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Windows less expensive to patch: Wipro

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NEW DELHI: It is less expensive to patch individual Microsoft systems than to patch Open Source Software (OSS) systems. According to a Wipro study, depending on the type of system the annual costs of patching the security vulnerabilities of individual Windows-based are 13 percent to 33 percent less than that of similar OSS-based systems.





According to the findings, on a per-patching event basis, individual Windows-based systems require 40 percent to 56 percent less effort than similar OSS systems, depending on the type of system being patched. OSS-based systems faced with high and critical risk vulnerabilities are at risk longer than comparable Windows systems.





Using patch-related best practices can reduce patching costs for both Windows and OSS systems.





Wipro measured how the organizations in this study conducted patching events from two related perspectives. The first approach measured the elapsed time that it takes an organization to successfully complete a patching event. The second approach measured the cost to organizations in terms of IT effort.





This study, commissioned by Microsoft, surveyed 90 enterprises in North America and Western Europe with at least 2,500 systems (clients and servers), to identify the costs of security patch management. Wipro Technologies' Product Strategy & Architecture (PSA) Practice, which focuses on the intersection of business and IT strategy, conducted the study and analyzed the patch management costs.













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