Maintaining Windows XP After April 8 May Cost 
1,190 Crore/Year
NEW DELHI: As Microsoft ends support for its popular Windows XP on April 8, the overall annual maintenance bill for Indian firms with PCs running on this operating system, especially banks and financial institutions, could shoot up to $192 million (about 
1,190 crore).
The US-based software giant today said its PC install base for large enterprises in India is about 4 million units, of which around 84 per cent have migrated from the Windows XP.
According to research firm IDC the cost of maintaining a PC that runs on Windows XP OS after April 8, could run up to $300 per PC per year, as against the present cost of $75-100.
Windows XP - launched in October 2001 - is three generations behind the latest operating system Windows 8, that was launched in October 2012. The current XP version is called Windows XP Service Pack 3. Microsoft will stop support service to 'Windows XP' OS from April 8.
"Our customers use Windows OS to run critical processes, which help them at work and in their lives. It is important for them to move from XP. At present about 84 per cent have stopped using this," Microsoft India Managing Director Karan Bajwa said here.
Of the 16 per cent still using Windows XP, BFSI segment and state-owned enterprises have the lion's share (35 per cent each) followed by manufacturing, communication, IT-ITeS, etc, he added.
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