Windows 7 does not meet the requirements of modern technology, nor the security requirements of IT departments.<\/p>\n
This is according to Markus Nitschke, Head of Windows at Microsoft Germany, who was quoted by Neowin<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Windows 7 was developed for use in the late 2000s and basic support for the operating system ended two years ago.<\/p>\n Since then, users have received important security updates, but no new functionality.<\/p>\n Microsoft\u2019s Milad Aslaner said<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Windows 7 is based on long-outdated security architectures.<\/p>\n Corporate customers should deal with the transition to a more modern operating system around three years before support ends for their current systems, he said.<\/p>\n Companies using Windows 7 for applications with sensitive data will face dangers.<\/p>\n Nitschke said since Windows XP, they saw that companies should take early steps to avoid future risks or costs.<\/p>\n Nitschke and Aslaner advised companies to move to Windows 10.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Windows 10, we offer our customers the highest level of security and functionality at the cutting edge.”<\/p>\n Microsoft\u2019s Markus Nitschke says Windows 7 does not meet the requirements of modern technology, nor the security requirements of IT departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":110808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123,26970,5214],"class_list":["post-194862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-microsoft","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194862"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194872,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194862\/revisions\/194872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read:\u00a0Windows 10 is getting a high-performance Game Mode<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"