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How to Upgrade from Windows XP with Cloud Computing

Microsoft initially released Windows XP twelve years ago on October 25, 2001, and it will finally

be ending its support for the operating syste less than three onths fro now on !pril ",

201#$ %hough businesses will still be able to use Windows XP, Microsoft will no longer be

providing free &% support or security patches for the O' after that date$ %his eans that

Windows XP users will have to start paying for O'(related technical support and that the O'

won)t be able to protect itself fro any alware or hac*ing ethods that eerge after the final

security update$ +usinesses don)t igrate their entire &% infrastructure off of Windows XP by

!pril " will see their &% costs go up significantly and are alost guaranteeing that they will be the

victi of a aor security breach at soe point$

-espite the conse.uences of reaining on Windows XP, however, ore than one(fourth of all

coputers in the world /2 percent, to be eact are still running the twelve(year(old operating

syste$ &t)s possible that soe of these stragglers are siply unaware of the approaching

deadline, but even soe businesses that are aware of what will happen on !pril ", 201#, are

still stic*ing with the operating syste because of the cost, copleity, or incopatibility of

igration$ 3onsidering that a new, id(range des*top running Windows 4 or Windows " costs

about 5006 that one has to purchase and install Windows 7ista to directly upgrade a coputer

fro Windows XP to Windows 4 or Windows " 6and that not all Windows XP applications are

copatible with or have an e.uivalent version on Windows 4 or Windows ", it begins to a*e

ore sense that 89 percent of &% professionals don)t intend to igrate their Windows XP

coputers to a newer version of Windows before the deadline$

%here)s a way to upgrade to Windows that)s not costly, cople, or rife with copatibility issues,

and that)s by signing up for Windows 4 or Windows " hosted des*tops or anaged server

hosting fro a cloud des*top provider$ :osted des*tops are web(based &% solutions offered by

cloud des*top providers /cloud data security eperts that appear and perfor eactly li*e

locally(installed Windows 4 or Windows " des*top operating systes$ %hey don)t re.uire the

purchase of any new onsite servers or P3 wor*stations;Windows 4 and Windows " hosted

des*tops can be accessed fro anywhere with any &nternet(connected device, including

Windows XP coputers$ !lternatively, businesses can use anaged server hosting ordedicated server hosting to host Windows 4 and Windows " applications and access these fro

a Windows XP coputer /or any other device$

%o upgrade fro Windows XP to Windows 4 or Windows ", businesses should contact a cloud

hosting provider and sign up for hosted des*tops or anaged server hosting today$

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