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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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Field Studies: How Tablets Are Transforming Sales & Service Organizations
Could tablets really help your organization improve productivity? This brief discusses real-world examples of how organizations are deploying these mobile devices outside the four walls of the office. Learn how tablets can help your customer service and field sales teams in particular interact more effectively with clients, close deals faster, and reduce administrative work.

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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Can a Single Tablet Provide the Cure for Both Business & IT?
With their increase in popularity, IT organizations are under pressure from the business to come up with a strategy for making the most of tablets across the enterprise. This Executive Insights brief explains how organizations are addressing critical concerns about deploying tablets. Discover 7 important questions to ask yourself as you start to evaluate tablets for use in your work environment, such as security, IT control, application management, and connectivity.

On Deploying Tablets in the Enterprise

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Enterprise, IT





Originally Posted by Michael Miller, PC World

How do you best deploy tablets in the enterprise? It seems like the answer is “quickly but carefully” based on the TabTimes Tablet Strategy conference I attended in New York City on Friday.

QuickOffice: Tablets Driving “Work Anywhere” Ecosystem

The tablet is driving a “Work Anywhere” system in which mobile devices are connected to the cloud, according to the conference’s keynote speaker Alan Masarek, CEO of QuickOffice. He said that productivity applications on mobile devices only “became real” 24 months ago with the introduction of the iPad. Even then, most people were using their devices mainly for media consumption until the end of last year.

Today, Masarek said, the number of direct enterprise tablet purchases is quite small, but that is expected to change. Indeed, in the next three years, he expects enterprises to account for a third of tablet purchases.

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Tablets Will Be Most Users’ Main Computing Device, Forrester Says

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Tablet Adoption





Tablets will become most users’ primary computing device within the next four years, Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett believes.

Gillett yesterday published a forecast predicting 375 million tablets will sell globally in 2016. That prediction is nearly double a recent forecast by IDC, which envisioned 200 million tablets sold globally in 2016.

One big difference in the size of Gillett’s prediction is how central tablets will figure in many settings, including the workplace, where tablets are useful for sharing and working in groups. “There’s no barrier of a vertical screen, no distracting keyboard clatter and it just feels natural to pass over a tablet, like a piece of paper, compared to spinning around a laptop,” Gillett wrote in his blog.

Originally Posted by Matt Hamblen, ComputerWorld

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Enterprise App Stores: 6 Essential IT Controls

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Jonathan Mulder Posted in Apps, Blog, Enterprise, IT





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According to analyst firm, In-Stat, mobile app downloads are expected to reach almost 48 billion in 2015, and this market explosion won’t be abating any time soon. What’s more, enterprise app stores, which serve businesses — and even the U.S. government with Apps.Gov — are starting to enter the IT conversation because they can provide a controlled portal for employees to access the apps they need to do their jobs better. And that’s simply good business.

Increasingly, Google’s Android appears to be the favored OS for enterprise app stores because it works with a broader spectrum of devices and manufacturers than Apple’s iOS. This is particularly true for organizations with BYOD policies, as Android enables them to support more of their workforce.

What does this mean for your organization? Read more

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This "Quick Tips" guide lists critical purchasing considerations for business tablets. Discover how to reduce security risks, simplify set-up and configuration, and improve collaboration. By choosing an enterprise-ready tablet and weighing your options carefully, you can excite and engage employees, while giving your IT department the peace of mind they need.
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