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The Move to Corporate Provided Tablets

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Aaron Goldberg Posted in Blog, Consumerization, Education, Enterprise, Government, Healthcare, IT, Mobility Strategy, Tablet Adoption





adoption mobility strategy 2 it healthcare government enterprise education consumerization blog There are so many similarities between the early days of the PC (1978-1982) and this era in the nascent market for tablets. In both cases, the vast majority of purchases in these early days were made by consumers, even if the device was being brought into work. After all, there were no budgets for these new devices, and IT didn’t have any way to manage or deal with them. However, once they started showing up in larger numbers, this approach was no longer valid, and organizations moved to buy and manage them.

It took the PC 4 years to get to this point, but less than half of that for the tablet. And for the commercial tablet, the time has come for organizations to get in front of the wave and start providing employees with tablets, and weaning them from their personal devices. Tout de suite! Read more

X1 Carbon vs MacBook Air Infographic

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Education, Enterprise, Government





I know this blog is for tablet users–but I love a good infographic–especially a competitive side-by-side.

Which do you think is better?  ThinkPad X1 Carbon vs. Apple MacBook Air. Let me know in the comments below.

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 View the hi-res version of the infographic

Apple Removes Green Electronics Certification From Products

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Government





Originally Posted by Joel Schectman, WSJ

Apple has pulled its products off the U.S. government-backed registration of environmentally friendly electronics.

Apple asked EPEAT, the electronics standards setting group, to pull its 39 certified desktop computers, monitors and laptops, which included past versions of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, off the list of green products late last month, Robert Frisbee, CEO of EPEAT told CIO Journal. EPEAT, created through funding by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and manufacturers, awards products a seal to certify they are recyclable and designed to maximize energy efficiency and minimize environmental harm.

In order to meet the standards, recyclers need to be able to easily disassemble products, with common tools, to separate toxic components, like batteries. The standards were created jointly by manufacturers, including Apple, advocacy groups and government agencies. Frisbee says an Apple staff member told him at the end of June that the company no longer wanted Apple computers to be listed as EPEAT certified. Read more

Tablets Are Showing Great Potential For Military Use

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Android, Blog, Government, Tablet Adoption





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I’m sharing with you a post that I think is quite interesting—from Lenovo’s workforce mobility blog—on tablets in the military.

In October 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense approved an Android-based mobile OS for its military networks, providing access to information on their mobile tablets or PCs covering everything from high-level command and control programs to terrain data mapping.

Using Android’s open source foundation, a custom build of the OS was certified by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). It is expected to be the foundation for more, typically branch-specific iterations as tablets continue to prove their efficacy on the battlefield.

Read the full post on how tablet adoption is growing in the military.

Tablet Fever Hits Companies, Governments & Schools: Recent Stats

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Education, Enterprise, Government, Mobility Strategy, Tablet Adoption





adoption mobility strategy 2 government enterprise education blog 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. Read more

RELATED RESOURCE
Can the Tablet Optimize Your Mobile Workforce?
Gartner predicts that 80% of businesses will support a tablet-toting workforce by 2013. Are you ready? Get a better grasp of how your IT organization can empower knowledge workers, increase the efficiency of remote customer service teams, and enable field sales professionals to deepen customer relationships in this practical guide to tablets in the workplace.

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

RELATED RESOURCE
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.

Government Tablet Adoption May Triple by 2013, Survey Finds

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Government, IT, Tablet Adoption





Federal technology managers expect an average of about 20 percent of their agencies’ employees will be using computer tablets professionally in 2013, according to a new survey by MeriTalk, a government IT industry group.

That’s up from about 7 percent in 2011, MeriTalk said.

The survey projects a smaller increase in smartphone use from 35 percent of agency employees in 2011 to 43 percent in 2013. It projects laptop use will basically hold steady at 47 percent of agency employees.

The survey of 152 federal IT managers had a margin of error of about 8 percent, MeriTalk said.

Survey respondents cited increased productivity and easier telework as their top reasons for adopting mobile technology, followed by IT hardware cost savings and improved disaster recovery.

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Originally Posted by Joseph Marks, Nextgov

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