As Windows XP reaches end of its lifecycle, businesses face big IT decisions

By Sarah Halzack
 

Fire up a desktop computer at many small or medium-size businesses across the country and there’s a decent chance it’s running on a 12-year-old operating system — Windows XP.

But in April, Microsoft will no longer offer the security updates for that venerable software that would protect it from newly emerging viruses, spyware and other malware.

 “When XP goes out of support, it’ll be a lot like driving a car that you can’t buy parts for anymore,” said Jay Paulus, Microsoft’s director of Windows small-business marketing.

Read full article here from The Washington Post