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

Charlee Gothard
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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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