Biz bosses are catching fondleslab fever, says distie Biz customers are slowly falling for the charms of the fondleslab and finally calling on resellers to provide them, the boss of Ingram Micro reckons. According to Greg Spierkel, chief exec at the world's largest IT distie, the touchy tech tablets were "mostly slated" for the consumer market and were typically sold direct by …
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At the vast majority of meetings I attend, in business and academia, I'm the only person taking notes on paper - and that's because I'm a contrarian and a curmudgeon. Everyone else uses some form of computer. Yes, a few use iPads (particularly the academics, who are often terrible trend followers), but most use full-fat laptops or netbooks, and some use smartphones. A few years ago, PDAs were a popular option.
And in any case, "note-taking" hardly counts as a business application. It's a small convenience that can be used in a business context.
Our sales twunks now fight daily over who has one of the limited number of ipads so they can go wave them under potential clients noses demonstrating our websites.
Apparently the shiny makes the clients forget they are supposed to get value for money and just buy whatever it is that is shiny shiny.
@Bunker_Monkey: hardly a crazy request is it? Do you not already have processes in place for getting email on an Android/iPhone? iPad is just a big iPhone.
Here in the GoodoldUSofA tablets have been de rigeur for the cool kids on the mahogany floor for some time. They're widely used in healthcare and education and getting more and more traction in other verticals.
To AC and "Show me the business application(s)": Start with Citrix and go from there.
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