US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
    Business / Gadgets

    End of Windows XP helps open doors to outsiders

    By Meng Jing (China Daily) Updated: 2014-04-09 07:15

    End of Windows XP helps open doors to outsiders

    Chinese Internet firms said they will offer cyber help to Chinese users of Windows XP after Microsoft Corp stopped providing technical assistance for operating system on Tuesday. PENG ZHAOZHI/XINHUA

    Cybersecurity firms able to offer service to 350m users of system

    Chinese Internet firms have stepped up to offer security support to hundreds of millions of Windows XP users in China after Microsoft Corp stopped providing technical assistance for the 13-year-old operating system on Tuesday, a move that may serve as growth catalyst for China's nascent cybersecurity market.

    Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's largest Internet company by market capitalization, announced on Tuesday that it has strengthened its ties with Microsoft, offering free security support to Chinese Windows XP users through its own anti-virus and security service unit, Tencent Computer Housekeeper.

    Wu Bo, the unit's deputy general manager, said his company is working with Microsoft's core technology team to establish a defense system to protect Chinese Windows XP users from Web viruses, malware and software bugs.

    End of Windows XP helps open doors to outsiders

    End of Windows XP helps open doors to outsiders

    "We have also launched a 24-hour self-service online clinic for those who have security problems with their XP systems. Moreover,

    The announcement from Tencent on Tuesday is the first detailed plan released after the launch of a project jointly initiated by Microsoft, Tencent and Lenovo on March 7. The project aims to safeguard XP users in China before they migrate to other operating systems.

    A recent survey from the Beijing-based China Internet Network Information Center showed that about 63.1 percent of respondents had no plans to upgrade to a newer operating system and that more than half intend to continue using Windows XP as long as possible.

    Given the fact that Windows XP has an estimated 350 million users in China, about 200 million of them are expected to keep using the system after April 8, which gives anti-virus companies and cybersecurity solution providers a potentially large user group, said Wang Jun, an analyst with Analysys International.

    Along with Tencent and Lenovo, several of China's cybersecurity solution providers, including Kingsoft and KeenTeam, have also joined Microsoft, Tencent and Lenovo in building a "co-defense system" for Windows XP users in China.

    Wang said that by offering security support to China's Windows XP users, these companies not only can gain access to about 200 million users but also access to a potentially large cybersecurity market in China..

    "Apart from offering free security support now, they can also monetize these Windows XP users in other ways - for example, advising them to download other software while helping them upgrade their XP systems," he said.

    ABI Research, a London-based technology market intelligence company, estimated that market revenues from cybersecurity totaled $4.9 billion in 2012 in China and could potentially double by 2017.

    The company said in a report last June that China's market for cybersecurity is rapidly growing, highly lucrative and potentially vast.

    End of Windows XP helps open doors to outsiders
    Microsoft to end Window XP services
    ??

    Hot Topics

    Editor's Picks
    ...
    ...
    中文字幕日韩人妻不卡一区| 久久久91人妻无码精品蜜桃HD| AV成人午夜无码一区二区| 中文字幕高清有码在线中字| 国产精品无码无需播放器| 亚洲欧美成人久久综合中文网| 精品人体无码一区二区三区| 亚洲中文字幕无码不卡电影| 日韩中文字幕在线| 亚洲无码精品浪潮| 久久久久亚洲精品无码蜜桃| 中文字幕无码免费久久| 人妻中文久久久久| 亚洲中文字幕久久精品无码APP| 免费A级毛片无码A∨中文字幕下载| 国产中文字幕乱人伦在线观看 | 亚洲人成无码久久电影网站| 水蜜桃av无码一区二区| 久久无码AV中文出轨人妻| 亚洲欧美中文日韩在线v日本 | 2019亚洲午夜无码天堂| 亚洲av无码精品网站| 影音先锋中文无码一区| 中文字幕一区图| 色综合网天天综合色中文男男| 中文日韩亚洲欧美字幕| 人妻少妇无码视频在线| 久久久久无码国产精品不卡| 精品久久久久久无码免费| 久久Av无码精品人妻系列| 日韩午夜福利无码专区a| 无码国产精品一区二区免费模式| 中文字幕无码无码专区| 午夜福利无码不卡在线观看| 色偷偷一区二区无码视频| 亚洲AV无码不卡在线播放| 无码中文人妻在线一区二区三区 | 无码视频在线观看| 久久久久久久久无码精品亚洲日韩 | 久久亚洲AV无码西西人体| 特级小箩利无码毛片|