Ovum shares Best Practices for Tablet Deployment in Firms

According to Global Analyst firm, Ovum, it has been found that the tablets are ever more prevalent in the workplace, and while they are not usually a replacement for a desktop or laptop, their capabilities provide opportunities for organizations to update and change their business processes.

In the recent market report, it was also found that as the market for tablets grows, usage of these devices is contributing to a change in the way people work and having a noticeable impact on the enterprise. Whether through corporate provisioning or “Bring-Your-Own-Device” (BYOD), the fast increasing numbers of tablets are being used to access corporate data and applications.

Richard Absalom, Analyst for Consumer Impact Technology, Ovum, said, Coupled with imaginative thinking around how mobile apps could provide new or improved processes in specific roles, tablet deployments have the potential to change the way that businesses operate. The primary challenge for the enterprise is to turn tablet usage into a genuinely transformative deployment, taking into account but not just reacting to demand from employees that are bringing their own tablet or want to be provided with one.

He added, Although the increasing numbers of employees are being provided with a tablet by their employer, the primary route for tablets into the enterprise is through the consumer/employee channel. Almost 70 per cent of employees who personally own a tablet use them for work.

Absalom suggested that the first step to a successful tablet deployment is to understand employee’s behaviour and activity. Employees are using multiple devices to access corporate data and content, and any tablet or mobility strategy must be set in this context.