Windows 8 also forms part of Express Data's technology roadmap.

CEO, David Gage, said the company strongly supports the application model on which Microsoft is focusing.

"We expect to see a progressive transition supported by our bring-your-own strategy, corporate Cloud services, and application initiatives," he said.

ASI Solutions is in the same boat. "There's some anxiety [around its features]... but I think that will soon evaporate," product manager, Craig Quinn, said. "Once some of the features get used and adapted to, it will succeed."