As covered in more detail in the Windows XP article, Microsoft will cease to support Windows XP and Office 2003 from April 2014, arguably making it the most major software expiry event of the decade, so how prepared are you?
Without updates, the Windows XP operating system and everything connected to it will rapidly become increasingly vulnerable to external dangers, ranging from viruses and malware through to hacking. Furthermore, internal auditors and external regulators may consider failures to upgrade as control failures.
There is, of course, still time to upgrade but housing providers should begin their preparations now if they haven’t already done so.
