Strong Windows 10 Adoption Bodes Well for Channel
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Strong Windows 10 Adoption Bodes Well for Channel
Windows 10 adoption is accelerating. The new OS represents an opportunity for upgrading hardware and delivering a broad range of new software and services. -
Windows 10 Adoption Rate
The current Windows 10 penetration rate in the business environment stands at 18% after six months of availability. -
Pace of Windows 10 Growth
The Windows 10 penetration rate has increased by 7 percentage points since last October. Windows 10 is the most quickly adopted Windows OS and is well on track to reach 40% by the end of July 2016. -
Number of Windows 10 Devices
Among the organizations using Windows 10, approximately 40% have three or more Windows 10 devices. This suggests that while some companies are still testing on one or two boxes, many others have started to move past the initial testing phases. -
Windows 10 Adoption by Region
Businesses in North America continue to lead the Windows 10 charge six months in, with an average penetration rate of 19.3%, followed by Europe, the Middle East and Africa (18.1%), Latin America at (16.1%) and the Asia-Pacific region (14.4%). -
Windows 10 Adoption by Company Size
Windows 10 devices are present in more midsize and large businesses than in smaller companies. For example, the penetration rate among companies with more than 500 people (31%) is three times as high as the rate at companies with 50 or fewer employees (10%). -
Windows 10 Adoption by Industry
The software industry is way ahead of the curve with a penetration rate of 28.2%, about 10 percentage points higher than the baseline of 18% that includes all industries. The manufacturing and energy industries were not far behind, with penetration rates of 23% and 21%, respectively. -
Impact of Free Windows 10 Upgrade
A full 64% of survey respondents said that they were more likely to adopt Windows 10 because of the free upgrade offer. -
Windows 10 vs. Windows 7
It took approximately one year for Windows 7 to pass the 200 million device usage mark. Windows 10 accomplished the same feat in approximately half the time of Windows 7. -
Windows 10 vs. Windows 8
The Spiceworks data shows that the Windows 8 penetration rate in businesses was only 9.3% six months after its launch. In contrast, Windows 10 penetration reached a rate nearly twice as high (18%) within the same time period.
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Why Metrics Matter to the Channel Solution providers are watching the rate at which companies are adopting Windows 10. After all, Windows 10 represents an opportunity for upgrading hardware and delivering a broad range of new software and services. Six months after the new OS became available, the rate of Windows 10 adoption stands at 18 percent, much faster than for either Windows 7 or Windows 8 in the same time frame, according to new research based on anonymized data collected by Spiceworks, a provider of IT management tools. Microsoft has reported that more than 200 million devices worldwide are already running Windows 10, including 22 million business PCs. The tech giant also noted that 76 percent of its enterprise customers are piloting Windows 10, and its ultimate goal is to have a billion devices running Windows 10 within two to three years. That augers well for solution providers that have much riding on the rate of change the OS is driving. The good news in that regard is that Spiceworks is forecasting that Windows 10 penetration will reach 40 percent by July. Channel Insider looks at key findings from the study.