It took longer than expected

One of the most striking aspects that we have seen in the last year is the one that refers to the perhaps extreme slowness of some organizations and companies to adapt and update their operating systems to more modern versions. Something that has become clear with the latest attacks that have put their finger on the wound of a latent problem and hitherto unknown to many

There are companies and organizations (and many individuals) whose computers continue to work with obsolete versions of Windows. The clearest example is the bank, whose ATMs in a good percentage continue to use Windows XP.And in public institutions we also have examples. In Spain and in the rest of the world, like the case at hand, albeit late, in this case they have finished making the leap to Windows 10. It is the Department of Defense of the United States.

An organization that planned to end the transition of its computers to Windows 10 throughout the month of January, although Finally, it has been delayed until the end of March, specifically on the 31st, the date set in second instance to complete the process.

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This is a logical measure, especially when we are talking about an institution that manages what may be the most powerful army on the planetLeaving something like this exposed to a cyberattack for not having their computers protected could pose slight problems that we don&39;t even want to think about."

Thanks to the adoption of Windows 10 (in general any updated _software_) greater protection is guaranteed, since the patches that are released to prevent possible defects arrive earlier in time than other older versions, if they still have support. In addition, Microsoft, like other developers, is mostly focused on the most recent versions of its systems.

In this way, the Department of Defense of the United States updates a large part of its equipment, which can operate with Windows 10, while those of us who cannot assume the latest version of the operating system from Redmond assume that they will pass away.

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Windows Version Market Share

Therefore and in view of this movement, the institution that manages the US defense is among the organizations and companies that already have Windows 10how operating system.In fact, as of March 2018, Windows 10 is present in 43.95% of computers worldwide and the number of companies and organizations that use it already reaches 32%.

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