Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
Summary: An informal survey of more than 5,000 Citrix customers point to the popularity of the iPad among businesses and the enterprise, and to the still spotty response by IT management for access to company resources.
An informal survey of more than 5,000 Citrix customers point to the popularity of the iPad among businesses and the enterprise, and to the still spotty response by IT management for access to company resources.
Support within organizations appears strong: some 72 percent of respondents said they currently have access to corporate resources.
More than 60 percent of respondents said they were prepared to purchase an iPad for work. Company purchases of iPads came to 43 percent.
The number of people depending on the iPad and using it daily (46 percent) is remarkable given it's only been on the market for 7 months. In fact 13 percent say the iPad is mission critical for their job. If a business can increase employee productivity and respond faster to customers, the payback can be significant.
The look on the upside is revealing: 88 percent said the iPad increases the means to work remotely, whether at home or "anywhere." A close second place was the iPad's help in increasing productivity and computing satisfaction. And more than half of respondents (59.3 percent) said that it allowed access to business applications and documents while keeping data secure. Perhaps this last item is all about the remote wipe capability of the iPad.
Some respondents (32 percent) appear to believe they can do without some other computing devices (likely notebooks). A similar number believe that the friendly iPad needs less tech support than PCs.
Of the respondents whose company IT organizations aren't supporting iPad access to corporate servers, the Top 5 reasons were the following: 1. Security lead the way with 63.4 percent. 2. Company policies say no to company data stored on any hardware other than a company PC (37.3 percent). 3. The iPad is a "non-standard device (36.6 percent). 4. The iPad doesn't support corporate applications (24.1 percent). 5. Lack of resources or skill to support it (23.9).
Other reasons included problems meeting compliance requirements, the view that the iPad is an entertainment device, BlackBerry-only shops, belief that you can't run Windows applications on an iPad, and lack of technology to support the iPad.
The vast majority of those currently out of luck on the access front (77 percent) want their organizations to permit access for their personal iPads.
The story on corporate purchases (as opposed to employees buying their own) was a bit mixed with a 56.9 percent response.
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One small thing.......
Should read:
..of more than 5,000 iPad at Work movement members.....
Small change but closer to the truth.
You're welcome.
Joe
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
One more thing:
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
Well said! And for those here that don't understand that an iPad can out-business a Blackberry device, please do some research. There are already at least three Citrix apps for the iPad - and they work wonderfully.
There are two companies that make products to manage - and really manage in an enterprise fashion - iOS devices. Casper Suite from JAMF, and Boxtone.
You Apple-shunning old school MCSE's need to wake up and move with the times. Isn't that WHY you got into IT in the first place - to enjoy the constant changes? I know I did.
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
You're probably one of those guys who would copy a file to your ipad from your office's secure network that requires clearance to access. Then go to an internet cafe and check out a cool link your friend sent you. while that happens, someone grabs the file off your ipad. End result an embarrassing situation for your employer. But to save your own hide you'll say "its IT's fault because they didn't prevent me from doing something I shouldn't be doing"
Not quite.
I'm one of the rare IT people who know that my value lies not in what my solutions prevent but in what they enable.
I'm also not afraid to implement policy because of hypothetical responses that people might have. I'm not afraid when someone wrongly blames IT to tell them, "No, it's your fault. Here is the page and paragraph of the security policy that you violated." I'm not afraid to tell a c-suite executive essentially, "If you let your kid use your laptop again, and it gets another virus, I'll fix it but you're not getting it back."
And NO, they don't fire you for things like that. And you do probably have to give the laptop back, but at least they have some respect for you and what you have to say.
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
Thumbs up!!
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
So that comes down to:
Whine, whine, whine. They won't let me use my toy in the real world.
I've got this clay tablet and stick ;-)
You're delusional.
If you work in IT, and you've spent any length of time using the iPad and your big takeaway is that it's just a toy, then you're horribly underprepared for what being employed in IT is going to mean in the coming years. The future is going to look a lot more like an iPad than an old school PC.
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
No, I'd say 5000 IT pros that are not brainwashed by Lauren and her cheap laptop, cloud users in the airport, and the six people trying to still hold a Zune social at Starbucks.
You guys just make yourselves look more ridiculous with each passing revolution in IT that you MISS because you're stuck in 2000. Move on, and see your career expand. I know I make more with this mentality than any of the MS-certified guys like you I share office space with...
Could be
..of more than 5,000 iPad at Work movement members.....
Small change but closer to the truth.[/i]
But nobody can deny it's a hit. Not even the stocking stuffers from Redmond.
:)
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
So you surveyed 5000 people hooked by the thin client scam and asked them if they thought an even more limited thin client was useful.
Hmmm.
Wow, some people can't stand change...
RE: Survey on iPad in enterprise: Thumbs up!
No ...
It's the future (if indeed, it is) because it is a successful.
The impression that the iPad is a content consumption device only is out and out wrong, too. My boss (Who is a die-hard Windows/Blackberry supporter) uses his iPad for communication, document creation, spreadsheet editing, etc... I believe his Office suite compatible app is Quick Office and he stores the documents in the cloud. There is no doubt in his mind that the iPad has improved his productivity if only because it is much more portable than his laptop, faster than his netbook, and much greater battery life than either. All this from a guy who hired me because he needed a Mac expert for a contract, and then spent the next year trying to convert me into a Windows fanboy. When the iPad was announced he called me a "sucker" because I told him I would be buying on "someday". Now I still haven't bought, but you would need to pull his from his cold, dead hands to get him to stop using it.
I have no plans to use the iPad for work. My Asus and my Macbook are fine. Having said that, what I see in the reactions of a Microsoft evangelist (my boss) who absolutely didn't believe in the product until he <i>actually tried it</i> makes me think that the "future" is not as predictable as we like to think.
A better indicator
is all of the other PC centric companies clamouring to produce their own ipad knock offs.
Thats so true Shazzy!
Thats like asking