Originally Posted By John Cox, NetworkWorld
New generation tablets are being adopted en masse by enterprises, despite the lack of any support infrastructure from the manufacturers. Many enterprise users, and IT groups, are making determined efforts to secure and manage tablets with whatever tools are available.
We talked with IT pros and executives from three companies that have deployed tablets:
Originally Posted By Jeff Bertolucci, PCWorld
Google appears to be building its very own Android tablet, one designed to compete at the high end of slate spectrum. The company’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, made the announcement to Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, adding that Google’s premium tablet could debut within six months.
Schmidt told the newspaper that the tablet’s build would be of the highest quality, an indication that Google has no intention of duking it out with the new crop of bargain Android-based tablets, such as the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet. Rather, it’ll compete with the next-generation iPad and premium Android slates like the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime.
Intel Shows Off Its Smart Phone and Tablet for 2012
Originally Posted By Tom Simonite
Prototype devices show Intel chips running devices that could challenge the iPhone and iPad early next year. Last week, Technology Review tried out prototype smart phones and tablets equipped with Intel’s latest mobile chip, dubbed Medfield, and running the Android mobile operating system created by Google.
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Microsoft in 2012: All Eyes on Windows 8
Originally Posted By Shane O’Neill
While Microsoft’s Server and Tools and Business Divisions will remain strong in 2012, the pressure is on to improve in mobile and cloud. But Microsoft’s biggest challenge is convincing businesses and consumers that Windows 8 matters, especially on tablets.
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Tablets in the Enterprise: Top 10 posts of 2011
Originally Posted By Sonja Thompson
TechRepublic’s Tablets in the Enterprise blog examines how tablets can be put to use in a business environment. It includes perspective pieces, tips and tricks, and even a few product reviews. And while this particular blog launched just a few short months ago, there are still quite a few posts that resonated with the TR community. Here’s a peek at the top 10:
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After much anticipation, we are finally seeing tablets released with the latest version of the Android operating system from Google, Android 4.0, or more affectionately known as Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS from here on out). This post will walk you through a few of the new enhancements and features Google is offering up for Android tablet users.
If you are interested in a history of the previous versions of Android (and there are a lot!) you can get more information here. Read more
A lot of the Android tablet tips and tricks out there are either geared toward consumers, present dubious workarounds or require third-party apps. But because none of us here at Tablets at Work want you to get in trouble with the boss, we’re going to bypass those and hone in on some simple things you can do to work more productively with your device. Read more
Originally Posted By Citrix
Enterprise IT organizations are scrambling to respond to the growing demand for access to corporate applications and data from an increasingly diverse array of users’ mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets.
To aid enterprises facing these mobility challenges, I am pleased to announce that the new XenApp 6.5 Mobility Pack and Mobile Application SDK we introduced at Synergy Barcelona in October are production ready and are available for download.
Merrill Lynch Calls 2012 ‘The Year of the Tablet Shakeout’
Originally Posted By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
The tablet market is “still in its infancy,” writes Merrill Lynch’s Scott Craig in a note to clients Wednesday, with “years of solid growth ahead.” But that growth is not evenly distributed, and in his report Craig and his colleagues single out seven winners and seven losers.
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Gartner Predictions for 2012: More Cloud, Consumerization, Loss of IT Control
Originally Posted By Ann Bednarz
IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerization and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012 and the coming years.
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American Airlines First To Be Granted FAA Approval For Pilot iPads
Originally Posted By Devin Coldewey
If you’re flying American on Friday, there’s a chance your pilot will be using an iPad instead of the traditional paper flight charts. The airline has reportedly become the first major one to get FAA approval for the device, though smaller charter lines have had it for a while.
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