GigaomCyvera says it can stop Windows XP attacks in their tracks
Big job: Hundreds of millions of PCs still run Microsoft’s venerable (13-year-old) OS, which faces the end of life support on April 8. Cyvera has a deal for them. Read more »
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Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows in 1985 as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world’s personal computer market with over 90% market share in the following years.
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