Enterprises that have been thinking of dropping Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser should reconsider now that IE 7 is out, Gartner analysts said.
In an online research note, a trio of analysts -- Ray Valdes, Neil MacDonald, and Michael Silver -- argue that although Microsoft's revamped Web browser may harbor security vulnerabilities, it is enough of an improvement that organizations should upgrade from older editions.
"IE 7 should have fewer vulnerabilities in the long run compared to Internet Explorer 6," the analysts wrote, although "[it] contains a large amount of new code, which, for most software packages, is likely to lead to a new crop of bugs and security vulnerabilities."
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