Small-business IT departments plan on using google android tablets to replace notebooks and arm an expanding workforce.
More than half of small and midsize businesses in the United States have employees using a tablet PC, according to a study by market strategy specialist iGR. The survey of more than 400 businesses found that 52 percent currently use a tablet like an Apple iPad or Google Android-powered device to help run their business.
Approximately 47 percent of SMB respondents said that they use their google android tablet for both work and personal matters. While directors, managers and staff were more likely to use the tablet for personal matters, higher-level personnel were more likely to report using their google android tablet for work.
The most reported reason for purchasing additional tablets in 2012 was "substituting for laptops" (31.9 percent), followed by "workforce is increasing" (31 percent). However, the majority of companies with plans to buy google android tablets indicated that their plans to purchase notebooks remained about the same.
The allure of tablet PC devices is also changing the way businesses plan future IT investments, the report indicated. Approximately 26 percent of respondents said that their company would be buying fewer or far fewer laptops as a result of their tablet purchases in 2012, while 24 percent of SMBs surveyed indicated supplying corporate tablet devices to employees as part of an official policy.
More than half of small and midsize businesses in the United States have employees using a tablet PC, according to a study by market strategy specialist iGR. The survey of more than 400 businesses found that 52 percent currently use a tablet like an Apple iPad or Google Android-powered device to help run their business.
Approximately 47 percent of SMB respondents said that they use their google android tablet for both work and personal matters. While directors, managers and staff were more likely to use the tablet for personal matters, higher-level personnel were more likely to report using their google android tablet for work.
The most reported reason for purchasing additional tablets in 2012 was "substituting for laptops" (31.9 percent), followed by "workforce is increasing" (31 percent). However, the majority of companies with plans to buy google android tablets indicated that their plans to purchase notebooks remained about the same.
The allure of tablet PC devices is also changing the way businesses plan future IT investments, the report indicated. Approximately 26 percent of respondents said that their company would be buying fewer or far fewer laptops as a result of their tablet purchases in 2012, while 24 percent of SMBs surveyed indicated supplying corporate tablet devices to employees as part of an official policy.
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