Originally Posted by Doug Drinkwater, TabTimes
The bring-your-own device (BYOD) trend has been seen by many as another way in which enterprises can use tablets and smartphones while cutting costs, but a new report has cast doubt over that theory, while also suggesting tablets could one day replace laptops.
Mobile expense management company Xigo commissioned telecom industry association CCMI to carry out the study, which found that only 9% of businesses have been able to cut expenditure by deploying some kind of BYOD program.
Another 67% saw no difference with expenditure, while 24% somehow saw an increase in spending after putting a BYOD plan in place. More than half of enterprises (60%) are still in charge of purchasing, managing and securing smartphones and tablets for their employees, while also paying the monthly network fees.
Sometimes—okay, most of the time—we’re better off learning from the experiences of others. If you are faced with (or enticed by) opportunities to take advantage of tablets in the workplace, there are definitely things to learn from organizations that have jumped in early. Here’s a sampling. 
The Android operating system is continuing to take market share from Apple in the enterprise market for tablet computing, due in part due to a preference from IT professionals for openness and flexibility. That’s according to a 
The fact that tablet adoption is on the rise may seem like old news to the tech-savvy, but the fact that the market has grown at such a rapid pace is still somewhat surprising as compared with the adoption rate of other technologies. We thought it might be interesting to take a quick look at how tablet adoption is expected to impact different workplace-related industry segments. 
