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Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

January 17, 2008

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Windows Vista is making its way into more mainstream U.S. businesses, according to a CDW poll of more than 750 IT decision-makers.In fact, nearly half of those poll respondents said they were in some phase of testing or implementation of Microsoft?s latest operating system.

Findings include:

  • Small companies account for the largest percentage of businesses--53 percent--using or evaluating Vista, followed by 49 percent in higher education and 48 percent of midsize and large businesses.

  • Thirty-five percent of surveyed companies are in the process of actually migrating to Vista, up from 12 percent last February.

  • Close to 50 percent of surveyed companies that are evaluating or using Vista say it?s performing better than they expected on key features, including security and search and organization capabilities.

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About the Author

Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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