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Do companies use Windows?
The companies using Windows 10 are most often found in United States and in the Computer Software industry. Windows 10 is most often used by companies with 50-200 employees and 10M-50M dollars in revenue. Our data for Windows 10 usage goes back as far as 3 years and 5 months.
What percentage of businesses use Windows?
Operating System Market Share
| Platform | Share |
|---|---|
| Windows | 87.56\% |
| Mac OS | 9.54\% |
| Linux | 2.35\% |
| Chrome OS | 0.41\% |
Why do companies not allow personal computers at work?
Reasons I’ve seen for “no personal computer use at work”. 1 – Network bandwidth – yes, the guest network will be isolated from the work network, but chances are, bandwidth usage is all the same. It would be a rare and truly huge environment that paid for a separate pipe for the guest network vs. the corporate LAN.
Why do we need to support a computer that doesn’t work?
Apparently there is no ability to recognize that human beings make mistakes no matter what processes are in place. If personal computers are “allowed”, and connection to the network is “allowed”, then a personal computer that doesn’t work on the network will need to be supported, because it is suppose to work.
Why don’t companies allow more devices on the network?
The most common reason is that the IT department doesn’t want devices they have no control over accessing the network and introducing malware, etc. Management likely doesn’t see any legitimate reason to allow this either.
Why do some companies ban the use of personal devices?
Several companies I have worked for have entirely banned the use of personal devices for doing anything work related for three reasons: At the end of the day, your ability to use this power only for good tends to be less important than the person who manages to not use it for good and cause lasting harm to the business. No security is 100\%.