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“How to Maximise XP Migration Revenue”
OEM FACTSHEET
XP – gone in a cloud of smoke.
BUT there is a silver lining...
A
few short months ago,
Microsoft’s withdrawal of
support for Windows XP was still a
prospect on the horizon. On April
8th 2014 it happened – and there’s
no going back.
But forget the upheaval, the upset,
the disruption and the blame. That’s
an end-user problem. For you, as
an OEM, the question now has to be:
how can the withdrawal of XP drive
new revenue opportunities?
Here’s how.
What about your older customers, who purchased
XP Professional systems from you or from another
channel? They now need help to migrate them away
from this non-supported platform.
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Embedded software: an OEM business boost in a post-XP world
Alright, some of your new and current customers are probably already rolling with the latest and greatest technology
solutions you can provide, on Windows embedded platforms.
But what about your older customers, who purchased XP Professional systems from
you or from another channel? They now need help to migrate them away from this
non-supported platform.
Yet what happens if they cannot stretch budgets to new hardware,
or can’t afford the development costs for writing new drivers and
workarounds for application incompatibilities?
Look no further than the infographic below. As a valued Windows
Embedded OEM partner, you have access to the solution your customers
need – a supported, embedded platform, based on XP Professional SP3.
If your resources are limited, then talk to us – we can offer highly cost-efficient
software services to help you and your customers turn yesterday’s OS into today’s
revenue stream.
Available embedded migration options from
Windows Embedded
POSReady 2009
XP
Market usage
Available until
Retail
Feb 11
devices
only
Supported until
(at least)
Windows Embedded
Standard 2009
th
2024
th
Apr 11
2019
Market usage
Available until
Any
Jan 8th
market
vertical
Supported until
(at least)
2024
Jan 8th
2019
Customer benefits
This is all great news for your customers, too – in fact, it’s another layer of that silver lining mentioned earlier. Again,
here’s why:
•
Cheaper licensing - Both WES 2009 and POSReady 2009 licensing are up to 40% cheaper than XP Pro, which also
means you can increase your bottom line – generating more OEM profit
•
New business opportunities – You may have supplied hardware only, enabling your customer to license themselves –
now you can help them here, too
•
Cement lucrative, long-term relationships – Support and longevity, as well as advanced embedded technology
solutions, will bring the customer closer to your business.
What does all this mean for you?
Who can you talk to?
It means it’s decision time. You can play the victim, and
view the withdrawal of XP as just another hoop for your
OEM business to jump through. Or you can play the
victor, and view it as the best revenue opportunity of the
century.
We’re on hand to give you migration advice at any time.
Simply contact us through the website at www.avnet-emb.
eu, or drop us an email at [email protected]
The death of XP may just be the best thing that ever
happened to your OEM business
But you’re not the only OEM to realise that XP migration
can both strengthen and expand your customer base –
so act now.
For more information
Please visit our website www.avnet-emb.eu, email [email protected] or call +44 (0)1628 518 900