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Published: 16 December 2005 09:10 GMT
Microsoft is expected to enter the new year facing a number of hurdles - but the chief one will be to position Windows Vista as an enterprise product.
Analyst firm Directions on Microsoft, which last week published its list of Microsoft's top 10 challenges for 2006, cited the marketing of Windows Vista as its top concern.
According to the report: "Windows Vista could offer large organisations improvements in software development, security, reliability, systems management and user interface. However, public demonstrations have been full of cool graphics effects and consumer features that probably turn off more IT staff than they attract."
Microsoft's challenges in the order they were published are to:
Dawn Kawamoto writes for CNET News.com
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