Lenovo Will Develop ThinkPad Windows 8 Tablets

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Enterprise





Originally Posted by Joel Schectman, CIO Journal

Lenovo, the world’s second-biggest maker of personal computers, likely will offer a line of enterprise tablets loaded with Windows 8 sometime during the next year, a company executive told CIO Journal.

The new ThinkPad, not yet officially announced, will feature a touch screen and physical keyboard, allowing it to convert from laptop to tablet, Peter Hortensius, president of Lenovo’s product group, said. Hortensius said he hopes the new line will appeal to business people who carry multiple devices, and to CIOs looking for a Windows-based mobile platform.

“We’re seeing a lot of enterprise users carry a tablet, a phone and a notebook,” Hortensius said. “And there isn’t a good reason for why they should have to carry all three.”

The design of the enterprise device likely will be similar to that of the consumer-oriented Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga tablet, which the company showcased at January’s Consumer Electronics Show. The device has a hinge that allows the laptop-style keyboard to fold behind the screen when not in use, turning the device into a tablet.

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Brick-and-Mortar Goes Mobile: Tablets Improve Retail POS

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Sharon Love Posted in Mobility Strategy, Tablet Adoption, Utility





Until recently, the only point-of-sale (POS) option available to retail stores has been the classic register terminal, which remains fixed behind the counter, sometimes forcing long lines and testing customer patience. Not to mention, often the POS technology is often outdated before it’s even set up.

But all that’s changing. Tablets are transforming not only the way retailers process and track payments, but also how they fundamentally interact with their customers.

A recent survey by RIS News found that 32% of its respondents—brick-and-mortar retailers—will begin testing tablets in their stores this year. Even more compelling, 22% have already started testing and 6% currently have a tablet program fully approved and deployed. Joe Skorupa, editor-in-chief at RIS News, simply said this “research reveals that tablet adoption is no longer a question for retailers.” Read more

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Enterprise Mobility: Mobilizing Enterprise Apps: 10 Tips for Doing Business on Smartphones, Tablets

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Apps, Blog, Enterprise





Originally Posted By Chris Preimesberger, eWeek

There’s no question about it: The ability to conduct business on the go, anywhere and at any time, is already an essential competitive element in most businesses. As more sophisticated and powerful mobile devices enter the market every few months, more companies and their employees want to use these devices for business purposes.

This means companies need to seriously consider mobilizing their most important business applications to adjust to the growing mobile workforce. Here are 10 best practices for mobilizing enterprise applications.

Our expert resource for this slide show is Regev Yativ, president and CEO of Magic Software Americas, which provides software as a service (SaaS) application and business integration platforms.

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The Cutting Edge of Enterprise Tablet Deployments

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, IT





Originally Posted by David Needle, TabTimes

Zero footprint tablets? iPad-only meetings? BYOD as a profit engine? A number of innovative deployment strategies and usage scenarios were discussed at the recent TabTimes Tablet Strategy conference in New York.

As has been well-documented, the popularity of the iPhone and iPad helped spawn the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement that a growing number of companies have come to embrace — grudgingly or with various levels of enthusiasm.

In my own reporting and elsewhere many IT managers have commented that there’s really no cost-savings to BYOD because it typically means the company has to support new devices it hadn’t planned to, which in turn means having to implement additional security and connectivity.

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Lenovo Launches ThinkPad mPOS Platform

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, IT, Utility





Originally Posted by Kelly Liyakasa, CRM.com

Lenovo and VeriFone Systems have teamed up to launch ThinkPad Mobile POS, a comprehensive mPOS platform designed for retailers, evidence that the mobile point of sale is and will continue to be a strong trend in the consumer market.

Using a custom version of VeriFone’s PAYware Mobile Enterprise for Tablet payment solution, the platform designed for the Lenovo ThinkPad enterprise-class tablet promises a “versatile and secure mobile platform that increases customer transaction speed and helps advance retail shopping to a new level of personal service,” according to Dilip Bhatia, vice president of the ThinkPad business unit at Lenovo.

Underlying the announcement is supporting research from Aberdeen Group’s Retail and Consumer Markets survey, which finds that 57 percent of retailers express a desire to present a more individual and personalized shopping experience in order to positively impact customer profitability. What is driving customer strategy is the “essence of the connected consumer,” notes Sahir Anand, vice president and principal analyst for retail and banking at Aberdeen Group. Things like mobile, social, and cloud will continue to empower the consumer over the next three years. Gartner Research pinned mobile payment transaction volume at $86.1 billion in 2011, up from $48.9 billion in 2010.

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Tablets Enrich Science Fieldwork for College Students

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Education





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Anyone who has conducted fieldwork knows it is a demanding and exacting task. With the introduction of tablets into science classes, college students are accomplishing more in the field―recording more data more quickly―and with fewer errors. It’s no surprise the 2012 Horizon Report ranked tablets as one of the leading technologies for education today. Read more

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BYOD: Why the Risk is Too Great

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Enterprise, Government, IT, Security





With many private and public sector employees bringing their personal tablets into the workplace, IT leaders are scrambling to implement “bring your own device” (BYOD) policies to control security. But for most organizations, a BYOD program invites substantial risk, which can result in data breaches, costly regulatory fines and loss of customer and constituent trust.

Before you make the call on BYOD, get the facts—what the risks are, how damaging they can be and what’s at stake if your organization doesn’t get it right. Read more

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