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4 Questions to Ask Before Purchasing Any Tablet

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Mike Ferrell Posted in Blog, Mobility Strategy, Utility





utility mobility strategy 2 blog I can’t go anywhere without seeing an advertisement for the latest and greatest tablet offering. I tried counting the tablets that are available today, but I stopped because it was mind numbing and I started to drool. Are you having a hard time weeding your way through all the “unique” tablets on the market? Read more

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How to Choose a Tablet for Your Business

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Connectivity, Mobility Strategy





Originally Posted By Jon L. Jacobi, Melissa J. Perenson, and Michelle Mastin, PCWorld

The idea of using an easy-to-tote tablet for work appeals to you. You can use it for email, note-taking, presentations, accessing the Web, and other business tasks–at least if you’re not dependent on complex spreadsheets or physical input. Tablets are easier on the eyes than the tiny screens of smartphones, and they’re better for your back than lugging a laptop.

If you seek basic information on what to look for in a tablet, check out PCWorld’s consumer tablet buying guide. But for business purposes, read on for what you need to know about choosing a slate with the right operating system, apps, connectivity options, hardware, and more.

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Enterprise Networking: Tablet King for 2012: 10 Factors That Will Determine the Leader

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Android, Blog, Enterprise





Originally Posted By Don Reisinger

If Apple’s incredibly strong iPad sales during the fourth quarter told industry observers anything, it’s that the company’s tablet was far and away the most-desired slate of 2011. Part of that might be due to the fact that the tablet didn’t face much serious competition. But it’s also due to the quality consumers and even some enterprise users found in the device. But 2012 is a new year with a host of opportunities for every tablet maker. Every major firm, from Apple and Samsung to RIM and Amazon, has a chance at becoming the top tablet maker of the year. However, they’ll need to achieve that by delivering all the features that consumers and enterprise customers are looking for in their tablets. They’ll also need to promote the products effectively to make sure the world knows about the features and components that can make their models real contenders. This eWEEK slide show examines some of the key factors that will determine 2012’s tablet king. And unfortunately for Apple’s competitors, it appears the iPad has a long head start.

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Enterprise tablet shipments could top 96 million by 2016

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Enterprise, Tablet Adoption





Originally Posted By David Needle, TabTimes

Where are tablets headed? Most, if not all industry analysts, see the arrow pointing broadly up for sales in both the consumer and enterprise markets. But a new report aims to break out how enterprise adoption will play out in specific industries.

Tablets are one of hottest-selling devices on the market today. Exhibit A is Apple who’s iPad dominates the market. In fact, in yesterday’s earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he agreed with analysts that the market so far has been mainly an iPad market than anything else. Apple said it sold a record 15.43 million iPads in its most recent quarter, a 111% increase over the same quarter a year ago.

But competitors, led by a variety of Android-based devices, are starting to get some traction. Amazon, for one, says it has sold “millions” of Kindle Fire tablets since its release last November. And the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month featured an array of new tablet entrants.

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Weekly Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Weekly Round-up





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iPad Dominates Tablet Market, but Android is Closing Fast
Originally Posted By Don Reisinger, CNET
It wasn’t long ago that Apple owned nearly 70 percent of the global tablet market. But now, the company is just barely holding on to half the space.
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Doubt the MDM Trend? Cisco’s Global Survey Says Don’t
Originally Posted By Dave Courbanou, The Var Guy
Cisco Systems, in an effort to push the Cius tablet deeper into the enterprise, has released the results of a “global IT survey” that shows enterprise customers are excited about tablet technology. But those very same customers are also wary about adopting tablets before a few certain needs are met. Here’s what Cisco is saying the IT tablet landscape looks like …
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Enterprises Adopting Tablets Eagerly with Education and Government Leading the Way
Originally Posted By Knowlton Thomas, TechVibes
Shove over, smartphones. Tablets are quickly crowding the enterprise. A new report by Infinite Research suggests that, over the next 5 years, global growth for tablets in enterprises is pegged at an astonishing compound annual rate of 48%.
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Lenovo Teams Up with National Academy Foundation, Teaches High Schoolers About App Development
Originally Posted By Edgar Alvarez, Engadget
Lenovo’s not just staying busy pumping out Android handsets and tablets, but now the Chinese manufacturer is teaming up with the National Academy Foundation to launch a mobile app development program for high school scholars in the States. The project is part of the NAF and Lenovo’s “innovative curriculum,” which hopes to induce knowledge in areas like science, technology, engineering and math.
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[Report] Enterprises See One Tablet Request Per Every Three Smartphones

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Enterprise, Tablet Adoption





Originally Posted by Dan Rowinski

adoption enterprise blog Networking giant Cisco is attempting to quantify the enterprise market for tablets. So, the company spent the last several months of 2011 surveying 1,500 executives, middle management, salespeople and clerical staffs of medium to large business around the world. What they found was that, on average, enterprise IT shops handle one tablet request for every three smartphone requests across the world.

Cisco results are a stab at boiling down how IT departments really feel about the evolution of the “bring your own device” landscape. The results are a little surprising. Most enterprises do not condone the BYOD. While Cisco touts these results as the rise of tablets in the enterprise, it seems there is still along way to go before large corporations are flexible enough to support the requests of their employees.
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iPad, Windows 8 Tablets Could Alter the Business Tablet Landscape in 2012

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Tablet Adoption





Originally Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski

Despite a host of challengers entering the marketplace throughout 2011, Apple’s iPad remained the top choice among consumers and businesses in the market for a tablet. However, 2012 could witness the beginnings of a seismic change in the tablet landscape: If everything proceeds according to rumored schedule, Microsoft will release Windows 8 on tablets in addition to traditional PCs—forcing Apple into a harder fight to preserve its dominant market share.

Certainly Apple enters 2012 in a strong position among business users; according to research firm IHS iSuppli, the company will hold an estimated 65.6 percent of the global tablet market by the end of the fourth quarter 2011. During its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call, Apple claimed that 93 percent of the Fortune 500 are testing or deploying the iPad.

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