Catch up
I find it funny that a lot of IT guys on here are getting upset that people are getting away from traditional desktop machines.
They are bulky, expensive to run and often not suited to the task.
I can't think of a single job that's not improved by a portable device.
Call centers - work from home laptop, sure parts etc... can run up a pretty penny but the savings from not having staff on site way out weigh them.
Directors / project teams, layers, finance, you name it they don't need to be tied down and work better away from a desk.
Providing people who work on the street / out and about with ipads with tailored apps will create efficiencies by reducing staff time in the local office messing around on a desktop or looking through the mass of network storage for a single document.
Its disappointing so many IT professionals forget they should be providing tools to save the business money and create efficiencies rather than look at the bigger picture.
There are obviously exceptions to the rule but just thought i would offer up a different perspective.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
