, in addition to "XP Shield Enterprise version, 360 also launched 360 days XP reinforced version." "This product in addition to the" XP Shield "Enterprise version of all the features, but also provides a ' black and white list ' strategy and ' failback ' management, so that the computer software, safe and orderly. For example, IE can only browse through the Internet, cannot read document files, office only allows office, prohibit networking communication. "In the face of the security company's various safeguards, Mr. Chen relieved a lot." "I also saw Microsoft's partnership statement with 360," he said. However, we will still transfer to WIN8, after all, this is the trend. But the time will be longer, all of the switches are estimated to take 2-3 years. During this transition period, it is secured by third-party security software. "For specific budget inputs, Mr. Chen did not give specific figures. In his view, gradual switching is the best solution for the moment, with both reduced risk and cost-input.