Over the many years that PCs have been a key part of the IT infrastructure, most organizations have written their own application software to run on Windows and PCs.  This is very common in the larger enterprises, and a surprising number of SMBs have custom versions of existing application platforms like Office or SQL Server that they run on Windows.  As would be expected, many of the end users now want to run these applications on tablets.

However the cost and difficulty of porting, testing, and deploying in-house developed apps on iOS or Android is difficult to undertake in today’s real world of limited IT budget and staff.  In many cases the staff that wrote the application has long since departed making the porting project that much more difficult.  This is where the new generation of Windows 8 tablets can provide a solution that doesn’t entail major re-writes and re-hosting of the software. Read more

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