Businesses must evaluate Windows 8 now, experts say

24.10.2012
Businesses should be looking at 8 even if they are dead certain it won't be their operating system of choice for years to come, experts say.

That's because of widespread bring-your-own-device programs that will inevitably bring Windows 8 tablets into the workplace and IT departments will have to give them a thumbs up or thumbs down.

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That means buying Windows 8 devices, working with them in the IT department, testing them in laboratory-simulated work environments and running limited pilot deployments among likely users, says David Johnson, an analyst with Forrester.