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Biffa still using Windows XP across the company, 'no business case' for Windows 7 says IT director

Charlee Gothard

Charlee Gothard

09 July 2014 • 3 min read

Migration planned, but firewalls are enough for now says David Gooding

Waste management and recycling firm Biffa is still using Windows XP across the majority of its desktop end-user systems, Computing can reveal. While group IT director David Gooding is slowly car...

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