Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft"s Windows Vista operating system and most are delaying any plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest.
One year after the business launch of Vista, only one of silicon.com"s 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they had plans to move to the new OS in 2008.
Most plan to stick with the stability of Windows XP and implement Service Pack 3 for that OS before they even start thinking about Vista.
Adrian Hughes, head of IS for insurance company Amlin, said: "We are sticking with XP and look to take XP SP3 in 2009. Vista not until 2011, unless there is a good reason to migrate, by which time the next OS may be out so we would then skip a generation."
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency isn"t planning to upgrade to Vista for two to three years.