On July 13, 2010 Microsoft ended its support of Windows 2000-based systems. This week, Gartner Analyst Neil MacDonald detailed the options available to organizations who may still be using Windows 2000:
- Migrate to a newer and supported operating system
- Pay Microsoft for a Custom Support Agreement (CSA), running $50,000 per quarter
- Pay Microsoft for Custom Support Essentials (CSE), to receive critical security fixes
- Continue using Windows 2000-based systems without new patches
For many organizations, the first three options are time intensive and extremely expensive, but they feel concerned about running legacy systems without ongoing security patching. If your organization feels the need to continue to run Windows 2000, application whitelisting, such as our CoreTrace BOUNCER solution, may be exactly what your company needs. Continue reading this post…