{"id":8695,"date":"2011-07-19T20:40:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T15:33:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:33:35","slug":"most-firms-dont-know-why-they-use-the-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/most-firms-dont-know-why-they-use-the-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Firms Don&#8217;t Know Why They Use the iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-106759\" title=\"Most Firms Don't Know Why They Use the iPad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/computer_portable.jpg?resize=121%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Most Firms Don't Know Why They Use the iPad\" width=\"121\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/computer_portable.jpg?w=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/computer_portable.jpg?resize=75%2C56&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/>Despite the widespread success of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com.\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AAPL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAPL<\/a>) i<a title=\"iPad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pad<\/a> <strong>more than half of companies lack a clear i<del>Pad<\/del> tablet strategy<\/strong> according to a recent survey by <a title=\"Dimensional Research\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dimensionalresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dimensional Research<\/a>. <a title=\"www.cnet.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>CNET&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> Stephen Shankland <a title=\"www.cnet.com\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130128061541\/http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-30685_3-20063495-264.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">points out<\/a> the survey which found that &#8220;<em>Most participants, 51 percent, indicated that they did not have a clearly articulated strategy.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-106761 size-thumbnail\" title=\"iPad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_logo-7.jpg?resize=67%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"iPad\" width=\"67\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_logo-7.jpg?resize=67%2C75&amp;ssl=1 67w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_logo-7.jpg?resize=135%2C150&amp;ssl=1 135w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_logo-7.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 67px) 100vw, 67px\" \/><\/a>The survey of 448 businesses found that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>22% have already deployed tablets.<\/li>\n<li>22% plan to do so this year<\/li>\n<li>24% plan to next year<\/li>\n<li>20% have no plans to deploy tablets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dimensional Research polled the firms on whose tablet they intend to deploy and found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-106764\" title=\"Research In Motion logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rimm_logo-3.jpg?resize=97%2C31&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Research In Motion logo\" width=\"97\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rimm_logo-3.jpg?resize=75%2C24&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rimm_logo-3.jpg?resize=150%2C49&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rimm_logo-3.jpg?w=173&amp;ssl=1 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/><\/a>83% intend to go with Apple iPads<\/li>\n<li>17% <a title=\"RIM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research In Motion\u2019s<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : RIMM\" href=\"https:\/\/crackberry.com\/goodbye-rimm-hello-bbry-research-motion-ticker-change-happens-monday-february-4th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RIMM<\/a>) <a title=\"BlackBerry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackberry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">BlackBerry<\/a> <a title=\"Blackberry Playbook\" href=\"http:\/\/us.blackberry.com\/playbook-tablet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PlayBook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>14% <a title=\"HP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HP<\/a>&#8216;s (<a title=\"NYSE : HPQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:HPQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HPQ<\/a>) <a title=\"HP Slate\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111208163729\/http:\/\/h10010.www1.hp.com:80\/wwpc\/us\/en\/sm\/WF05a\/321957-321957-64295-3841267-3955550-4332585.html?jumpid=in_r602_slate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slate<\/a><\/li>\n<li>13% <a title=\"Motorola\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motorola.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Motorola<\/a>&#8216;s (<a title=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=NYSE%3AMSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSI<\/a>) <a title=\"Motorola Xoom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110415083157\/http:\/\/www.motorola.com:80\/staticfiles\/Consumers\/XOOM\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xoom<\/a><\/li>\n<li>11% <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dell<\/a>\u2018s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-DELL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DELL<\/a>) <a title=\"Dell Streak\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111130150519\/http:\/\/www.dell.com:80\/us\/p\/mobile-streak-7\/pd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streak<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Ann All\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itbusinessedge.com\/cm\/blogs\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ann All<\/a> at <a title=\"www.itbusinessedge.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itbusinessedge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ITBusinessEdge.com<\/em><\/a> <a title=\"www.itbusinessedge.com\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120609192955\/http:\/\/www.itbusinessedge.com\/cm\/blogs\/all\/more-than-half-of-companies-lack-clear-tablet-strategy\/?cs=47070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> the survey is an affirmation that the <a title=\"BYOT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-22118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BYOT<\/a> (Bring Your Own Technology) trend is not hype, 41% of survey respondents said individual employees were using tablets they had purchased themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The research firm also found that 82% of firms will use tablets to complement, and not replace, laptops. This fact is not lost on IT Pros. 42% of IT staff said business stakeholders do not understand the need for more development like new front pages specifically for the iPad.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the companies I&#8217;ve spoken with seem to discover multiple use cases they hadn&#8217;t imagined for tablets when they begin putting them into users&#8217; hands. And new applications continue to emerge all the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-3\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_3\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_3_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"f7e8716726\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What tablet has your firm deployed?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-3-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-8\" name=\"poll_3\" value=\"8\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-8\">Apple iPad<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9\" name=\"poll_3\" value=\"9\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9\">Blackberry Playbook<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-10\" name=\"poll_3\" value=\"10\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-10\">Dell Streak<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-11\" name=\"poll_3\" value=\"11\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-11\">HP Slate<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-12\" name=\"poll_3\" value=\"12\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-12\">Motorola Zoom<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-13\" name=\"poll_3\" value=\"13\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-13\">Samsung Galaxy Tab<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-14\" name=\"poll_3\" value=\"14\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-14\">Other<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(3);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(3);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(3); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(3); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-3-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210120135012\/https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/235721\/Sonys_Tablets_Definitely_Arent_iPads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony&#8217;s Tablets Definitely Aren&#8217;t iPads<\/a> (pcworld.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/seattle\/morning_call\/2011\/07\/amazon-to-release-ipad-rival-tablet-by.html?ana=RSS&amp;s=article_search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon to release iPad rival tablet by October<\/a> (bizjournals.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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