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Many UK NHS Trusts are at risk of missing the extended cut-off deadline for Windows XP support in April 2015, according to the results of several Freedom of Information requests by software firm Citrix.
Although the government acquired a support extension, the FOI request found that the trusts have been slow to make the transition, or are simply unsure when their transition would be complete.
Windows XP is still in use across all 35 UK trusts, and 74 per cent were planning to migrate their last device in March 2015.
David Harley, a former NHS IT manager who now works as a senior researcher with net security firm ESET, told El Reg it's the intention of bodies to migrate (where practical) that's important, and the technologies they intend to use to achieve these goals are secondary concerns.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/03/nhs_slow_to_react_as_windows_xp_takes_its_last_few_breaths/
Although the government acquired a support extension, the FOI request found that the trusts have been slow to make the transition, or are simply unsure when their transition would be complete.
Windows XP is still in use across all 35 UK trusts, and 74 per cent were planning to migrate their last device in March 2015.
David Harley, a former NHS IT manager who now works as a senior researcher with net security firm ESET, told El Reg it's the intention of bodies to migrate (where practical) that's important, and the technologies they intend to use to achieve these goals are secondary concerns.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/03/nhs_slow_to_react_as_windows_xp_takes_its_last_few_breaths/