Auxilion warns of looming Windows 10 countdown

Martin Patterson, head of digital services, Auxilion, with Shirley Finnerty, Microsoft 365 business group lead PicChris Bellew/Fennells

Irish business has less than 12 months to upgrade from Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system to 10 or face potentially serious cost issues and security threats, according to a new report by Irish-owned IT services company Auxilion.

Microsoft has announced that support for Windows 7 will end on January 14, 2020. Extended support will be available beyond this date, but at a cost and with the price increasing each year.

“If organisations haven’t ...