Many point-of-sale (POS) that are still in the version of Windows Embedded Windows XP are then presented with a serious challenge. Some even speak of a potential disaster for the security in the making! What April 8, 2014 - the date on which this operating system comes to an official end support - to bring? Your point of sale system and, therefore, your business will, to suffer so? The concern is understandable.
The companies and the retailers that use Windows XP to run their POS systems were not only without the support of Microsoft, but the owners may also be in violation of the rules of conformity for the safety of the paper industry Eurocard. Those standards require that all system components and software are protected against known with the latest security patches installed by the supplier within one month of its release vulnerability.
And 'therefore quite possible that these systems running Windows XP can automatically switch to the future security scans standardized and make companies claim to heavy fines for help because of this reason. No wonder: with places obsolete both corporate and customer data at risk due to the increased probability of platform security breaches. To solve these problems, Microsoft has decided to continue to provide critical fixes for Windows XP Embedded operating systems on ATMs until January 2016 According to reports, an impressive number of ATM -. More than ninety per cent! - Also works on this version of Windows!
In recent years, Windows XP has faced a number of pirate attacks, zero-day, in part because it lacks support for the latest security technologies. And, after the end of support from Microsoft, hackers continue not only to hit the POS systems running on this operating system because they know what POS software is likely to be found on them, but there is also the problem of vulnerability they are going to be discovered by pirates in the future. This is one of the main reasons for dropping by Microsoft support for this operating system and inaugurating its customers to upgrade to newer versions.
While most point of sale software has support for Windows 7 and Windows 8, and the new versions of Windows are able to run older applications 'compatibility mode', the transition does not go smoothly for everyone. If you use an operating system of twelve years, it is unlikely that you will need later on to upgrade to Windows 7, or 8 hardware! Thus, in addition to the cost of training your staff to use a different operating system, you may need to consider the cost of upgrading to new hardware.
And 'understandable, then, that some are looking beyond Microsoft solutions for point of sale more modern, such as cloud-based or point-of-sale function tablet. POS systems based on a cloud is fast and accessible from anywhere, at any time and require minimal IT support. Tablet-based POS systems is not only inherently mobile, and simple to use, but their implementation reduces operating costs.
There are five different windows embedded products based on Windows XP. Each reaches the end of its life, depending on when it was released and distributed.
Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems is identical to that of Windows XP, and therefore its extended support ends April 8, 2014 well. Box original tools and component-based version of Windows XP, Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 3 (SP3) will be supported until April 2016. Windows Embedded for Point of Service Pack 3, built from Windows XP embedded devices for use in retail outlets will be supported until April 2016, though. An update to Windows XP SP3 integrated Windows Embedded Standard 2009 will be supported until January 2019. Finally, Windows POSReady 2009, produced by the integrated point of sale devices, will be supported until April 2019.
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